PSYC 2301 - Quiz 1

"If children watch violent cartoons, then they will become more aggressive". According to the scientific method, this statement is a _______

Hypothesis

Sensation are perception are _________

Interactive

If you are standing on one foot and you close your eyes, you don't immediately fall over because your _______ fills in for some of the missing visual information

Kinesthetic sense

Which of the following imaging techniques would be best for studying the activity of one single neuron?

Microelectrodes

When information taken in through the senses is organized and interpreted. the process referred to as_______

Perception

When information is taken in through the senses, the process is referred to as________

Sensation

The central nervous system consists of the_____

brain and spinal cord

The scientific method starts with ________

observation and questions

The sense of smell is also known as _______

olfaction

:Psychology is __________

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes