Pg 2-3

Question 1

Explore the links between brain and mind

Answer 1

Biological

Question 2

Study how we perceive, thinks, and solve problems

Answer 2

Cognitive

Question 3

study that says that humans are basically good and posses a free-will

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Humanistic

Question 4

A study that says all beh is observable and measurable

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Behavioral

Question 5

study of the unconscious, includes childhood and aggression issues

Answer 5

Psychoanalystic

Question 6

study of how cultural and political experiences

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Sociocultural

Question 7

study of the evolutionary of humans over time (from apes)

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Evolutionary

Question 8

study of our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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Developmental

Question 9

father of psychology

Answer 9

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 10

looking inward at one’s own mental processes

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introspection

Question 11

analyze sensation, images, and feelings into their most basic elements

Answer 11

Structuralism

Question 12

man who said the brain and mind are constantly changing

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William James

Question 13

underlying causes and practical consequences of certain beh and mental strategies - “stream of consciousness”

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Functionalism

Question 14

man who discovered Tabula Rosa - mind is a blank slate at birth and is written through experience

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John Locke

Question 15

founder of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Frued

Question 16

all beh is meaningful and driven by unconscious forces

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Psychoanalytic theory

Question 17

Aims to solve practical problems

Answer 17

applied research

Question 18

pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge bas.

Answer 18

basic research

Question 19

is a testable prediction, often induced by a thy, to enable us to accept, reject, or revise the thy.

Answer 19

Hypothesis

Question 20

a factor, manipulated by the experimenter

Answer 20

IV

Question 21

a factor that may change in response to the IV

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DV

Question 22

is an explanation that integrates principles, organizes, and predicts beh or event

Answer 22

Theory

Question 23

a clear statement of what one is looking for in an experiment

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Operational definition

Question 24

it measure what you want it to be measured

Answer 24

Reliability

Question 25

Process by which participants that can be selected for the sample

Answer 25

Population

Question 26

take the results from a smaller group and apply that to a larger group of people

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Representative sample

Question 26

everyone has an equal chance of being selected for the experiment because the participants are chosen at random

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random sample

Question 27

group that does not take part in the critical part of the experimentation process, used as a comparison group

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Control

Question 28

the experimenter, either unconsciously, or consciously, affects the outcome of the experiment.

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Experimenter bias

Question 29

the subjects do not know what group they belong

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Single-blind procedure

Question 30

neither the experimenter nor the subject knows what group the subjects are in.

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Double-blind procedure

Question 31

If you know you're being studied, you will act differently than you normally/typically would

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Hawthorne effect

Question 32

Sugar pill - something administered that has no real effect on the person other than what they think mentally.

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Placebo

Question 33

as one goes up, the other goes up

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Positive correlation

Question 34

as one goes up, the other goes down

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Negative correlaton

Question 35

a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions, or beh of people in a questionnaire, or similar way of ascertaining information

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Survey

Question 36

observing and recording beh in the wild/natural environment

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Naturalistic observation

Question 37

get a full, detailed picture of one participant or a small group of participants

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case study

Question 38

average of the scores - add them up and divide by total number of scores

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mean

Question 39

middle score - when all scored are put numerically in order, the middle score

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median

Question 40

the most frequently occurring score in the distribution

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mode

Question 41

the lowest score subtracted from the higher score

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range

Question 42

the average distance of scores around the mean

Answer 42

standard deviation

Question 43

a type of standard score that tells us how many standard deviations units given a score is above or below the mean for that group

Answer 43

z-score

Question 44

a fatty covering around the axon of some neurons that speeds the neural impulse

Answer 44

Myelin Sheath

Question 45

wire-like structure ending in the terminal that extends from the cell body

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Axon

Question 46

a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

Answer 46

nuerons

Question 47

neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors (nose, ears, hands) to the central nervous system

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Sensory nuerons (afferent)

Question 48

central nervous system neurons that internally communicate and intervene between the sensory inputs and the motor outputs

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Interneuron

Question 49

neurons that carry incoming information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands

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motor neurons (efferent)

Question 50

chemical contained in terminal buttons that enable neurons to communicate; they fit into the receptor site of neuron-like a key fits into a lock

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neurotransmitters

Question 51

excite, by causing neurotransmitters to hit site multiple time

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agonist

Question 52

inhibits, by blocking neurotransmitters

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antagonists

Question 53

the brain and spinal cord

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(CNS) Central nervous system

Question 54

sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

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(PNS) Peripheral nervous system

Question 55

the division of the PNS that controls the body's skeletal muscles

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Somatic NS

Question 56

the part of the PNS that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs, like the heart

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Automatic NS

Question 57

arouses the body

Answer 57

Sympathetic NS

Question 58

calms the body

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Parasympathetic NS