Across
- 2. thinking about the meaning of a word rather than memorizing the definition
- 3. depends on both eyes and is a depth cue
- 5. this is a learned response (Pavlov’s experiment: dog’s salivation to food and whistle)
- 6. he was a linguist and argued that language was not built-in, but rather learned over time
- 7. according to Piaget’s theory, the stage where people are able to being thinking abstractly about topics
- 11. the stage where children develop mental operations and are able to logically think
- 12. an aroused state that prompts an organism to accomplish its own needs
- 15. the left frontal lobe which impairs an individual’s ability to speak
- 17. our tendency to look for information that supports our own beliefs and ignoring anything against it
- 18. he focused on psychosocial development through childhood up to adulthood
- 19. a treatment that is done under anesthesia where electrical currents flow through the brain triggering a seizure
- 20. people’s eagerness to be included within a group and create relationships
- 25. theory the idea that dreams occur because our brain is activated by the neural activity during REM sleep
- 28. he created an intelligence test and associated an intelligence test with a child’s age
- 33. a phenomenon known to make a small amount of light look like it’s moving in a dark environment
- 39. the idea that people have different levels of this and are driven to perform actions to achieve a pleasurable feeling
- 41. a tangible item given to someone after an achievement usually
- 42. when objects from a distance are seen as blurry due to its depth perception
- 43. he says that our facial expressions influences our emotions
- 44. he believed that the social aspect of our childhood influences our personality development
- 45. the difference between the charges on the inside and outside
- 46. known as important images with deeper meaning (ex: the green light in The Great Gatsby)
- 47. the eyes’ ability to adjust its focus on objects
Down
- 1. a phenomenon known as a gradual increase in intelligence tests over time
- 4. our ability to learn associations which results in specific response (Pavlov’s experiment)
- 8. the interval where action potential cannot occur
- 9. holds memories for a brief period of time before it is forgotten
- 10. a cue for our eyes to focus inward on an object
- 13. this area connects both hemispheres and transmits information between them
- 14. the period of time where a neuron is fired to transmit a charge for a few seconds
- 16. the ability to adjust to environmental changes and block out any distractions
- 20. contains two subdivisions which are sympathetic and parasympathetic
- 21. a mental shortcut that allows people to come up with examples quickly
- 22. consists of conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extraversion
- 23. the minimum difference between stimuli that a person is able to detect 50% of the time
- 24. exposure to other stimuli at an early period of time leads to a normal development
- 26. a component of personality that contains our thoughts and memories
- 27. scientific studies that help lead to solving problems
- 29. the smallest amount of stimulus required in order to detected by humans
- 30. when a conditioned response begins to weaken and eventually disappear
- 31. grouping items into certain units (ex: apples and bananas under the group of fruits)
- 32. he viewed an individual’s interactions with the environment important, also known as reciprocal determinism
- 34. a way of thinking in multiple different ways that allows for creative thinking and produces multiple solutions
- 35. our ability to take in information and apply them to fit schemas
- 36. changing aggressive behavior toward something more acceptable
- 37. a way of narrowing multiple solutions that leads to one solution
- 38. these carry information and inform muscles on what to do
- 40. it is a group that identifies how to express individual emotions
- 42. a way of logical thinking using steps that lead to answer for a certain problem