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100
Before psychology became a science, early _________ explored topics such as pleasure, pain, motivation and rationality.
What are philosophers
100
This psychological perspective focuses on growth throughout the lifespan.
Developmental Psychology
100
_______________ is a process for gathering data and processing information.
The scientific method
100
This is a legal and ethical requirement that involves educating participants about what they can expect during an experiment.
Informed Consent
100
This lobe of the brain is lying just behind the forehead, and is involved in speaking and muscle movement and in making plans and judgment.
Frontal Lobe
200
Psychology became a field of experimental study in 1879 when this German scientist founded the first laboratory dedicated to psychological research.
Wilhelm Wundt
200
This psychological theorist is associated with the Developmental Psychology perspective.
Jean Piaget
200
___________ is a testable prediction that is arrived at logically from a theory.
A hypothesis
200
During this experiment in 1920, John Watson and his future wife Rosalie Rayner deliberately induced fears in an 11-month-old baby
Little Albert Experiment
200
The brain is made up of millions of these.
Neurons
300
For centuries, philosophers debated which was more important: the inborn _____ of the individual or the environmental influences that _____ the individual.
nature / nurture
300
Charles Darwin is associated with this perspective in psychology.
Evolutionary Psychology
300
The scientific method allows psychological data to be ____________ and confirmed in many instances, under different circumstances, and by a variety of researchers.
replicated or repeated
300
Describe the differences between a peer reviewed journal article and a news article, such as from the New York Times.
Peer reviewed journal articles:
*written by experts
* often meant to be read by other experts in the field.
NYTimes:
* more informal writing, easier to read and understand
* more concise/shorter
* usually less data
300
The _________________ is a very small space between two neurons and is an important site where communication between neurons occurs.
synapse
400
These English philosophers disagreed with the concept of dualism.
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
400
This psychological theorist is associated with the Developmental Psychology perspective.
Jean Piaget
400
List the process (steps) of the scientific method.
(Observe / question)
hypothesis / prediction
test (do an experiment)
analyze results
report out results
400
__________ is the act of using someone else's ideas, words, or images without giving credit to the original source.
Plagiarism
*can be intentional or accidental. It can vary in severity, from reusing an entire work to reusing a sentence or paragraph. Even if you include quotation marks and a citation, you can still plagiarize if you reuse too much of the original source. You can also plagiarize if you rewrite something in your own words but don't cite the source.
To avoid plagiarism, you can:
Cite sources properly-Make sure to list the source immediately after the information you took from it, or make it part of the sentence.
Limit what you quote-Only quote the most important parts of the original source.
Ask yourself-If you wouldn't know something without reading it, you should list the source.
The word "plagiarism" comes from the Latin word for "kidnapper" and is considered a form of theft.
400
This area of the brain is involved in processing both emotion and memory.
limbic system
500
This psychologist founded Functionalism, as an alternative to Structuralism, in the late 19th century.
William James
500
This Psychological Domain explores how our biology influences our behavior.
Biological
500
This individual is known as the “father of experimental psychology” and the founder of the first psychology laboratory.
Wilhelm Wundt
500
What do I mean when I say, "cite your sources in APA format"?
When you use information from another source in your writing, you need to acknowledge the original author by including their name and the publication year within parentheses in the text, following the specific guidelines set by the American Psychological Association (APA) style, which includes a standardized way to format both in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your paper.
https://www.citationmachine.net/apa
Jahn, A. M. (2024a, October 7). Jeopardy Review for Test #1. JeopardyLabs. https://jeopardylabs.com/edit/test-1-review-989
500
____________________ is the study of the nervous system, especially the brain.
Neuroscience