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Psychology is the study of ________ _________ and __________.
A nerve cell that communicates with other cells is known as a __________
neuron
This is the activation of sense organs by a source of physical energy.
Sensation
The awareness of sensations, thoughts, and feelings being experienced at a given moment
Consciousness
This man stumbled upon classical conditioning when he was studying the digestive system in dogs.
Ivan Pavlov
In this subfield of psychology, psychologists are able to prescribe medication to their patients.
Clinical psychology
A type of neuron that fires when you observe another person carrying out the same behavior.
Mirror neuron
This is the sorting out, interpretation, analysis, and integration of stimuli.
Perception
This sleep occupies 20% of adults' sleeping time and is characterized by eye movements and dreaming.
Rapid eye movement (REM sleep)
The training period in which the neutral stimulus (the bell), is repeatedly paired with the unconditioned stimulus (the meat) is known as __________.
One of the top five perspectives of psychology that studies higher mental processes such as learning and memory.
Cognitive psychology
This nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.
Central nervous system.
This is the study of the relationship of physical aspects of stimuli and our psychological experience of them.
Psychophysics
The three main dream theories discussed in class are...
Unconscious wish-fulfillment theory, Dreams-for-survival theory, and Activation-Synthesis theory
The process by which a stimulus increases the probability that a preceding behavior will occur is known as __________.
reinforcement
In this type of research, the relationship between two variables is studied.
Correlational research
The _________ is responsible for regulating basic biological needs such as hunger, thirst, and temperature control.
Knowing that the size of plane doesn't change even though it looks smaller when it is in the sky is an example of ______ ______.
Perceptual constancy
The top four drug classifications discussed in class are...
Your parents take your phone away after you break curfew. This would be an example of _____ _____.
negative punishment
In a true experiment, there must be at least two groups being studied which are the ______ group and the _______ group.
Experimental; control
Name the four lobes that make up the cerebral cortex
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital
The smallest intensity of a stimulus that must be present for it to be detected is known as the ______ _____.
Any substance that when taken, affects one's mental processes such as consciousness, cognition, perception, mood, or emotions is known as a ________ drug.
psychoactive
You get your allowance once a week on Saturdays if you have done all of your chores. What type of schedule of reinforcement would this be?
Fixed-interval