| A | B |
|---|
| psychologists that gather data for no known pratical purpose | research psychologists |
| approach to psychology that measures biological responses | neurobiological approach |
| refers to thoughts | cognition |
| the scientific study of behavior | psychology |
| a rebirth of thought | Renaissance |
| looking inside oneslef and recording sensation | introspection |
| how humanists view mankind | basically good |
| approach that believes that sexual, anger, and agression impulses are hidden in the subconscious | psychoanalytical approach |
| substances thatin no way alter the body's chemistry | placebo |
| a statement of the results that a researcher expects | hypothesis |
| the variable that the researcher controls | independent variable |
| variable that is measured | dependent variable |
| a problem with a the interview method of gathering data | the interviewee tries to "look good" |
| the most objective method for studying behavior | psychological tests |
| dominant brain hemisphere of a left-handed person | right hemisphere |
| alertness center of the brain | recticular activating system |
| nerve cells | neurons |
| spaces between nerve cells | synapse |
| control metabolism | thyroid |
| produce and release hormones | glands |
| causes blood pressure to go up, breathing to increase and muscles to tense | adrenalin |
| nerve bundle that connects the brain hemispheres | corpus callosum |
| glands which produce androgen and estrogen | gonads |
| location of the rods and cones | retina |
| make up the colors we see | blue, red and green |
| measures the intensity if a sound | decible |
| collect odor molecules and send a message to the brain | cilia |
| light too slow to see | infrared |
| light too fast to see | ultraviolet |
| opening of the eye | pupil |
| occurs when the brain percieves something inaccurately | illusion |
| external rewards | extrinsic motivation |
| motivation that comes from within | intrinsic |
| controlled by the hypothalamus | hunger, thirst, agression, rage, and pleasure |
| help determine a person's ideal weight | set points |
| a belief in something that can't be seen or touched | construct |
| cylcles that ignore the environment | free running cyles |
| the process of altering a free running cyle | entrainment |
| condition that causes breathing to stop during sleep | sleep apnea |
| lasts about a day | circadian rhythm |
| an awareness of what is going on inside and outside the body | consciousness |
| can be caused by going without sleep for an extended time | hallucinations |
| responding similarly to similar stimuli | generalization |
| the process of reinforcing each step of a complex behavior | shaping |
| the ability to differentiate between similar stimuli | discrimination |
| are produced by unconditioned stimulus | unconditioned response |
| a systematic approach to problem solving | schema |
| occurs when something that you know interferes with something that you try to learn | negative transfer |
| memory aid that groups things together | chunking |
| theory that new material causes confusion or cannot be stored properly if it is similar to old material | interference theory |
