Across
- 1. threshold that is the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
- 3. A characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer-reports
- 7. conversion of one form of energy into another; in sensation, into neural impulses our brain can interpret
- 10. The largely conscious "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality
- 11. perseverance that involves clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
- 13. type of thinking that involves narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution
- 14. test designed to predict a person's future performance
- 15. type of facilitation that is improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others
- 18. variable other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment
- 20. the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response
- 22. type of amnesia that is a faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined
- 23. A molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, inhibits or blocks a response
- 24. A molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a response
- 26. assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between the different groups
- 27. intelligence which is our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age, especially during late adulthood
- 28. retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions. The cones detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations
Down
- 1. Type of potential that is a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
- 2. the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
- 4. test designed to assess what a person has learned
- 5. effect in which experimental results are caused by expectations alone
- 6. thinking that expands the number of possible problem solutions
- 8. coefficient that measures the relationship between two variables from -1 to +1
- 9. type of blindness when you fail to notice alterations in the environment
- 12. the necessary post-experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants
- 14. type of processing which is unconscious encoding of incidental information
- 16. processing that is encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
- 17. The part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations
- 19. According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Today, information processing of which we are unaware
- 21. adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
- 25. cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons