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In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n)______.

What is proposed explanation?

100
Psychology that studies how we grow across the lifespan.
What is developmental psychology?
100
The part of the brain that is divided into two hemispheres.
What is the cerebral cortex?
100

Scientific study of mental processes and behavior

What is psychology?

100

This theory suggest that our personality is influenced by the unconscious mind.

What is psychoanalytic theory?

200

Sigmund Freud developed his theory of human personality by conducting in-depth interviews over an extended period of time with a few clients. This type of research method is _____. 

What is a case study?

200
Psychology that studies the thought patterns and behaviors that make individuals unique.
What is personality psychology?
200
This part of the brain interprets visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
200

Subset of individuals selected from the larger population. 

What is a sample?

200

This theory suggest that any behavior can be conditioned with reinforcement.

What is behaviorism?

300

Using existing records to try to answer a research question is known as _____

What is archival research?

300

Psychology that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.

What is clinical psychology?

300
All senses, except for smell, come through this part of the brain before being directed to other areas for processing.
What is the thalamus?
300

Well developed set of ideas that propose an explanation for observed phenomena

What is a theory?

300

A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. ____ theory applies to these principles. 

What is Gestalt Psychology?

400

A(n) _____ is a list of questions developed by a researcher that can be administered in paper form.

What is a survey? 

400
Psychology that studies thoughts and their relationship to experiences and behaviors.
What is cognitive psychology?
400
This part of the brain deals with emotions.
What is the amygdala?
400

Two variables change in the same direction, both becoming either larger or smaller

What is positive correlation?

400

This theory suggest that all humans have a innate sense of good.

What is humanism?

500

Sometimes, researchers will administer a(n) ____ to participants in the control group to control for the effects that participant expectation might have on the experiment. 

What is a placebo?

500
This subfield of psychology applies psychological principles, theories, and research to the work force.
What is industrial-organizational psychology?
500
This part of the brain connects the two hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
500

When observations may be skewed to align with observer expectations

What is observer bias?

500

_____ is a theory within psychology that states that behavior is influenced by heredity.  

What is bio-psychology theory?