50 TERM PSYCH CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 3. smallest level of energy needed by external stimulus in order to be detected by senses
  2. 4. memory technique involving thinking about meaning of a term in order to remember
  3. 5. models of people, behaviors, or personalities
  4. 7. form of learning in which a conditioned stimulus is associated with unrelated unconditioned stimulus, producing a conditioned response
  5. 10. part of brain controlling ability to produce language
  6. 14. third stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development starting around 7 years old - 11 years old
  7. 15. how motivation originates from biological needs or drives
  8. 16. illusory movement of a still object
  9. 20. defense mechanism where one redirects negative feelings to less threatening subject
  10. 21. automatic response established by training to ordinarily neutral stimulus
  11. 23. change in difference of electrical charge inside/outside of cell membrane
  12. 25. neurobiological theory of dreams suggesting they're created by changes in neuron activity during REM sleep
  13. 27. most famous studies surrounded facial expression/emotion
  14. 31. individuals ability to adjust to changes and accept info
  15. 32. cognitive process in which person attempts to find single correct answer to problem
  16. 34. responsible for allowing two hemispheres to communicate
  17. 37. internal/external events that affect learning/behavior
  18. 39. neuron cannot be excited to generate a second (no matter how intense the stimulus)
  19. 41. the 5-9 items stored in short term memory
  20. 42. the closer an object, the more inward our eyes must turn to focus
  21. 44. method of solving problems where multiple solutions are offered to find one that works best
  22. 46. albert _______ best known for social learning theory/being a significant social cognitive psychologist
  23. 47. maturational stage in life when nervous system is very sensitive to environmental stimuli
Down
  1. 1. Electroconvulsive therapy
  2. 2. 4th/final Piaget stage starting at 12 years old when thinking becomes more advanced
  3. 3. describes one's need to feel involved in social group
  4. 6. gradual weakening of conditioned response resulting in behavior decreasing/disappearing
  5. 8. phenomenon demonstrates a marked increase in intelligence score averages throughout history
  6. 9. defined set of step by step procedures to get to correct answer of an issue
  7. 11. conducting cells carrying info from central nervous system to muscles/organs
  8. 12. people are driven to perform actions to maintain optimum level of physiological arousal
  9. 13. occurs during firing of neuron, allows + ions in and - ions out
  10. 17. scientific study and research seeking to solve practical problems
  11. 18. motivation driven by some sort of external reward
  12. 19. developed first widely used intelligence test
  13. 22. noticeable difference in stimulation that one can detect 50% of the time
  14. 24. tendency to search for or interpret info in a way that agrees with one's preconceptions
  15. 26. accepted/added on to freudian theory. believed that psychosocial development occurred in 8 stages
  16. 28. control system acting mainly unconciously to regulate bodily fucntions
  17. 29. visual info taken in by two eyes, enabling sense of depth perception
  18. 30. Piaget defined as a cognitive process used to take in new info and incorporate it into pre-existing ideas
  19. 33. tendency for far away objects to appear hazy due to atmosphere
  20. 35. process of taking individual pieces of info and grouping into larger units
  21. 36. alfred _____ founded individual psychology
  22. 37. developed by piaget describing what happens to cause modification of existing schemas
  23. 38. social group's informal norms about how to appropriately express emotions
  24. 40. argued linguistics should be a branch of cognitive psychology
  25. 43. extraversion,agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism
  26. 45. one's sense of self-esteem/importance. mediates between conscious/unconscious