| A | B |
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| physiological | having to do with an organism's physical processes |
| cognitive | having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding |
| psychology | the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research |
| hypothesis | an assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research |
| theory | a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study |
| basic science | the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake |
| applied science | discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals |
| scientific method | a general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized |
| psychologist | a scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals |
| psychiatry | a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders |
| difference threshold | the smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected |
| Weber's Law | the principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a difference |
| sensation | occurs anytime a stimulus activates one of your receptors |
| absolute threshold | the weakest amount of a stimulus required to produce a sensation |
| perception | the organization of information received through our senses |
| operant conditioning | learning through reward and punishment; results in a change in a voluntary behavior |
| classical conditioning | learning through associations; includes taste aversions and fears |
| reinforcement | an event that follows a behavior that increase the likelihood that the response will be repeated |
| punishment | event following a behavior that decreases the likelihood that the response will be repeated |
| sensory memory | the briefest form of memory; only a second; the blink of an eye |
| short term | memory that is up to 30 seconds |
| episodic memory | memory that recalls stories, shows, events |
| declarative memory | stating facts, stories, language from memory |
| chunking | grouping items together so that you can increase items in short term memory |
