Introduction to Psychology Final Exam Review

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Across
  1. 2. a subset of the population researchers are interested in studying
  2. 7. in an experiment, the group that gets the treatment
  3. 9. relationship between two variables
  4. 10. founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology
  5. 11. the basic cell of the nervous system
  6. 13. carries message to next neuron with electrical signals
  7. 14. approach to psychology that emphasizes learning, experience, and what we can see people do
  8. 18. when two variables change together in opposite directions
  9. 19. approach to psychology that emphasizes physiological and genetic factors
  10. 20. covers the iris
  11. 21. the scientific study of behavior and cognitive processes
  12. 22. subfield of psychology that involves working with the criminal justice system
  13. 23. when two variables change together in the same direction
  14. 24. sensory information is sent here, then directed to appropriate part of brain
  15. 25. process for psychologists to find evidence to support hypothesis
  16. 28. activiated when we respond with "fight-or-flight"
  17. 33. the minimum amount of stimulus we need to detect it
  18. 36. confidentiality, debriefing, protection from harm
  19. 37. the master gland located in the middle of the brain that controls the other glands
  20. 39. approach to psychology that emphasizes the unconscious mind and the importance of early childhood experiences
  21. 41. our brain making senses of sensory information
  22. 42. our sense of balance
  23. 43. smell and taste
Down
  1. 1. when our brain fills in gaps to complete an incomplete figure
  2. 3. only research method that allows for cause-and-effect conclusions
  3. 4. the group of people researchers are interested in studying
  4. 5. brain and spinal cord
  5. 6. takes messages from cochlea to brain
  6. 8. send messages across the synaptic gap
  7. 12. takes information from the retina to the brain
  8. 15. monozygotic, so share exactly the same genetics
  9. 16. opening in the eye that lets light in
  10. 17. the minimum amount of change we need to detect change
  11. 26. in an experiment, the group that does not get the treatment
  12. 27. research method that involves an in-depth look at a person or small group
  13. 29. method for protecting research from bias by keeping researcher and participant from knowing who is in experimental group
  14. 30. also referred to as genetics or biological factors
  15. 31. founder of modern psychology because he opened the first lab to study it scientifically
  16. 32. also known as environmental factors
  17. 34. way to ensure results from a sample can be generalized to target population
  18. 35. tells us body position
  19. 38. the space between the axon terminals of one neuron and the dendrites of the next
  20. 40. convenient research method because it allows gathering large amounts of information relatively quickly
  21. 44. help with color vision - in the retina