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Down: 2) the altering of one’s opinions or behaviors to match those of others or to match social norms3) a specific prediction of what should be observed in the world if a theory is correct4) the study of the neural mechanisms that underlie thought, learning and memory5) a measure of central tendency that is the arithmetic average of a set of numbers6) everyone in the group the experimenter is interested in8) learning that occurs when behaviors are acquired or modified following exposure to others performing the behavior9) a systematic procedure of observing and measuring phenomena to answer questions about what happens, when it happens, what causes it, and why.12) punishment that occurs with the administration of a stimulus and thus decreases the probability of a behavior’s recurring 13) a stimulus that elicits a response, such as a reflex, without any prior learning16) a process of operant conditioning; it involves reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior17) the usually negative affective or attitudinal responses associated with stereotypes18) when researchers find a relationship between two variables in a correlational study, they cannot determine which variable may have caused changes in the other variable 21) an approach to psychology based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into its basic underlying components or elements22) in an experiment, the condition that is manipulated by the experimenter to examine its impact on the dependent variable 23) a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place26) a systematic examination of subjective mental experiences that requires people to inspect and report on the content of their thoughts29) Thorndike’s general theory of learning: Any behavior that leads to a “satisfying state of affairs” will more likely occur again, and any behavior that leads to an “annoying state of affairs” will less likely recur 31) the inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people based solely on their group membership 33) objective observations or measurements 34) repetition of an experiment to confirm the results35) the evaluation of objects, events, or ideas37) tending to benefit others39) cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups40) a measure of central tendency that is the value in a set of numbers that falls exactly halfway between the lowers and highest values 46) a method of brain imaging that produces high-quality images of the brain Across: 1) a schedule in which reinforcement is available after a specific unit of time3) a decrease in behavioral response following repeated exposure to nonthreatening stimuli7) a response that does not have to learned, such as a reflex9) people’s tendency to behave in ways that confirm their own or others’ expectations10) the use of strong magnets to briefly interrupt normal brain activity as a way to study brain regions11) anything that affects a dependent variable and may unintentionally vary between the experimental conditions of a study14) the extent to which the data collected address the research hypothesis in the way intended 15) people’s casual explanations for why events or actions occur19) expected standards of conduct, which influence behavior20) a model of interconnected ideas and concepts that explains what is observed and makes predictions about future events24) explanations that refer to internal characteristics, such as abilities, traits, moods, and effort25) a statistical measure of how far away each value is, on average, from the mean27) when the knowledge that one is being observed alters the behavior being observed28) something in the world that can be measured and that can vary30) an acquired fear that is out of proportion to the real threat of an object or of a situation32) groups of people responsible for reviewing proposed research to ensure that it meets the accepted standards of science and provides for the physical and emotional well-being of research participants36) the procedure for placing research participants into the conditions of an experiment in which each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any level of the independent variable 38) the extent to which an experimental measure is free from error41) the greater persistence of behavior under partial reinforcement than under continuous reinforcement 42) a schedule in which reinforcement is consistently provided upon each occurrence43) a measure of central tendency that is the most frequent score or value in a set of numbers44) a study that tests causal hypotheses by measuring and manipulating variables45) the providing of help when it is needed, without any apparent reward for doing so47) in a set of numbers, how widely dispersed the values are from each other and from the mean48) the imitation of behavior through observational learning49) a visual/spatial mental representation of an environment50) a range of experimental techniques that make brain structures and brain activity visible 51) a subset of a population52) a device that measures electrical activity in the brain53) a stimulus that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated54) the study of group dynamics in relation to psychological processes55) the study of how people think, learn, and remember
 

 

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