What year did William Wundt establish the first formal laboratory for research in psychology at the University of Leipzig, which became the birth date of psychology?

Who founded Behaviorism, the scientific premise that psychology should only study observable behavior?

What professional specialty in psychology performs a wide variety of tasks in the world of business and industry, such as running human resources departments, working to improve staff morale and attitudes, striving to increase job satisfaction and productivity?

Charles Darwin claimed that we could learn more about human memory, behavior, instincts, and emotion if we only studied animals

John B. Watson believed that psychologists should abandon the study of consciousness altogether and focus exclusively on behaviors that they could observe directly

Building blocks that comprise our nervous system; Basic nerve cells in the brain

Branch-like extension fibers that receive messages from other nerve cells; “The listeners”

Long, cable like extension that transmits electrical impulses from the cell body out to other neurons; “The talker”

The small gaps between axons and dendrites; space where neurotransmitters are sent to another neuron

Chemicals that transmit information from one neuron to another neuron

Processes and makes sense of visual information; Controls sight

Assists with the interpretation of touch; Plays a role in the knowledge of numbers and their relationships; Helps with the understanding of objects, shapes, and space; Controls touch and pressure, taste, and body awareness

Region of the brain that contains motor neurons involved in the comprehension of speech

Part of the hindbrain; Involved in sleep and arousal

Large bundle of nerve fibers that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres

What involves forming a memory code and requires attention?

What involves maintaining encoded information in memory over time?

What is it called when there is a linking of a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding?

Most adults can store between how many items in their short-term memory?

How long can memory be stored in short-term memory?

How long can memory be stored in long-term memory?

What is organized knowledge about a particular object or event based on previous experiences with the object or event?

What region is one of the first regions damaged by Alzheimer’s disease?

What is defined as when the brain receives input from the sensory organs?

What is the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?

What is the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus?

What is a readiness to perceive a stimulus in a particular way?

What Involves interpretation of visual cues that indicate how near or faraway objects are?

What is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality?

What is the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error?

What can be defined as pictures in the mind or a visual representation in the absence of environmental input ?

Your mental set can cause you to have inability to think outside the box

Children are less vulnerable to the constraints of their mental set because they have less knowledge about the conventional use of various objects

What does REM stand for?

How long after having been asleep will REM Sleep occur?

The positive suggestions that people are given while hypnotized are referred to as what type of suggestions because they are intended to take effect after the person emerges from the trance and is no longer under hypnosis?

Circadian rhythm is a cycle that tells our bodies when to sleep, rise, and eat

What is the reflex sometimes experienced when falling asleep, that can be accompanied or not by the sensation of falling down? Some say it is a reflex that humans developed during the evolutionary process to prevent them from falling from trees they slept in.