Psychology Jeopardy

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Psychology Jeopardy!
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Define basic science.
It is the pursuit of knowledge about natural
phenomena for its own sake.
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Name a characteristic necessary For a
longitudinal study.
It is collected from a group / Over a certain
amount of time / People must remain the same
during development.
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What specifically is the mean Used to measure?
Central Tendency.
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A psychiatrist deals with 3 Types of disorders.
Name two.
Mental Emotional Behavioral
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Define biofeedback.
It is the process of learning to control bodily
states through monitoring the states to be
controlled.
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The Temporal lobe deals with what 3 things?
Hearing, Memory and speaking
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What psychological disorder is Characterized by
sadness, and Feelings of helplessness?
Depression
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What deals with the desire For hunger/thirst?
Primary Reinforcer.
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What is the name of the machine Used to record
electrical brain Activity?
electroencephalograph
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True/False. Frontal lobe deals With visual signs.
False. Occipital Lobe
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What is a regular sequence of Biological
processes that occurs Every 24 hours?
Circadian Rhythm
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TRUE/FALSE. There is a branch In psychology that
deals with How organisms modify their Environment.
True
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What are chemicals that affect The nervous
system and result in Altered consciousness?
Psychoactive Drugs
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True/False. Hypnosis puts a person to sleep about
75 of the time.
False. It does not put them to sleep, although it
may.
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Define Drug Tolerance.
The development for th eneed to take greater
doses of a drug to get the same initial effect as
the first dose.
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Define Correlation.
It is how different sets of data relate to each
other.
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True/ False. A survey is a research method By
which information is obtained by deducing
Information.
False! It is only by asking.
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What is a single blind study?
A study where participants are unaware of who is
receiving the treatment.
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Name some characteristics Of schizophrenia.
Confusion Disconnectedness of Thoughts, emotions
or perceptions
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What term does this refer to A self destructive
pattern of Drug abuse.
Addiction