Chp 1 & 8

1. Psychologists report that genders differ in their risk of

An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and socio-cultural levels of analysis

Shows relationships betwen variables and enables prediction

After a delay, the tendency to recall items at the beginning of a list best

Which sense retains memory best

Neural basis of learning and memory

Thinking without blindly accepting arguments/conclusions is called:

Difference between highest and lowest scores in a set of data

Which is not a psychology subfield

Hermann Ebbinghaus invented these to study memory

Involves manipulation of independent variables

This aspect of memory fades quickest

To reach conclusions about causes of behavior, one should consider 3 influences which include:

Enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values & traditions shared by a group of people is:

Long term memory:

This brain structure processes memories for facts and experience

Who introduced the first psychological experiment?

May studies daily but Bob crams the night before. Which student is more likely to ace the test?

Explanation using set of principles that organizes observations & predicts behaviors is called:

Short term memory has

An empirical approach draws from

Emotionally charged memories

68% of cases fall between plus or minus one of these

What helps to prolong short term memory?

Psychology is:

Enhanced memory that accompanies repeated self – testing of pre-learned material illustrates

What constitutes a scientific attitude

How is short term memory different than working memory?

What are some different characteristics between the hippocampus and cerebellum?

Measure of central tendency that may be useful for counting baby names

Psychologists study animals because