Five Perspectives
This perspective asks how our behavior is affected by the presence of others and studies individual differences
What is Social & Personality Psychology?
Our tendency to notice and remember instances that support our beliefs more than instances that contradict them
What is confirmation bias
The first degree one receives when studying psychology as an undergraduate; most individuals with this degree work in sales or management or professional services.
What is the Bachelor's degree?
An observable characteristic, such as eye color.
What is a phenotype?
A method of measurement of the brain's electrical activity using electrodes placed on the scalp.
What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
This area explains, defines, and treats psychological disorders and promotes general well-being
What is Clinical Psychology?
or What is Counseling Psychology?
A proposed explanation for a situation; an if-then statement; a declarative statement that predicts an outcome of an interaction between variables
What is a hypothesis?
Almost half of individuals who earn this degree work in the profession as a therapist or counselor or in some other aspect of mental health care.
What is the master's degree?
A small segment of DNA located in the particular place on a chromosome that produces a protein that directs the development the human body.
What is a gene?
Naturally occurring or deliberate damage to the brain
What are lesions?
Investigates mental processes such as thinking, problem solving, and information processing
What is Cognitive Psychology?
Case studies, naturalistic observations, or surveys designed for making careful observation in order to describe the results
What are descriptive methods?
Persons in this area of psychology work on elementary, middle or high school campuses with students who need mental health assistance or to plan mental health building activities
What is a School Psychologist?
The study of gene-environment interactions in the production of phenotypes.
What is epigenetics?
Most sobriety tests assess the function of this brain structure, which helps us maintain balance and muscle coordination
What is the cerebellum?
Investigates the normal changes in behavior that occur across the life span
What is Developmental Psychology?
A measure of the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables
What is Correlation?
Persons who have earned this degree have the training to obtain licensure in most US states and have completed a 1-2 year internship.
What is a doctoral degree in Psychology?
The contributions of heredity to our physical structure and behaviors
What is nature?
A subcortical structure located in the temporal lobe believed to participate in emotional processing, especially emotionally-charged memories
What is the amygdala?
Investigates the connections among mind, behavior, and biological processes
What is Biological Psychology?
A research method that tests hypotheses through statistical analysis and allows researchers to make conclusions about casual relationships between variables.
What is Experimental Method?
New Mexico, Louisiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Idaho are the only states listed in the textbook that have a provision for psychologists to do this.
What is prescribe medication similar to what a psychiatrist does?
The contributions of environmental factors and experience to our physical structure and behaviors
What is nurture?
This structure lies almost at the center of the brain and is often called the gateway to the cortex because input from most of our sensory systems travels first to this structure before being "forwarded" to the cerebral cortex.
What is the thalamus?