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a specific prediction of behavior that is tested in an experiment is called a..

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hypothesis

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(blank) captures the incoming chemical signal while the (blank) releases the chemical signal

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dendrites, terminal buttons

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this brain scanning method is considered the most powerful imaging technique, it records changes in magnetic forces in the brain

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mri

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you cannot fire a gun softly or flush a toilet halfway. Like action potential, gunfire and a toilet's flush follow what law

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all or none

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alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant. Although alcohol may make people feel outgoing, one impact of alcohol is that it inhibits the nervous system. It does this by increasing the binding of..

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gaba

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what are three characteristics of the cerebral cortex

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largest part of the brain, has a wrinkled appearance, corpus callosum connects the hemispheres

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the theories of sigmund freud and his followers..

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behavior is determined by mental processes operating below conscious awareness

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pleasurable and desirable experiences activate dopamine neurons in which structure of the basal ganglia

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nucleus accumbens

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in which type of study do researchers examine the extent to which variables are naturally related in the real world without researcher influence on the variables.

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correlational study

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Petra is studying the personalities of a group of people as they move through early childhood to old age. Her approach would involve..

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longitudinal research

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Wilhelm wundt developed..

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introspection

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these cells in the nervous system receive, integrate, and transmit information

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neurons

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critical thinking involves..

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systematic assessment of information

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If a psychologist is conducting a correlational study on frequency of sex and academic performance but cannot determine whether one variable causes anther. This reflects..

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third variable problem

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experiencing a stroke in the left hemisphere of the brain resulting in the inability to move the right arm and to plan and maintain attention. The location of this stroke is most likely the..

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frontal lobe

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researchers investigate whether mood affects participants' ratings of jokes. Participants in the first mood group read sad statements. The second group read neutral statements. In this study, the participants who read the sad statements were part of the..

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experimental group

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this early school of psychology studied subjective mental experiences, and was based on the belief that conscious experience could be broken down into its basic underlying components.

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structuralism

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the amygdala plays an important role in (blank) whereas the hippocampus plays an important role in (blank)

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fear, memory

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Antagonistic drugs (blank) the availability of of neurotransmitters, whereas agnostic drugs (blank) the availability

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decrease, increase

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drugs affect neural communication in these three ways

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block receptors, block reuptake, destroys neurotransmitters

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the thalamus receives nearly all sensory information before relaying it to the cortex. What is the one sensation that is the exception to this rule

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smell

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damage to this brain area would have a profound impact on motor learning

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cerebellum

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if someone is unable to identify an object to the left visual field but can in the right visual field, there is likely damage with the..

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corpus callosum

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an extensive study of a single person or a few people is characteristic of..

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case studies

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what is the state of the electrical charge when a neuron is said to be at resting potential?

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inside the neuron is more negative than the outside

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which of the early schools of thought argued that mental concepts and processes were of no scientific value and that psych should focus only on observable behaviors and responses

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behaviorism

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this area of psych studies how the mind processes, stores, and retrieves information

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cognitive

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psychologists have greater confidence in research results when..

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the results are replicated

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what statistic would tell you how far apart scores in a data set tend to be

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standard deviation

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this provides an explanation of how an observable phenomenon works

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theory

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how do neurons communicate

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neurotransmitters cross the synapse and bind on the postsynaptic dendrite

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you are working in a laboratory and come across a rat that is grossly overweight and seems unable to stop eating. The researcher tells you this rat has a brain lesion. Which part of the brain most likely has the lesion?

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hypothalamus

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what two psychologists are most closely associated with social psych

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allport and lewin

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argument that psychologists should attempt to isolate the fundamental attributes of mental experience is (blank). argument tat mental experiences cannot be broken down and that purpose of the mind should be studied is (blank)

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structuralism, functionalism

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The fact that a variety of thoughts come to mind even as you are engaged in the activity of taking this exam exemplifies psychologist William James's concept of..

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stream of consciousness

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the school of gestalt is most closely associated with (blank) and involves the idea that (blank)

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kohler, whole is different from the sum of its parts

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if a researcher defined happiness based on the number of times a person smiled in a 15 minute period, the number of smiles would be...

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the operational definition of happiness

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a synapse is a..

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gap

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the astonishing hypothesis put forward by francis crick suggests that we are nothing but a pack of neurons. this hypothesis states the idea of..

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monism

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humanism, championed by Maslow and Rogers, changed therapy by...

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developing new techniques for questioning and listening to patients

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when people are aware of being observed, they might change their behaviors. This phenomenon is referred to as..

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reactivity

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in which type of descriptive study do researchers involve themselves in the situation of interest

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participant observation

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postsynaptic receptors allow a neurotransmitter to attach based on its..

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molecular structure

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which technique could researchers have used to document changes in the brain's metabolic activity during problem solving

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pet scan

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researchers are likely to choose a correlational design when..

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it is impossible to control the variables being studied

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Dr freeze plans to record brain activity by monitoring changes in blood oxygen level. Which brain scanning method is he planning to use

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fmri

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somatosensory information is received in which lobe of the cerebral cortex

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parietal

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what identifies the structures of the brain stem

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medulla, pons, reticular formation

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the neural impulse that is a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon

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action potential

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laticia is studying the activity of different regions of the brain. She interrupts the functioning of her subject's brain in the region of interest by sending a magnetic pulse to that region. Her research is likely to use..

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transcranial magnetic stimulation

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gestalt psychology can be seen as a reaction against which approach

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structuralist

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