Define These Introductory Psychology Terms Flashcards

"The focus of psychological science is the attempt to relate overt responses to observable environmental stimuli." This statement is most closely associated with what approach??

Which type of research design is most appropriate for establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables?

The science of psychology is typically dated from the establishment of the late-nineteenth-century Leipzig laboratory of?

Which control procedure would be most appropriate in evaluating the behavioral change produced by a drug?

The statement "response latency is the number of seconds that elapses between the stimulus and the response" is an example of?

The release of a neurotransmitter into the snyaptic cleft is caused by?

A neuron is said to be polarized when

Down syndrome is caused by

How many pairs of chromosomes are contained in most human cells?

Damage to an individual's parietal lobes would most likely result in

In adults, total sensory deprivation for long periods of time produces

The opponent-process theory in vision best explains

The receptors for hearing are the

Brain waves during REM sleep generally appear as

What type of sleep pattern becomes less prevalent as one moves from infancy to adulthood?