Roger Sperry - Correct Answer Split brain research
Cones - Correct Answer Responsible for day vision; Allow us to see color
Phillip Zimbardo - Correct Answer Simulated a prison with a group of college students
Empirical Approach - Correct Answer Perception equals sensory inputs plus memories; Nurture
Habituation - Correct Answer The brain's tendency to ignore stimuli
Paul Broca - Correct Answer French physician known for research on Broca's area
Wilhelm Wundt - Correct Answer Structuralism
William James - Correct Answer Functionalism
Gibsonian Approach - Correct Answer Sensory inputs impose order on the mind; Nature
Receptor cells in the skin are part of what nervous system? - Correct Answer Peripheral
What is a nerve? - Correct Answer Bundle of axons and dendrites
Master gland of the body - Correct Answer Pituitary gland
, How many parts or divisions does the ear have? - Correct Answer 3; Inner, outer, and middle part
What is a correlation? - Correct Answer An association or relationship among variables
Fast Fiber Activity - Correct Answer Turns pain off
Slow Fiber Activity - Correct Answer Turns pain on
What is the absolute threshold? - Correct Answer Minimum amount of energy that can produce a
sensation
What are independent variables? - Correct Answer What you do to the subjects
What are neurons? - Correct Answer Building blocks of the nervous system
Epileptic seizures are caused by? - Correct Answer Hypersynchrony
Endorphins - Correct Answer Natural pain killers
Range of hearing in humans - Correct Answer 20 to 20,000 Hz per second
Gate theory - Correct Answer Nervous system can only process a limited amount of stimulation at a
time; Many nerves are thus prevented from sending pain messages
Perception - Correct Answer Process in which sensations are organized
Sensation - Correct Answer Stimulation of sensory receptors
What are Papillae? - Correct Answer Small bumps that hold taste buds