Across
- 2. when sodium enters an axon after the gates being opened which allows the axon to be more positive on its inside.
- 3. area: deals with language expression in the left hemisphere which guides muscle movement when we speak
- 5. Perspective: Objects that appear blurred from a distance due to the environment one is in.
- 6. Our ability to adjust to new things or changes that come our way and our ability to accept it.
- 7. Potential: A neural impulse or short electrical charge which advances down an axon.
- 9. Created first intelligence test and used children that might have a hard time learning at a normal pace in a french school.
- 11. collusum: information that is passed by fibers between two hemispheres
- 12. period: the period after birth where an organism is exposed to specific stimuli which allows the organism to develop properly.
- 13. A rule or procedure that guides one towards solving a particular problem.
- 14. Thinking: proposing a bunch of different solutions to solve a problem
- 15. Cues: a cue used for depth where two eyes are in use
- 18. This deals with sensation and perception and is a process where our eye’s lens begins to change its shape in order to focus on close or distant objects that are on the retina.
- 21. activist for nature and grammar rules (universal grammar) which he said allowed preschoolers to comprehend language and use grammar efficiently
- 24. Bias: when one desires information that confirms their previous beliefs even if the current knowledge leads to the original belief being wrong.
- 28. Rehearsal: a memory technique that deals with thought of the meaning of words rather than the word itself
- 29. of STM: the amount that can be remembered in short term memory; 7 is magic number
- 30. placing items into well known units that are easily managed; can happen automatically
- 32. Thinking: finding one simple answer to a problem
- 34. a psychiatric treatment that deals with prompting seizures
- 36. needs: One’s desire to form relationships and have that feeling that they are a part of a group.
- 37. a psychologist that studies relationships between emotion and one’s facial experssion
- 39. a psychologist in the developmental field who is famous for his work on human development and identity
- 40. part two of Freud’s structural model of the mind that deals with reality
- 42. Cue: interpreting likelihood of events in terms of how well we remember them
- 44. reward: a type of behavior that is driven by sources from the outside rather than the inside of someone
- 45. response: a response that is learned from a stimulus that was originally neutral or had no meaning
- 46. Threshold: The smallest amount of stimulus energy required to identify a certain stimulus 50% of the time.
Down
- 1. A scientific researcher who observed observational learning; famous for bobo doll research
- 4. Are known to influence one’s behavior through their collective unconscious.
- 5. synthesis theory: Explains why we dream and suggests that dreams form due to physiological processes that are in the brain.
- 6. theory: motivation preserves physiological arousal
- 7. A physician and psychotherapist who is well known in the psychology world as he advocated for human well-being and establishing positive changes/impacts to the world.
- 8. rules: rules learned early on in life through socializing and interacting with others
- 10. NS: part of the peripheral nervous system which directs glands and internal organ muscles; contains sympathetic division (winds up) and parasympathetic division (slows down)
- 16. Research: A scientific study that strives towards solving certain problems.
- 17. occurs when conditioned responses are not being reinforced over a time period
- 19. Conditioning: class of learning where we link two or more stimuli
- 20. Threshold: the smallest difference between two stimuli needed to be detected 50% of the time
- 22. comprehending our life experiences in account to the schemas we already have
- 23. operations: cognitive development stage by Piaget; ages 6-11 gain a new functionality that allows them to think in a logic manner
- 25. Effect: a study showing how intelligence scores kept increasing over time
- 26. reduction: biological needs of which drive one’s motivational behaviors
- 27. five: CANOE; conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion
- 31. operations: stage four of cognitive development where there is an increase in the ability of one to think theoretically and to see growth in ecocentrism
- 33. Neurons: conducting cells that transport information from the central nervous system to all of the other organs and muscles
- 35. when eyes move inward as they look at something
- 38. Effect: deals with human perception in that a tiny spot of light in a dark environment begins to move
- 41. when one takes out their anger on someone else or an object that did not actually cause the anger of that person
- 43. Refractory Period: The period during action potential where a stimulus is sent to a neuron which stops the production of another action potential so a neuron can no longer fire another impulse.