psychology

what occurs during stage 1 sleep?

Both our respiration and heartbeat slow down.

Alcohol is considered a ______ because it tends to

Depressant

William James was the ________.

First American psychologist

researchers are conducting a study where they have concerns that the participamts

double blind

what can you do to realign your biological clock with the

expose yourself to bright light while working

Russell needs more of the drug he has been using to get the normal high he got when he first started. Russell is experiencing ________.

false

drugs that speed up the central nervous system are called depresents

false

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

hallucinogenic

______ is a perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate in all humans

humanism

While ________ is generally achieved through the interaction of a therapist and the person being treated, an individual can perform ________ alone.

hypnosis; meditation

what concept is illustrated by the following study? Participants were instructed to focus on either white or black objects, disregarding the other color. When a red cross passed across the screen, about one third of the subjects did not notice.

inattentional blindness

The ___ is controlled by the experimenter

independent variable

which of the following is a symptom of REM sleep behavior

kicking and punching

Which term describes the perception of the body's movement through space?

kinesthesia

The ______ is the deep groove that separates the brain into two halves

longitudinal fissure

what is the number one occupations

mid- and top-level management

Felicia smacks her thumb with a hammer while building a doghouse. The sense of ________ provides her brain with information about the pain she feels.

nociception

Behaviorists all focus on ________.

physiological responses that result in action

the ____ extends through the hindbrain, midbrain

recticular formation

___ refers to the ability to consistantly

reliability

matt is sleeping his eyelids

rem

uncomfortable sensations in the leg during periods of inactivity are a symptom of ______ leg syndrome.

restless

research describes a link betwenn childhood vaccines and

retracted

sound waves transmitted to Kyla's auditory nerve

sensation; perception

what is a limitation that affects the generalizability of reserach

small sample size

Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ________.

studying overt behavior

______ is/are often conducted with large numbers

surveys

______ is a midbrain structure critical to movement

the ventral tegmental area

magalia and jean- gabirel

they have not defined happiness

what has research by goolkasian & woodbury

those who are given verbal priming produce

which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations

top-down

You ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of _____.

transduction

examples of awareness include

true

rosemary had a stroke about a

wernicke's area

____ psychologists study how the structure and function of the nervous system generate behavior

biological or biopsychpsocial

inattenional ______ refers to the failure to notice

blindness

Which of the following areas is located in the frontal lobe of the brain

broca's area

research indicates that babies are first able to use their sense of taste ___ birth

before

____ is the electrical signal

action potential