Across
- 1. to look for information that confirm one’s own previously-held beliefs
- 7. has 2 main divisions: sympathetic and parasympathetic
- 9. also called the just noticeable difference
- 13. opposite of hyperpolarization
- 15. part of Piaget's stages of cognitive development where the child changes to meet the standards of society
- 19. the theory that people are motivated to act in order to maintain an optimum arousal level
- 23. came up with the theory that human behavior is driven by the need to overcome fears of inferiority
- 26. theory created by behaviorist Clark Hull
- 27. capacity is around 7 items
- 29. enable depth perception
- 32. one of Freud’s agents in his model of the psyche
- 33. proposed the theory of language acquisition
- 35. proposed by Carl Jung, idea that people share patterns and images through a collective unconscious
- 36. emotions you present to others
- 39. step-by-step way to solve a problem
- 41. the part during the firing of the neuron where the neuron sends info down the axon and starting a depolarizing current in a polarity change
- 42. important in perception in understanding how we perceive close objects
- 43. five includes extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness and neuroticism
- 45. needs: theory that people need to feel included and belong in a social setting
- 46. the period when the neuron can´t be excited to establish a 2nd action potential
- 47. way to research through solve a problem impacting a group
- 48. technique to remember information by breaking it down into smaller groups
- 49. 3rd stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
Down
- 2. the pattern of increasing IQ scores over time
- 3. useful in relaying information to long term memory
- 4. published first intelligence test
- 5. inform organs and muscles what to do
- 6. to work for $
- 8. fourth stage of Piaget's cognitive stages where there is a spike in one's ability to think abstractly and adopt egocentrism, enabling the ability to plan, reason, and argue
- 10. helps in anticipating potential problems
- 11. C-shaped band of nerve fibers stretching across the brain to connect left and right hemispheres
- 12. theory that proposes that dreams are made by adjustments in neuron activity that trigger the brainstem in REM sleep
- 14. a stationary light source in the dark gives the illusion that it is moving
- 16. Piaget's idea that when you take in new information you modify it to fit into existing schemas
- 17. forgetting occurs to the lost of this
- 18. multiple choice tests, spelling tests and math tests are measure this type of thinking
- 20. smallest amount of energy needed for a human to detect an external stimulus with one of their 5 senses.
- 21. neo-Freudian, adopted theory of psychosocial development
- 22. known for Bobo Doll experiments
- 24. behavior that doesn’t come naturally but is manipulated by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus
- 25. area in the brain linked to speech production
- 28. discovered by Pavlov’s study of dogs
- 30. time when individual is most sensitive to environmental stimuli
- 31. best known for studies on facial expressions
- 34. when objects in the distance look more blurry due to the atmosphere
- 37. to learn and comprehend new information by incorporating it into one’s existing knowledge
- 38. spontaneous recovery ends this
- 40. when someone who does poorly on a test takes their anger out on mom
- 44. can be used to treat depression or bipolar disorder