September UPSA Crossword

1. This research method involves observing subjects in their natural environment without interference.
3. The part of the nervous system responsible for the fight-or-flight response.
5. The brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections allowing for adaptation to learning, experience, or recovery from injury.
7. Dissonance The mental discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes simultaneously
8. A research design that examines the relationship between two or more variables without implying causation.
9. The study of how environmental factors influence gene expression without changing the DNA sequence itself.
10. A statistical test that assesses the effect of one or more independent variables on multiple dependent variables simultaneously.
13. Conditioning A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behaviour.
15. Occurs when the effect of one independent variable on a dependent variable depends on the level of another independent variable.

2. A mental health disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.
4. A type of variable that the experimenter manipulates in an experiment.
6. A statistical method used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups.
11. The tendency to perceive a familiar pattern, such as faces or objects, where none actually exist.
12. The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
14. A term in psychology that refers to a person’s visible expression of emotions or feelings. It is often assessed in clinical settings to understand a person’s emotional state, ranging from flat affect (lack of emotional expression) to heightened affect (intense emotional expression).