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Psychology: Who and what?
Research Methods / Experiments
Neurons / Nervous System
How does your brain work?
Misc.
100
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is psychology?
100
The part of the experiment that is being manipulated
What is independent variable?
100
Brain controls the system and the spine is the line
What is the central nervous system
100
Lobe responsible for teenagers making poor decisions
What is frontal lobe
100
Brain scan which uses radioactive glucose
What is PET scan
200
Perspective of psychology which focuses on observable behavior and includes psychologists such as B.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, and John B. Watson
What is behaviorism?
200
The amount of cigarettes you smoke per day ; your heart health
What is negative correlation
200
Part of the neuron that protects the axon
What is myelin sheath
200
Surrounds the brain and assists with higher order thinking
What is cortex
200
The gland that is the boss of all other glands
What is pituitary gland
300
Psychologist who scared little baby Albert to learn about who humans develop fears
Who is John B. Watson?
300
Subjects do not know if they are in the experimental or control group, but the experimenters do.
What is single-blind study
300
Part of the nervous system which calms your body to conserve and maintain energy
What is the parasympathetic division
300
Part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination
What is cerebellum
300
Describe Explain Change Predict
What is 4 goals of psychology
400
Most popular career in psychology
What is clinical psychologist?
400
Advantage: Allows researchers to gain an idea of behavior occurs Disadvantage: Observer effect
What is naturalistic observation?
400
Serotonin Dopamine Acetylcholine Glutamate
What is neurotransmitters
400
Part of the cortex responsible for processing information from skin receptors
What is somatosensory cortex
400
Secretes from a gland as a chemical message
What is hormone
500
Father of psychology
What is Wilhelm Wundt?
500
If I eat a whole pizza before running, I will run my mile in 6 minutes.
What is a hypothesis
500
Part of the nervous system that connects the neurons from the brain and the spine to the rest of the body
What is peripheral nervous system
500
Part of the brain responsible for your ability to form memories about high school
What is hippocampus
500
Gland which releases hormones to assist with stress relief
What is adrenal gland