Across
- 4. Immediate transition from awake to REM sleep
- 5. Rhythm occurring once daily
- 7. Believed heredity solely determines who we are
- 11. Most of the night is spent in this type of sleep; refreshes body and brain
- 12. Variable that an experimenter tries to prevent from affecting the outcome
- 13. Brain rhythm when most alert
- 21. Category of statistics; used to compare groups and/or test hypotheses
- 22. Method of dividing participants into groups; usually evens out differences
- 25. Can diagnose disorders and give therapy; not a medical doctor
- 26. First psychology lab; study of consciousness
- 28. Type of variable that sets the different groups or conditions in an experiment
- 30. Statement of detailed method for independent or dependent variable
- 31. Made by pineal gland; increases when dark
- 33. What are the components of consciousness?
Down
- 1. Participant can’t tell if they are in the control or experimental group
- 2. Dreams are merely explanations of spontaneous brain activity
- 3. Are you a night owl or morning lark?
- 6. Remember what agrees with your opinion but not what conflicts
- 8. Theory that hypnosis is just doing what others expect
- 9. Subfield of psychology that tries to find happiness and meaning
- 10. A focus on free will and growth potential
- 14. Testing whether a similar study can find similar results
- 15. Part of the scientific study of psychology that can be observed
- 16. Can be positive or negative; indicates a relationship between measurements
- 17. Most active form of sleep; lots of dreams; body is paralyzed
- 18. Can diagnose disorders and prescribe medication
- 19. What is the benefit of each component of consciousness?
- 20. Summarizes findings of numerous studies; widely believed by researchers in the field
- 23. An investigation of one unique individual
- 24. Psychologist likely to work in schools
- 27. Drugs such as caffeine that increase brain activity
- 29. Slowest brain waves; NREM 3 & 4
- 32. Developed therapies based on exposing unconscious thoughts