Biological Psychology | Sensation & Perception | Developmental Psychology | Cognition | History of Psychology |
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What are the root-like parts of the cell?
Dendrites
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What is the activation of our senses?
Sensation
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What is a substance that can cause harm if ingested by the mother and can pass through the placenta barrier?
Teratogens
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What is the indication that learning has persisted over time?
Memory
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Who revolutionizes psychology with his psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Freud
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What is the hormone that controls pain and is connected to addiction?
Endorphins
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What is the process of understanding sensations?
Perception
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What reflex causes the baby to put an object in their mouth when touched on the cheek?
Rooting Reflex
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What holds everything that you are currently thinking?
Short Term
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What are the environmental stimuli that either encourage or discourage certain responses?
Reinforcement
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What is the fatty covering around the axon of neurons that speeds neural impulses?
Myelin Sheath
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What gives us feedback about the position and orientation of specific body parts?
Kinesthetic Senses
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At what age can babies typically stand on their own?
fifteen months old
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What is the process of getting information out of memory so we can use it?
Retrieval
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Who set up the first psychological laboratory?
Wilhelm Wundt
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What coordinates muscle movements and is towards the bottom of the brain?
Cerebellum
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What is the minimum amount of stimulus we can detect 50% of the time?
Absolute Threshold
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At what stage do babies realize their gender?
Phallic Stage
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What is the smallest unit of meaningful sound?
Morphemes
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What is the process of understanding human thought and behavior?
Dream Analysis
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What controls facial expressions and connects the hindbrain with the rest of the brain?
Pon
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What is it called when we perceive by filling in gaps in what we sense with background knowledge?
Top-Down Processing
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What parenting style includes the parent to have more strict standards for their child?
Authoritarian
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What is the order in which words are spoken or written?
Syntax
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What is the part of our mind which we do not have conscious control?
Unconscious Mind
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