First 50 Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Visual information that’s used to process what is being seen
  2. 7. step-by-step instructions that lead to the correct answer
  3. 8. A change in the difference between the electric charge from both sides of the cell membrane
  4. 9. Opposite of divergent thinking
  5. 11. learning procedure where there’s a stimulus involved along with a neutral stimulus
  6. 13. The individual’s need to feel a sense of belonging by being part of a social group
  7. 16. The stage where you’re able to think abstractly
  8. 17. Amount that must be changed for there to be a detection in a change of stimulus
  9. 19. How a group or someone expresses themselves
  10. 22. Known for his interest in facial expressions and their universal meaning
  11. 29. The recovery period when another action potential cannot occur no matter the level of intensity of the stimulus
  12. 31. A period of time where a skill is most likely to be acquired
  13. 34. conducting scientific research and using it to solve real-world situations/problems
  14. 36. Biological needs leads to motivations and actions being pursued
  15. 38. Where a conditioned response begins to disappear
  16. 43. Thinking about the meaning behind the word to remember better
  17. 45. The way we perceive objects further away as blurry
  18. 46. The lowest level of stimulus that can be detected examples: light, sound, touch
  19. 47. the idea that putting information that has similarities together makes it easier to remember
  20. 48. Believed that human language is an innate trait
  21. 49. The idea that throughout generations, individuals are getting more intelligent and their intelligence scores are increasing
Down
  1. 2. The response that is automatic in result from a neutral stimulus
  2. 3. Adopting new experiences into how we experience life currently
  3. 4. The theory that changes in neuron activity triggers the brainstem during REM sleep
  4. 5. Came up with an intelligence test to measure individual’s cognitive abilities
  5. 6. A tangible award given by someone in the outside world which most times has monetary value
  6. 10. Psychologist that worked with the social learning theory
  7. 12. The movement of your eyes inwards in order to focus on an object
  8. 14. Cells that carry information from the central nervous system to other parts of the body
  9. 15. The ability to retrieve something through internal or external; events
  10. 18. Nerve fibers connected two hemispheres of the brain
  11. 20. Created by Sigmund Freud and it takes in both the external and internal world when making decisions
  12. 21. what happens when new experiences cause you to modify your schemas
  13. 23. Regulates involuntary functions automatically without consciousness
  14. 24. The development of organized thinking and it’s also the third stage of Piaget’s cognitive development
  15. 25. Psychologist that was extremely focused on overcoming feelings of inferiority
  16. 26. How long memories can be stored in short term before it’s moved to long term or forgotten
  17. 27. When a depolarizing current triggers a neuron to fire
  18. 28. The bias where you interpret evidence in favor of your hypothesis
  19. 30. AKA electroshock therapy
  20. 32. Part of brain that allows speech to exist
  21. 33. The slight eye movement that comes from staring at a single spot and fatiguing the eyes
  22. 35. Focused on the psychological development of humans
  23. 37. A variety of different solutions are proposed instead of one singular solution
  24. 39. People perform actions and make decisions in order to maintain arousal levels
  25. 40. 5 personality traits that allows us to understand an individual’s identity
  26. 41. Defense mechanism where feelings are being placed on someone or something else
  27. 42. basic models for human behavior which was created by Carl Jung
  28. 44. What occurs when you adjust to new experiences and helps us develop mentally and physically