Across
- 1. Brain’s ability to adapt and reorganize
- 4. _____________ Memory: Memory of facts and general knowledge
- 8. Process of bringing info out of memory
- 13. _____________ Nervous System: Voluntary muscles are controlled by this nervous system
- 15. Sudden sleep attacks characterize this disorder
- 18. Learning by watching others
- 19. Cognitive _____________: Mental discomfort caused by holding conflicting beliefs
- 20. Theory stating emotion comes after body response
- 24. Defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are redirected
- 25. _____________ Conditioning: Learning through rewards and punishments
- 27. Reinforcement after a specific number of responses
- 28. Institutional _____________ Board: Ethics board overseeing psychological research
- 31. A reinforcer that is learned, like money or grades
- 32. The "gateway" structure to the brain’s sensory areas
- 34. Mental shortcut using most typical example
- 37. Statistical index of the relationship between two variables
- 40. Tendency to remember first items in a list
- 41. _____________ Depressive Disorder: Depression characterized by long-term, low mood
- 43. Part of brain involved in motor control and balance
- 44. Hormone linked to bonding and social connection
- 47. _____________ Effect: Tendency to believe others notice us more than they actually do
- 48. A false belief, often found in schizophrenia
- 50. Fundamental _____________ Error: Explaining others behavior on their personality rather than situation
- 52. Tendency to believe, after the fact, that you knew it all along
- 54. Encoding info based on its meaning
- 55. Neurotransmitter associated with arousal and alertness
- 56. Standard deviation is a measure of this
- 57. _____________ Memory: Memory of personal life events
- 58. The sensory cortex is located in this lobe
- 59. Delusions of _____________ : Strong belief that others are out to get you
- 60. Sleep disorder involving pauses in breathing
- 62. Taking a phone away to increase sleep quality, for example
- 64. Brain structure essential for memory formation
- 67. Most common measure of variability in a data set
- 70. _____________ Interference: Occurs when old info interferes with new
- 72. Used in surveys to measure opinions or attitudes
- 73. Perspective focused on inherited traits and survival
- 74. Therapy technique where anxiety is gradually reduced
- 76. Psychologist known for the hierarchy of needs
- 77. Graph showing bell-shaped distribution
- 80. _____________ Learning: Learning that occurs suddenly without trial and error
- 81. Founder of psychoanalysis
- 83. Part of the brain involved in fear and aggression
- 84. Ability to focus on one stimulus among many
- 85. Research where both subjects and experimenters are unaware of treatment
- 86. The stage in Piaget's theory where conservation emerges
Down
- 2. Pavlov’s conditioning
- 3. The method of collecting data by watching subjects in natural environments
- 5. Mental shortcut that relies on examples that come to mind quickly
- 6. This neurotransmitter is linked to movement and reward
- 7. A research method using numbers and statistics
- 9. Interpreting new information in terms of existing schemas
- 10. Reinforcer that satisfies a biological need
- 11. Schedule of reinforcement that is unpredictable in time
- 12. Part of the brain that links nervous and endocrine systems
- 14. Neural firing principle which suggests a neuron fires or it doesn’t, regardless of intensity
- 16. Psychological term for "fake treatment"
- 17. Research method involving in-depth analysis of a single individual
- 21. Neuron type that carries messages to muscles
- 22. Cognitive phenomenon where recent info is better recalled
- 23. Mental set that prevents new uses for objects
- 26. The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus
- 29. Neurotransmitter involved in mood and sleep
- 30. Motivation driven by rewards or consequences
- 33. Theory that dreams are the brain’s attempt to make sense of neural activity
- 35. Giving bonus points to increase participation, for example
- 36. Data chart that shows the relationship between two variables
- 38. Brain hemisphere specializing in language
- 39. Encoding strategy of breaking information into groups
- 42. The body’s tendency to maintain balance
- 45. _____________ Nervous System: The "fight or flight" division of the autonomic nervous system
- 46. Measurement of central tendency often called the average
- 47. Psychologist known for operant conditioning
- 49. Refusal to accept reality as a defense mechanism
- 51. A belief that one's fate is determined by outside forces
- 53. Ethical principle requiring privacy of participant data
- 54. Mental rules or categories that help us interpret information
- 61. The illusion of movement in still images
- 63. A tiny gap between neurons
- 65. The body's master gland
- 66. False sensory perception
- 68. Changing schemas to incorporate new information
- 69. Bias where we seek out information to support our view
- 71. Rule-based way of solving problems that guarantees a solution
- 75. Brain lobe associated with vision
- 78. _____________ Learning: Learning that is not immediately shown in behavior
- 79. Group in an experiment that receives no treatment
- 82. Paradoxical sleep stage