PSY: Test 1

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Across
  1. 3. Placing participants into groups by chance.
  2. 6. The variable that is measured in an experiment.
  3. 7. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
  4. 9. A specialized cell that communicates information throughout the body.
  5. 10. A research method used to collect information from many people by asking questions.
  6. 11. Chemical messengers that allow neurons to communicate.
  7. 12. The brain structure most closely associated with forming new memories.
  8. 13. The variable that the researcher deliberately changes in an experiment.
Down
  1. 1. The small gap between two neurons.
  2. 2. The goal of psychology that focuses on answering, “Why does behavior happen?”
  3. 4. The part of a neuron that receives messages from other neurons.
  4. 5. Two variables being related to one another; this does not necessarily mean one causes the other.
  5. 8. The goal of psychology that involves forecasting what may happen in the future.