Endorphins are neurotransmittersI read an article showing a positive relationship between exercise and heart disease. I say it is wrong because my uncle ran three miles a day and died of a heart attack. My thinking is an example of person who phenomenonThe symmetrical bell shaped figure used to represent the distribution of many physical and psychological characteristics is called a normal curveThe hindsight bias refers to people’s tendency to exaggerate their ability to have foreseen an outcomeProfessor ober carefully observes and records the behaviors of children in their classrooms in order to track the development of their social and intellectual skills. Professor ober is most clearly engaged in naturalistic observationAssessing whether conclusions are warranted by the existing evidence best illustrates critical thinkingUnder what conditions can you correctly infer causality from a correlation? Casualty should not be inferred from a correlationDr wolski conducts research on the potential relationship between neurotransmitter deficiencies and mood states = the biological perspectiveProcedures by which subjects were given the list of 50 words to remember and then later asked to recall them is the operational definition of memoryA negative correlation between degree of wealth and likelihood of suffering from a psychological disorder would indicate that people who are poor are more likely to have a psychological disorder than are wealthy peopleA statement describing the exact procedures for measuring a variable is known as an operational definitionIn the discussion of nature/nurture, nurture refers to the effects of environment on behaviorIn Thorndike’s experiment with the puzzle box, the dependent variable was how long it took the cat to escape from the puzzle boxIn an experimental study, men with erectile dysfunction received either Viagra or a placebo. In this study, the drug dosage was the independent variableWhen every individual in a large population has a small but equal chance of being included in a survey = random samplingWhich technique involves repeating the essence of an earlier research study with different participants and in different circumstances replicationContemporary psychology is best defined as the science of behavior and mental processesA synapse is a junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuronAn axon is the extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell bodySurveys measure what people say, not what they doThe depolarization of a neural membrane can create a action potentialPsychologists do not use sophisticated statistical techniques has not been suggested as an obstacle to the scientific study of behaviorThe longest part of a motor neuron is likely to be the axonAction potential is generated by the movement of ionsNeurotransmitters are released from vesicles located on knoblike terminals at the end of axonsThe psychologist was interested in testing the effect of independent on dependentIn transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the dendrites to the cell body to the axon of a single neuronAn inert substance that may be administered instead of a drug to see if it procedures any of the same effects as the drug is called a placeboThe time taken to response to a touch on the hand should be longer than the time taken to respond to a touch on the shoulder because of the speed of conduction of nerve impulsesNeural stimulation that exceeds a threshold triggers an action potentialAccording to the all or none response law neurons fire with their full potential or not at allCorrelational research is most helpful for clarifying cause-effect relationshipsPhrenology highlight the presumed functions of specific brain regionsTo determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem is related to their income levels, researches would most likely make use of correlational researchPicture of dog left, picture of boy right, patient would verbally report she saw a boyOnly disliked if they had been told they were drinking vinegar beer perceptual setPractical implications of theories of pitch perception how cochlear implants are designedIn viewing the ambiguous picture of the cow, the image on the screen was bottom up stimulus, and the hints about it being a farm animal was engaged top down processesRetinal disparity is an important cue for perceiving distancePeople’s moral judgments are most likely to seem unrestrained by normal emotions if they have suffered damage to their frontal cortexA psychophysicist would be most directly be concerned with the relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of colorAccording to the book and lecture, there are 3 types of color receptors wired up in an opponent processYou would not expect to see inability to see fine detail in individuals born without functioning rodsIn addition to coordinating voluntary movement, the cerebellum enables nonverbal learning and memoryInfants exposed to the visual cliff refused to cross over into the glass over the cliff to their mothersAuditory stimulation is first processed in the temporal lobesSemicircular canals = dizzinessDamage to the fovea would probably have the least effect on visual sensitivity to dimly illuminated stimuliHaving trouble forming new memories involves the hippocampusDamage to the hammer, anvil, and stirrup would most likely cause conduction hearing lossHigh frequency hearing loss = pitch placeBlues generally appear brighter than reds because rods are more sensitive to short wavelengths of lightDamage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people’s ability to solve arithmetic problemsThe amount of light entering the eye is regulated by the irisLosing hearing because of high amplitude sounds is due to problems in the cochleaPatients who have negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure may experience increased postoperative pain top down processingCentral nervous system neurons that process information between sensory inputs and motor outputs are called interneuronsPerceived size of an object is most strongly influenced by that objects perceived distanceA radioactive form of glucose to tell which areas of brain are active during speech is pet scanThe high notes on a piano always produce higher frequency sound waves than low notesSome combination of place theory and frequency theory appears to be most necessary in accounting for how we sense intermediate