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What is Gestalt psychology concerned with

how people experience their perceptions in order to make sense out of them

What is the largest part of the forebrain

cerebrum


This is the cerebrum, where higher-order thought processes occur. The cerebrum is responsible for mental processes such as memory recall, language, art, emotional control and many fine motor skills like the ability to write (or text).
When signals come into the soma from the many dendrites they are added together When the sum of these signals reaches a critical point a signal is fired down the axon When it reaches the end of th

threshold

The autonomic nervous system includes which of these major components

The peripheral nervous system includes which of these major components?

A: somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system

What should be used as a way to make an educated guess about the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable

Inferential Statistics

What is the thick fiber network called that the cerebral hemispheres communicate with

corpus callosum

Why should the history of psychology be studied

so that doctors can take advantage of previous knowledge of success and failure

How did John Watson define psychology

the study of observable behavior

What describes the results of BF Skinner's study of animal behavior

When an animal is reinforced for displaying a certain behavior, the animal is likely to repeat that behavior.

What term is defined as a statement that the researcher believes to be true

hypothesis

You decide to select ten percent of the inmates in a prison to receive a survey You decide you want your sample to be representative of the population Which sampling process would provide the most r

a stratified random sample

In terms of validity what can be said about the depression test scores

they are prob. not valid and the test is not mesured depression

Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition

Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition?

alzheimers disease

The mean median and mode are examples of what type of statistics

descriptive statistics

What is the median of Wednesday's test scores

2.5

What best describes the survey method of research

The survey method of research is sometimes called a census survey. It relies on people responses to questions either with or without explanation.

What type of research is used to gather information of describe a phenomenon

descriptive research

When someone disagrees with an idea what is he or she doing

He or she is being ornery and unreasonable, and obstinately refusing to

acknowledge the clarity and obvious correctness of my view on the matter.

What gland is represented by letter B

pituitary gland

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