Sitting at a playground, watching children interact with their peers is an example of which research method

This part of the brain is responsible for controlling arousal.

Which part of the body contains a “neurological gate” that blocks pain?

John Watson was the leader in research of ______ conditioning and B.F. Skinner was the leader in research of _______ conditioning.  Both believed the mental life was much less important than behavior as a foundation for psychological science.

The term used to describe information being processed into the memory system

Identical twins are the result of splitting of 

This trio of measures describes data based on central tendencies.

This is the brain’s oldest and innermost region.

Kinesthesis interacts with which of the following senses?

In ________ an organism associates two events; in ________ an organism associates their own behavior and the result.

Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously be aware of is called?

What are the differences among zygote, embryo, and fetus? 

Which research method would be used to assess how well one variable causes another?

These 2 lima-beaned sized neural clusters are part of the limbic system and are linked to emotion.

Sound waves that have short wavelengths are _____ in frequency. 

A buzzer goes off every day at work to signal that it’s time for lunch.  Eventually, just hearing the buzzer makes you hungry.  In this example, the buzzer is the:

Implicit memories are stored in which of the following?

An infant is shown with a series of pictures of circles, and then the infant is shown with a picture of circles and a picture of triangles. The infant should spend more time looking at the picture of circles or triangles?

This term is used when neither the researchers nor the participants know who is receiving the treatment/placebo.

This tool of discovery measures waves of electrical activity in the brain via electrodes placed on the scalp.

Looking at the big picture and working down into the small details describes what type of processing? 

A buzzer goes off every day at work to signal that it’s time for lunch.  Eventually, just hearing the buzzer makes you hungry.  In this example, the feeling of hunger following the buzzer is the:

Damage to which of the following structures disrupts recall of explicit memories?

A 10-year-old child raised by wolves will not develop language skills because he missed the _____ for language development. A student who starts learning her second language since 15 cannot speak in that language as fluently as someone else who learned the same second language since 7, probably because the former student missed the _____ for learning second languages.

______ was introduced by William James which focused on the purpose of consciousness and behavior. James encouraged exploration of how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.

This is triggered and “fired” if the excitatory signals exceed the threshold.

What concept did the white noise activity in class demonstrate? 

Your parents take away your electronics (cell phone/laptop/gaming console) because of your bad grades. Therefore, you start completing your homework which results in higher grades. This is an example of:

When Bob was in middle school, he took Spanish for several years. Bob decided to take Spanish 101 this semester. He can recall meanings of Spanish words and facts about Latin American culture because of 

____ parents tend to be strict with their children and expect obedient in all conditions; _____ parents tend to be demanding and responsive with their children.

Edward Titchener introduced the school of _____, which explored the basic elements of the mind. This school used the method of _____ which required people to look inwards as they broke down mental processes into the most basic components.

The endocrine system is known for releasing these chemicals which are chemical messengers that affect other tissues including the brain.

What does signal detection theory predict? 

Getting a traffic ticket for speeding is an example of:

When we are tested after viewing a list of words, we tend to recall the first and last items best. This is known as:

A 21 year old pharmaceutical research intern has a 4 year old niece that has suddenly been diagnosed with a brain tumor.  The research facility that he works at is testing a drug which has shown promising results in animals for the very diagnosis that his niece was given.  The drug has not yet been approved for human trials.  However, it’s the only thing that could help cure his niece. The researcher decides to steal some of the drug to help his niece.  This is an example of ________ in Kohlberg’s levels of moral thinking.

_______ is the tendency of people to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. Similar to saying “I knew it all along” when an outcome occurs- and the belief that one actually predicted it correctly.

These specialized neurons live within the brain and spinal cord and communicate internally to intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs.

In order for the average person to perceive a difference two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion. What does this describe? 

You are training your dog to play fetch.  You begin by rewarding him just for going after the ball, then only when he picks it up, and then only for bringing it back to you.  This is an example of

Sensory memory briefly holds sensory information before it is encoded into memory. Types of sensory memory include ________ memory, which allows you to momentarily remember visual stimuli, and ________ memory, which allows you to momentarily remember auditory stimuli.

According to theorist, Erik Erikson, the psychosocial crisis that needs resolving in adolescence (teen years into 20’s) is ____________. 

The longstanding controversy in psychology over the origin of human behavior as either _________ (genetic; innate) or ________ (environmental; learned). Today’s science believes behaviors and development rises from the interaction of both.

  Which lobe was affected after Phineas Gage had a railroad spike go through his brain? 

Which nerve cells in the brain allow us to respond to specific elements of a stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement? 

_____________ strengthens/increases the frequency of the preceding behavior; _____________ weakens/decreases the frequency of the preceding behavior.  

Sally hid her money in her apartment after a night out drinking with her friends. The next morning she can’t remember where she left the money. When she goes out that night and has a few drinks she remembers she left her money in her sock drawer. This is known as:

During adolescence the brain goes through selective __________ to rid the brain of unused neurons and connections.

Hindsight bias, judgmental overconfidence, and randomness often lead us to overestimate our intuition, what can help us sift reality from illusions? 

What is the major function of the corpus callosum? 

What is the name of the group of cells that allow us to process auditory information and where are they located?

A child sees his sister burn her fingers on a hot stove and learns not to touch it. Babies hear their parents speak and try to mouth those same words. These are examples of:

What type of memory refers to the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood?

The loss of which neurotransmitter is responsible for Alzheimer’s disease?

______ is the approach that focuses on how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. _______ is the approach that focuses on we learn observable responses. _______ is the approach the focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information. ________ is the approach that emphasizes an individual's potential and stresses the importance of growth and self-actualization.

Name the 4 brain lobes and their basic function

The pupil is a ____ that focuses incoming light rays into an image on the ______. The lens focuses the rays by changing its curvature in a process called _____________.

Distinguish the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation:

____ interference occurs when new learning disrupts recall for old information, but _________ interference occurs when old information disrupts recall and learning of new information. 

The last 3 to 4 years of life in which cognitive decline typically accelerates is called ________ .