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psychology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| the historically significant perspective that emphasized the human potential for healthy growth was known as _____________ | humanistic psychology |
| the suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas best highlights the _____________ character of psychology | scientific |
| the scientific study of behavior without reference to mental processes was of special interest to _____________ | Watson |
| dual processing refers to processing information at the same time on separate _______ tracks | conscious & unconscious |
| 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 |
| three key elements of the scientific attitude are _______, __________, and ____________ | curiosity, skepticism, and humility |
| the scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to ______________ | recognize the errors in our own ideas |
| the first psychological laboratory was established by ___________ | Wilham Wundt |
| the English naturalist who first proposed evolutionary psychology was ________ | Darwin |
| in its earliest years psychology focused on the study of_________ | mental processes |
| B.F Skinner was a prominent American _____________ | behaviorist |
| the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human activity without reference to mental processes is known as ___________ | behaviorism |
| the mind's defenses against its own unconscious wishes and impulses were of special interest to _______ | Sigmund Freud |
| which major force in psychology emphasized unconscious sexual conflicts? _______ | Freudian Psychology |
| the science of behavior and mental processes is called ______ | psychology |
| a neuron is best described as a _________ | |
| the release of ______ enables muscle action | acetylcholine (ach) |
| the vast majority of neurons in the body's information system are ___________ | interneurons |
| the endocrine system consists of ________ | glands |
| the brains oldest region is the ____________ | brain stem |
| parallel processing involves the processing of many aspects of a problem _____ | at the same time |
| the large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called _________ | delta |
| plasticity refers to the brain's capacity to change by forming new neural pathways based on __________ | based on experience |
| the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes is called ___________ | biological psychology |
| the cells that serve as the basic building blocks of the body's information system are called ________ | neurons |
| John B. Watson believed that psychology should be the science of _________ | observable behavior |
| which pioneering learning researcher highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior? __________ | Alfred bandura |
| the process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors is called ________ | learning |
| learning that certain events occur together is called _______ | associative learning |
| any event or situation that evokes a response is a _________ | stimulus |
| Jordan is frightened by the sound of a train whistle. The sound is a(n) _________ | stimulus |
| voluntary behaviors that produce rewarding or punishing outcomes are called ________ | operant behavior |
| a neutral stimulus is an event or situation that ________ | elicits no response prior to classical conditioning |
| 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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