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psychology

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the historically significant perspective that emphasized the human potential for healthy growth was known as _____________   humanistic psychology  
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the suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas best highlights the _____________ character of psychology   scientific  
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the scientific study of behavior without reference to mental processes was of special interest to _____________   Watson  
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dual processing refers to processing information at the same time on separate _______ tracks   conscious & unconscious  
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testing your ability to recall information you have just studied improves your long-term retention of that information. psychologists have referred to this as __________   the testing effect  
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three key elements of the scientific attitude are _______, __________, and ____________   curiosity, skepticism, and humility  
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the scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to ______________   recognize the errors in our own ideas  
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the first psychological laboratory was established by ___________   Wilham Wundt  
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the English naturalist who first proposed evolutionary psychology was ________   Darwin  
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in its earliest years psychology focused on the study of_________   mental processes  
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B.F Skinner was a prominent American _____________   behaviorist  
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the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human activity without reference to mental processes is known as ___________   behaviorism  
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the mind's defenses against its own unconscious wishes and impulses were of special interest to _______   Sigmund Freud  
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which major force in psychology emphasized unconscious sexual conflicts? _______   Freudian Psychology  
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the science of behavior and mental processes is called ______   psychology  
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a neuron is best described as a _________    
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the release of ______ enables muscle action   acetylcholine (ach)  
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the vast majority of neurons in the body's information system are ___________   interneurons  
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the endocrine system consists of ________   glands  
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the brains oldest region is the ____________   brain stem  
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parallel processing involves the processing of many aspects of a problem _____   at the same time  
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the large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called _________   delta  
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plasticity refers to the brain's capacity to change by forming new neural pathways based on __________   based on experience  
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the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes is called ___________   biological psychology  
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the cells that serve as the basic building blocks of the body's information system are called ________   neurons  
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John B. Watson believed that psychology should be the science of _________   observable behavior  
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which pioneering learning researcher highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior? __________   Alfred bandura  
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the process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors is called ________   learning  
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learning that certain events occur together is called _______   associative learning  
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any event or situation that evokes a response is a _________   stimulus  
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Jordan is frightened by the sound of a train whistle. The sound is a(n) _________   stimulus  
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voluntary behaviors that produce rewarding or punishing outcomes are called ________   operant behavior  
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a neutral stimulus is an event or situation that ________   elicits no response prior to classical conditioning  
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an event that one of pavlov's dogs could see or hear but did not associate with food was called a(n) _________   neutral stimulus  
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