Across
- 1. This research method involves observing subjects in their natural environment without interference.
- 3. The part of the nervous system responsible for the fight-or-flight response.
- 5. The brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections allowing for adaptation to learning, experience, or recovery from injury.
- 7. Dissonance The mental discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes simultaneously
- 8. A research design that examines the relationship between two or more variables without implying causation.
- 9. The study of how environmental factors influence gene expression without changing the DNA sequence itself.
- 10. A statistical test that assesses the effect of one or more independent variables on multiple dependent variables simultaneously.
- 13. Conditioning A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behaviour.
- 15. Occurs when the effect of one independent variable on a dependent variable depends on the level of another independent variable.
Down
- 2. A mental health disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.
- 4. A type of variable that the experimenter manipulates in an experiment.
- 6. A statistical method used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups.
- 11. The tendency to perceive a familiar pattern, such as faces or objects, where none actually exist.
- 12. The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
- 14. A term in psychology that refers to a person’s visible expression of emotions or feelings. It is often assessed in clinical settings to understand a person’s emotional state, ranging from flat affect (lack of emotional expression) to heightened affect (intense emotional expression).