psychology

Cocaine blocks the reuptake of ______

dopamine

The ______ group does not get the experimental treatment.

control

cells can be usually conceptualized as _______ factories.

protein

_______ appears to be especially important for enhanced performance on recently learned tasks.

slow-wave sleep

The major limitation of case studies is______.

the inability to generalize the findings from this approach to the larger population

which of the following psychologists is most likely working as a basic scientist?

a psychologist exams the activity of brain cells in the occipital lobe to understand how the nervous system processes information about the color of visual stimuli.

an individual may suffer from ______ if there is a disruption in the brain signals that are sent to the muscles that regulate breathing.

central sleep apnea

the attempt to explain personality as a narrative structure operates at the _______ level of analysis.

intrapersonal

a researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus are related to memory formation would most likely to identify as a ______ psychologist.

biological

when a neuron is neither receiving or sending a message, it displays the ______ potential which is approximately________.

resting membrane: -70 mv

_______ cycles occur roughly once every 24 hours.

circadian

Introspection refers to a process b which someone examines ______ as objectively as possible.

another persons consciousness

Rosemary had a stroke about a year ago and now she cannot understand what people are saying to her. This is embarrassing for her, so she responds using vague language and tries to make it appear as though she understands. Which area of Rosemarys brain was likely damaged by the stroke?

Weenicke's area

An individuals consistent patterns of thought and behavior is known as a _______

personality

The ______ is a sensory relay station where all sensory info, except for smell, goes before being sent to other areas of the brain for further processing.

thalamus

directionality and third variable problems apply to:

correlation studies

the effects of neurotransmitters tend to be ____, whereas the effects of hormones tend to be ____.

fast; long-lasting

Bev likes to be up late and night and sleep in; Caleb likes to wake up with the sun and go to bed early. A psychologist would say they have different ______

chronotypes

Mescaline is considered a ______ drug because it results in profound alterations in sensory and perceptual experiences.

hallucinogenic

a researcher manipulates the _______ variable.

independent

eliminative reductionism is the assumption that all scientific talk about ________ can be eliminated and reduced yo scientific talk about _______.

mind; body

Dr. Stafford noticed that one of her students addresses her as mother instead of the word professor or doctor. Dr. Stafford applies the principles of _______, and hypothesizes the student misspeaks because he is unconsciously associating her with his mother.

psychoanalytic theory

________ is the belief that all true knowledge comes through the use of logic and reason

rationalism

_______ is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail.

surveys

The cognitive revolution created an impetus for psychologists to focus their attention on better understanding _______.

the mind and mental processes that underlie behavior

Individuals undergoing hypnosis ______.

usually have clear memories of the hypnotic experience and are in control of their own behaviors

info within a neuron is a _____ event

electrical

__________ blocks the neuromuscular junction and produces paralysis.

curare

in the womb, both male and female begins with a _______ body, and the two bodies are differentiated into different bodies through the influences of _______.

female; hormones

______is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.

Abraham Maslow

which of the following correlation coefficient indicates the strongest relationship between two variables?

-.90

Char heard from her friends that weed use can cure glaucoma so it should be legal in all 50 states. Char knows that she is biased in favor of weed legalization, so she decides to exercise some skepticism about this claim. She researches where her friends got their information, how reliable it is, and what other sources say about legalizing weed. Char is ________

thinking critically

A major criticism of Freud's early theories involves the fact that his theories ______.

were not testable

reuptake is a process that:

helps end the chemical message produced by a neurotransmitter

an action potential involves Na+ moving ______ the cell and K+ moving _______ the cell.

inside: outside

the principle of parsimony

is advocated by virtually all scientists

typically, a neuron will have

many dendrites and one axon

one would need at least a _______ degree to serve as a school psychologist

master's

The ______ secretes messenger hormones that direct the function of the rest of the endocrine glands.

pituitary

sometimes, researchers will administer a _________ to participants in the control group to control for the effects that participant expectation might have on the experiment.

placebo

which social science emphasizes physiopersonal variables?

psychiatry

______ refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result.

reliability

Sensory and motor neurons of the _____ nervous system are associated with activities traditionally thought of as conscious or voluntary

somatic

sleepwalking is also referred to as ______

somnambulism

which of the following would be a metapersonal influence on a person.

economic collapse

_______ is a technique often used in studies investigating sleep patterns. Researchers place electrodes at various locations on a persons head in order to record brainwaves.

electroencephalography (EEG)

if your ______ is activate, you will feel relatively at ease.

parasympathetic nervous system

at least implicitly, psychologist cannot agree about how to define_______; and their disagreement represent differences in ______.

persons;values

thinking about _______ is not a central element of the cognitive triad associated with depression

science