Chpt 1-3 Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is Meda analysis
A method that allows researchers to combine the results of several different studies on a similar topic in order to establish the strength of an effect
What are the five steps in the scientific method
Step one observing some phenomenon, Step two formulating hypothesis and predictions, step three testing through impure call research, drawing conclusions, and evaluating the theory.
Which psychological perspective emphasizes a person’s positive qualities, capability for positive growth, and freedom to choose any destiny?
Humanistic approach
A _____ Is able to prescribe psychoactive medications to psychopathology
Psychiatrist
Which type of psychology studies have the physical landscape and layout affects all aspects of human behavior and thought
Environmental
One area of specialization in psychology is _______, Which is addressed from behavioral and cognitive’s perspectives, and which is a complex process by which behavior changes in order to adapt to changing circumstances
Learning
Structuralism involves identifying the____ Of the human mind
Basic elements
June discharge to consider the structure of her mind by thinking about her experience when sunlight hits her skin. June is practicing what?
Introspection
_____ Statistics are the mathematical method used to indicate whether data sufficiently supports or confirms the researchers hypothesis
Inferential
The number of magnitude the correlation was a psychologist about the_____ Of the relationship
Strength
Meta-analysis does not allow researchers to what?
Define and determine basic dimensions for ongoing phenomena
Debriefing is used in studies where?
Deception has been used
And extraneous. Will that is not been measured that accounts for the relationship between two other variable that is known as what?
A third Variable problem
The correlation coefficient is most often represented in data by the letter what?
R
Researchers must submit their research proposal 2 an _____ Review board that reviews the ethical nature of research conducted at their college or university
Institutional
One drawback of the__ _____ Is the inability to generalize the results to the broader population
Case study
The reticular formation is involved in which of the following behaviors?
Turning towards a sudden noise and walking
Need Healis which directs the manufacture of substance that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance is found in the what?
Cell bodies
Which of the following behaviors are controlled by limbic system
Memory and emotion
What does Oxytocin do?
It is a neurotransmitter, plays a role in social bonding, and it is a hormone.
The forebrain structure that works at the cerebellum to coordinate balance is the?
Basil ganglia
____ Area is a region in the left hemisphere the brain that is involved in control of speech. People of damage in this part of the brain have problems saying words correctly.
Broca’s
As an example of high degree of______ And the nervous system, if some neuronal pathways in the brain become damaged by stroke, other neural pathways will sometimes be created to make up for the damage.
Plasticity
What makes a human more susceptible to migraines and seizures?
High levels of glutamate
