Psychology Units 1 - 5 Extra Credit Game
A crossword puzzle for terms from the first to the fifth unit. By Amiyah
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Topics of this game:
- the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
- a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study.
- a flawed sapling process that produces an unrepresentative sample
- chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons
- part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
- a pair of endocrine glands that sit above the kidneys and secrete hormones that help arouse the body in times of stress
- controls heartbeat
- in the limbic system that is linked to emotion
- a factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment
- a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in the hope of revealing universal principles
- the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time
- retinal receptor cells that function in daylight or in well light conditions and give rise to color sensations
- hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea
- nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus such as shape, angle, movement
- a coiled bony fluid filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves traveling through this fluid trigger nerve impulses
- a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events
- a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
- an innately reinforcing stimulus such as one that satisfies a biological need
- a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses.
- increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing a negative stimuli
- the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
- estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory
- organizing items into familiar, manageable units
- judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent
- the processing of information into the memory system
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