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Game 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| these two components are studied as the basis of psychological science | Mind and Behavior |
| This scientist focused on the unconscious mind when treating patients with his psychoanalytic method of therapy | Sigmund Freud |
| popularized by B.F. Skinner, is only interested in things which can be directly observed in laboratory conditions | Behaviorism |
| This concept describes the idea that the human brain prefers the whole (rather than individual parts) when processing information | Gestalt Psychology |
| Aristotle believed in this concept, which states that humans are "blank slates" which can be filled with knowledge learned throughout life | Philosophical Empiricism |
| This term refers to a symmetrical, normal distribution curve where the mean, median, and mode are roughly equal | Bell Curve |
| A true experiment requires both of these components in order to answer cause-and-effect questions | Manipulation and Random Assignment |
| This "bias" can make people incorrectly believe that an event was predictable before it occurred | Hindsight Bias |
| Scatterplot going upright | Positive Correlation |
| Brain cells that are referred to "Atoms of the Mind" | Neurons |
| This method of "recycling" neurotransmitters allows neurons to quickly reuse them after they've already been released into the synapse | Reuptake |
| Unless this is reached, a neuron will be unable to fire an action potential | Threshold |
| This structure acts as a bridge between the two hemispheres of the brain, allowing coordination between both halves | Corpus Callosum |
| This neurotransmitter is primarily involved with motivation and pleasure in the human brain | Dopamine |
| This term refers to taking raw sensory "data" and transforming it into a neural signal | Transduction |
| This process allows organisms to conserve attentional resources by decreasing their sensitivity to regular, non-changing stimuli | Sensory Adaptation |
| When measuring an individual's sensitivity to a stimulus, this term refers to the point at which the stimuli will only be detected half (50%) of the time | Absolute Threshold |
| The sense of hearing involves transduction of sound waves using hair cells found in this structure | Cochlea |
| the experience an individual may have when they see a blue afterimage following a flash of yellow light | Opponent Process System |
| These "blueprints" of the human body are found in DNA | Genes |
| This theory states that pain signals can be prevented from reaching the brain, thanks to the spine | Gate Control Theory |
| The thalamus acts a "sensory switchboard" for all human senses EXCEPT this one | Smell |
| The human brain can simultaneously perceive color, shape, size, distance, and motion thanks to this process | Parallel Processing |
| A true experiment will make a distinction between two variables using these terms | Independent and Dependent Variable |
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