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Psychology Vocabulary

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physiologicalhaving to do with an organism's physical processes
cognitivehaving to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
psychologythe scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research
hypothesisan assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research
theorya set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
basic sciencethe pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
applied sciencediscovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals
scientific methoda general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized
psychologista scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals
psychiatrya branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
difference thresholdthe smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected
Weber's Lawthe principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a difference
sensationoccurs anytime a stimulus activates one of your receptors
absolute thresholdthe weakest amount of a stimulus required to produce a sensation
perceptionthe organization of information received through our senses
optic nervethe nerve that carries impulses from the retina to the brain
retinathe innermost coating of the back of the eye, containing the light sensitive receptor cells
pupilthe opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye
auditory nervethe nerve that carries impulses from the inner ear to the brain, resulting in the senation of sound
lensa flexible transparent structure in the eye that changes its shape to focus light on the retina
complementarityan attraction between opposite types of people
self-serving biasclaiming personal responsibility for positive events and blaming circumstances beyond our control for negative events
stereotypean exaggerated set of assumptions about an identifiable group of people
physical proximitythe distance from one another tha people live or work
social cognitionstudy of how people perceive, store, and retrieve information about social interactions


Lisha Kill Middle School, Grade 6 (Team: Route 66ers)
Lisha Kill Middle School
Colonie, NY

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