Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake What is basic science? RETURN Row 1, Col 1 An intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation What is phobia? RETURN 1,2 Belief that the proper subject matter of psychology is objectively observable behavior and nothing else What is behaviorism? RETURN 1,3 A recurring thought or image that seems to be beyond control What is obsession? RETURN 1,4 Discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals What is applied science? RETURN 2,1 A psychological disorder characterized by extreme sadness, an inability to concentrate, and feelings of helplessness and dejection What is depression? RETURN 2,2 A disorder in which a person’s mood inappropriately alternates between feelings of mania (euphoria) and depression What is bipolar disorder? RETURN 2,3 The process of learning to control bodily states by monitoring the states to be controlled What is biofeedback? RETURN 2,4 The measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data What is correlation? RETURN 3,1 A machine used to record the electrical activity of large portions of the brain. Its acronym is EEG. What is electroencephalograph? RETURN 3,2 A research method in which information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions about their attitudes or behavior What is survey? RETURN 3,3 a learning procedure in which associations are made between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus What is classical conditioning? RETURN 3,4 A change in participant’s illness or behavior that results from a belief that the treatment will have an effect rather than from the actual treatment What is Placebo Effect? RETURN 4,1 A form of learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in corresponding increases or decreases in the likelihood that similar actions will occur again What is operant conditioning? RETURN 4,2 A condition in which repeated attempts to control or influence a situation fail, resulting in the belief that the situation is uncontrollable and that any effort to cope will fail What is learned helplessness? RETURN 4,3 An experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know which participants receive which treatment What is double-blind experiment? RETURN 4,4 An experiment in which the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment What is single-blind experiment? RETURN 5,1 A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders What is psychiatry? RETURN 5,2 A group of severe psychotic disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, behavior, and perceptions What is schizophrenia? RETURN 5,3 A regular sequence of biological processes such as temperature and sleep that occurs every 24 hours What is circadian rhythm? RETURN 5,4
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