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Psychology Chap 1-3 | PSYC - Development Psychology, Quizzes of Developmental Psychology

Class: PSYC - Development Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: Midland Lutheran College; Term: Forever 1989;

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TERM 1
The Scientific Method
DEFINITION 1
________ is a form of critical thinking based on
carefulcollectionof evidence, accurate description and
measurement, precisedefinition, controlledobservation, and
repeatable results
TERM 2
They alter people's expectations
DEFINITION 2
Placebos have such a strong effect on people because.
TERM 3
True
DEFINITION 3
Remembering your social security number would be consider
a covert behavior.
TERM 4
Independent variable
DEFINITION 4
The control group and the experimental group in an
experiment are treated exactly the same EXCEPT for the.
TERM 5
Watching a tv game show
DEFINITION 5
Which of the following behaviors can best be described as
overt behavior?
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The Scientific Method

________ is a form of critical thinking based on

carefulcollectionof evidence, accurate description and

measurement, precisedefinition, controlledobservation, and

repeatable results

TERM 2

They alter people's expectations

DEFINITION 2

Placebos have such a strong effect on people because.

TERM 3

True

DEFINITION 3

Remembering your social security number would be consider

a covert behavior.

TERM 4

Independent variable

DEFINITION 4

The control group and the experimental group in an

experiment are treated exactly the same EXCEPT for the.

TERM 5

Watching a tv game show

DEFINITION 5

Which of the following behaviors can best be described as

overt behavior?

Pseudo-

The fortune teller who studies your palm carefully before

annoucing that great fortune lies in your immediate future is

practicing _______ psychology.

TERM 7

Help identify cause-and-effect relationships

DEFINITION 7

Experiments are used in psychology because they.

TERM 8

Describe, understand, predict, and control

behavior

DEFINITION 8

The goals of psychology are to

TERM 9

Neuroscience

DEFINITION 9

Biopsychologists and others who study the brain and nervous

system, such as biologists and biochemists form the broader

field of

TERM 10

The scientific method to study behavior

DEFINITION 10

Psychology is different fields such as history, law,

andbusinessbecause of the reliance on

All of these. dreams emotions slips of the

tongue

According to Freud, unconscious thoughts are often revealed

TERM 17

Your actions are controlled by rewards and

punishments

DEFINITION 17

Skinners contribution to behaviorism lies in his insistence

that

TERM 18

The dependent variable

DEFINITION 18

In an experiment to study the effects of fertilizer on plants,

the growth rate of the plants would be

TERM 19

Correlational

DEFINITION 19

You want to find out what relationship exists between high

school grades and college grades. You should use the _______

research method.

TERM 20

psychologists are interested in the behavior of

any living thing animal models often can be

applied to human behavior the study of

animals can benefit both animals and humans

DEFINITION 20

Animalsare used in psychological research because

soma

The main part of the neuron which collects and combines

information is called the

TERM 22

not able to catch the dollar bill because

neural processing takes more time

DEFINITION 22

A friend holds a dollar bill between your open fingertips.

Without warning, your friend releases the bill. You are

TERM 23

chemical; neurotransmitters

DEFINITION 23

Communications between neurons is considered to a _____

change involving _____.

TERM 24

Raise her endorphin levels

DEFINITION 24

Santana steps on a tack and jerks her foot back this pain will