Psychology Vocabulary Flashcard

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What term describes thinking activities that happen in your brain, like remembering facts for a test, solving a math problem, or making a decision about what to wear?

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Cognitive

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What is the term for the normal body activities that keep you alive, like breathing, eating, sleeping, and your heart beating, which happen automatically without you having to think about them?

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Physiological

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What is a big explanation that scientists create after doing many experiments and collecting lots of information, which is much stronger than a guess because it's based on real evidence?

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Theory

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What is an educated guess or prediction about something, which scientists make before they do experiments to test if their guess is correct?

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Hypothesis

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What is the scientific study of how people behave and think called?

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Psychology

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What type of information comes from actually watching something happen or doing an experiment, not just from thinking about it or guessing?

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Empirical

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Fill in the blank: ______ is the thing that causes stress. Examples: a big test, an argument with a friend, or being late to class.

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Stressor

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What type of science involves using what scientists have learned to fix real problems in the real world, such as using psychology to help kids deal with anxiety at school?

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Applied Science

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Fill in the blank: ______ is the worried or uncomfortable feeling you get when something seems hard or scary. It happens when you think a situation is too much for you to handle.

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Stress

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What type of science is research that scientists do just because they're curious and want to learn more about the world, not trying to solve a specific problem right now?

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Basic Science