Which of the following is an effect of alcohol consumption?

What is the autonomic nervous system is most directly involved in...

The biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night-and-day periodicity

Part of the brain responsible for speech production and language comprehension. When damaged the person is able to understand speech but has an impaired ability to produce speech.

The function of this lobe of the brain is visual processing and visual perception.

One function of this part of the brain is motor coordination and balance

This area in the brain is responsible for understanding spoken and written language. When damaged it is associated with difficulty in understanding language.

The process where organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those advantageous traits onto their offspring, thus causing certain biological and behavioral characteristics to become more prevalent in a population over time. EX: mutation in frogs that lets them blend in to their surroundings.

Which neurotransmitter is involved in Alzheimer’s disease?

The part of the primarily responsible for processing emotions, particularly fear responses, and plays a key role in forming emotional memories. If stimulated an animal might withdraw in fear.

a neuroimaging technique that records the electrical activity of the brain by placing electrodes on the scalp

the score or value that appears most frequently in a data set

What is being depicted in the scatterplot?

When activated it leads the body to increase respiration, increase heart rate, increase perspiration, dilate pupils and decrease digestion

a network of neurons located in the brainstem that plays a crucial role in regulating arousal, wakefulness, and the sleep-wake cycle

A lack/deficit of this neurotransmitter is associated with Major Depressive Disorder

responsible for controlling vital, automatic (involuntary) bodily functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure

Balance is influenced by the...

The process where sensory receptors convert external stimuli (like light, sound, or touch) into neural impulses that the brain can interpret

This type of research method's purpose is to determine a cause and effect between variables. It includes random assignment, manipulating variables between groups, and a control and experimental group.

To calculate this you must add all the numbers in the set and then divide by the number of digits in the set.

Gestalt principle that describes how people tend to fill in missing parts of an image to perceive a complete object

the sensory system that provides information about balance, orientation, and spatial awareness

The cognitive process of focusing on a specific stimulus or task while actively ignoring other distractions in the environment. ex: listening to one voice in a crowded room

the smallest detectable change in a stimulus that a person can reliably perceive 50% of the time, essentially the minimum difference between two stimuli that can be noticed. ex: The sound got slightly louder.

The process where our senses become less sensitive to a constant stimulus over time. Ex: being in a room with a strong odor for awhile and eventually not noticing the smell anymore.

a psychological theory that explains pain perception by suggesting that a mechanism in the spinal cord acts like a "gate," which can either allow or block pain signals from reaching the brain, depending on the competing sensory inputs it receives. ex: reducing pain by rubbing elbow after hitting it on something.

What colors are most commonly impacted in colorblindness?

States that the human eye perceives color by processing signals from opposing color pairs, like red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white, meaning that when one color of a pair is activated, the other is inhibited, which explains phenomena like afterimages

This directly relates to the perception of pitch, where a higher ^______ corresponds to a higher pitch sound.

an optical illusion where a series of still images flashed rapidly in succession create the perception of continuous motion. Ex: a flip book

The slight difference in the images received by each eye when viewing an object, which allows the brain to perceive depth and distance by comparing these slightly different images. A person with only one eye or an eye patch would lack this.

a type of photoreceptor cell located in the retina of the eye that are primarily responsible for color vision and detecting fine details in bright light conditions

The factor that a researcher actively manipulates or changes in an experiment to observe its effect on another variable. Ex: control group gets placebo, the experimental group gets medication.

Where the optic nerve leaves the eye.

__________occurs as an object comes closer to the viewer because the perceived distance of the object becomes smaller.

the phenomenon where exposure to one stimulus unconsciously influences how a person perceives or responds to a subsequent stimulus.

a precise statement that describes exactly how a variable will be measured in a research study. Ex: intelligence was measured by the scores on an IQ test.

he inability to effectively transfer information into memory due to inadequate processing during the initial encoding stage. Ex: reading textbook while mind wandering and realizing you have no idea what you just read.

The acquisition of knowledge, planning, and problem solving is most likely studied by what type of psychologist?

a cognitive bias that occurs when people continue to invest time, money, or effort into something even when it's clear that it's no longer the best decision

a well-defined, step-by-step procedure or set of rules that guarantees the correct solution to a problem by systematically considering every possible option.

a creative thought process that involves exploring multiple solutions to a problem.

a cognitive bias where someone is unable to see alternative uses for an object beyond its typical function.

The tendency for people to better remember information presented at the beginning of a list or sequence, compared to information presented later on.

The observed phenomenon where average intelligence scores on IQ tests have been steadily increasing over time.

A type of memory loss where a person is unable to form new memories after a traumatic event. EX: Like Clive, he can remember the past but cannot make new memories since the injury.

The phenomenon where a person's memory of an event becomes inaccurate due to exposure to misleading information after the event occurred. This cast doubt on eyewitness testimony.

A persistent strengthening of synapses between neurons, resulting from repeated activation. This leads to improved memory because neural pathways are strengthend.

a cognitive shortcut where people judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples of that event come to mind. Ex: Shark attacks or plane crashes

A type of implicit memory that stores information about how to perform a skill or task. Ex: riding a bike, brushing your teeth, tying your shoes

A type of assessment designed to predict a person's future performance or potential in a specific area, focusing more on their natural abilities and inclinations rather than their current knowledge or skill set.

The way information is presented which can significantly influence how someone perceives and reacts to that information, often leading to different decisions even when the underlying facts remain the same. Ex: A medical procedure with 10% chance of death vs 90% of success.

The variable that measures the outcome of the experiment. Basically what the experiment is measuring.

A group that closely matches the characteristics of its population as a whole. This is important in a study so that it can be generalizable!

When the results of a study are unlikely to be due to chance it is called....

A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion.

The maximum value minus the minimum value in the data set.

This distribution is....

a factor other than the independent variable that could potentially influence the dependent variable, thus affecting the results of an experiment and potentially leading to misleading conclusions. EX: Studying whether milk or OJ is better for growth. Having naturally tall genetics may skew the results.

What type of research method can determine cause and effect AKA a causal relationship between variables?

Every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected. This increases the likelihood that the sample represents the population and that one can generalize the findings to the larger population.

The middle score in a set of data when arranged in numerical order.