Computer Jeopardy EDUC551 Educational Applications of Computers Dr. Carla Piper

MemoryMotivat’nSensation Percept’n ResearchNervous System $500 $1000 $1500 $2000 $2500

Game An algorithm Answer $500 Memory When solving a problem Danny uses a logical, step-by-step formula called this. !

Game Ventromedial hypothalamus Answer $500 Motivation This structure in the Limbic System of the brain tells the stomach that it is full and to stop eating. !

Game Gestalt Answer $500 Sensation & Perception This type of psychology, founded in Germany, is concerned primarily with perception. !

Game Correlation Answer $500 Research The term that indicates a relationship between two different observations. !

Amygdala Answer Game $500 Nervous System It is the part of the limbic system that gives people the ability to detect the emotional significance of facial expressions, particularly fear. !

Game Episodic memory Answer $1,000 Memory This is the name for the type of memory in which people remember events that have occurred in their past. !

Game Self-actualization Answer $1,000 Motivation According to the Humanist Abraham Maslow, living up to one’s potential and striving for personal fulfillment tend to satisfy this type of need. !

Game Rods Answer $1,000 Sensation & Perception These photoreceptors help us see in dark environments !

Game Sample Answer $1,000 Research It is the term for the number of people asked to respond to a survey. !

Game Vision Answer $1,000 Nervous System Damage to a person’s occipital lobe would most likely affect this sensory ability of a human being. !

Game Working or short-term Answer $1,500 Memory This type of memory is most limited in its capacity. !

Game Extrinsic Answer $1,500 Motivation Although a high school athlete does not find it fun, he practices his sport more than any other student, hoping to obtain a college scholarship. The athlete is responding to this type of motivation. !

Game Retina Answer $1,500 Sensation & Perception In vision, transduction occurs in this part of the eye’s anatomy. !

Game Independent variable Answer $1,500 Research Experimenters manipulate this so they can observe its results. ! Daily Double!!

Game Dopamine Answer $1,500 The Nervous System This neurotransmitter has been linked to Parkinson’s Disease. !

Game A Morpheme Answer $2,000 Memory When the word “flunk” is changed to “flunked,” the suffix “ed” is an example of this. !

Game Schachter and Singer Answer $2,000 Motivation Their theory of emotion contained the components of physiological arousal followed by cognitive assessment. !

Game Selective attention Answer $2,000 Sensation & Perception As we learned in an experiment during our study of memory, it is the ability to choose specific stimuli to learn about while filtering out or ignoring other information. !

Game Dependent Variable Answer $2,000 Research The measured outcome of a study—it indicates the responses of the subjects in a study. !

Game Gate-Control Theory Answer $2,000 The Nervous System An athlete falls and badly bruises her elbow. That athlete immediately rubs the area around the bruise until the pain subsides. This theory explains that method of pain reduction. Daily Double!! !

Game Self-serving bias Answer $2,500 Memory Sara does poorly on a test and explains her failure by saying, “That test was so hard no one could pass it.” That explanation illustrates this heuristic or bias. !

Game Cognitive Dissonance Answer $2,500 Motivation People experience this psychological situation when their behavior is inconsistent with their attitude. !

Game Absolute threshold Answer $2,500 Sensation & Perception It is the minimum amount of physical energy required to produce a sensation at least 50% of the time !

Game Debriefing Answer $2,500 Research This procedure can reduce problems associated with the use of deception by a researcher. !

Game Wernicke’s Area Answer $2,500 The Nervous System A person who has difficulty comprehending a spoken request for information is most likely to have damage to this area of the brain. !