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| 13461858378 | Neuroscience | Studies how the brain creates emotions, memories, and sensory experiences. | 0 | |
| 13461873523 | Applied Research | The type of scientific research that aims to solve practical problems | 1 | |
| 13461889548 | Basic Research | The type of research that is "pure science". It is only aimed at increasing the scientific knowledge base | 2 | |
| 13461909669 | Structuralism | The early school of psychology that used "introspection" to study the elemental components of the human mind. Wundt and Titchner were proponents of this school; elements of the conscious mind | 3 | |
| 13461917163 | Functionalism | The early school of psychology that focused on the purpose or function of mental and behavioral processes. William James headed this group | 4 | |
| 13461949711 | Behavior Genetics | The psychological perspective that focuses on how our genes, and our environment influence individual differences | 5 | |
| 13462194619 | Naturalistic Observation | Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and/or control the situation | 6 | |
| 13462210282 | Operational Definition | A statement of the procedures used to define variables in research. This tells us exactly how variables are measured | 7 | |
| 13462231013 | Illusory Correlation | The perception (or belief) that a relationship exists between two variables where none actually exists | 8 | |
| 13462251697 | Case Study | A technique in which a single individual is studied in depth | 9 | |
| 13462396440 | Institutional Review Board | Approves research done by psychologists at most universities | 10 | |
| 13715290759 | Reticular Formation | nerve network that controls arousal | 11 | |
| 13715364639 | Action Potential | a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon | 12 | |
| 13715407987 | Peripheral Nervous System | nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles | 13 | |
| 13715429567 | CAT Scan | x-ray of the brain | 14 | |
| 13715455141 | Broca's Area | speech production | 15 | |
| 13819313100 | Pituitary gland | master gland | 16 | |
| 13819421864 | Thalamus | the brain's sensory control center | 17 | |
| 13819433712 | Synapse | Gap between neurons | 18 | |
| 13819469082 | Synaptic Vesicle | sac containing neurotransmitters | 19 | |
| 13819496317 | PET Scan | detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task | 20 | |
| 13819715452 | Closure | The tendency to fill in gaps in order to create a complete object | 21 | |
| 13819730765 | Convergence | a binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent of which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object | 22 | |
| 13819791189 | perceptual Adaptation | the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced visual field | 23 | |
| 13820227187 | Parallel Processing | brains ability to process many things at once | 24 | |
| 13820258973 | Cochlea | a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses | 25 | |
| 13820439412 | Feature Detectors | nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement | 26 | |
| 13820470432 | Place Theory | the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated | 27 | |
| 13820590463 | Kinethesis | the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts | 28 | |
| 13821781799 | Sleep Spindles | Stage 2 | 29 | |
| 13821810751 | Alpha Waves | the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state | 30 |
