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________ is the term used to explain your brain’s need to “catch up” for lost REM sleep.

List the four basic tastes.

Construct an experiment with the following information; be sure to label the hypothesis, independent variable, dependent variable, control group, and experimental group. Researchers want to know the effects of the color of a room on a person’s mood.

________ memory is general knowledge (such as knowing Montgomery is the state capital of Alabama).  ________ memory is remembering personal experiences (such as your high school graduation).

Any relatively permanent change in behavior because of experience is called:

________, a Gestalt rule for visual perception, is the explanation of our ability to distinguish between a figure and the backgound.

Psychology is said to have begun in 1879 when _____________________ opened the first psychological laboratory in Germany.

________ is defined as engaging in activities that require little awareness, such as eating while watching TV or listening to the radio while driving.

A variation of the counter-conditioning procedure has been used to treat adults with phobias of things such as snakes and flying.  This variation is called:

The behavior of some Type A individuals that is dangerous to health is: