The thick band of neurons that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres is called the __________.

In the 1970s, a 13-year-old girl was found locked up in a room, strapped to a potty chair. Since she had grown up in a world without human speech, researchers studied “Genie’s” ability to acquire words, grammar, and pronunciation. This type of research is called a __________.

__________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group, but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.

A correlation coefficient shows that smoking and life expectancy are indeed related. As a result, a researcher could predict that __________ if the direction of the relationship is known.

Aisha’s physician refers her to a medical center in order to have the biochemical activity in her brain analyzed. She is given an injection of a radioactive glucose-like substance and then is told to lie down with her head in a scanner. The technique being used is __________.

A researcher is investigating the effects of exercise on weight. What are the independent and dependent variables in this experiment?

A correlation coefficient shows that alcohol consumption and driving accidents are indeed related. As a result, a researcher could predict that the number of __________ if the direction of the relationship is known.

Simone has been unable to participate in her gymnastics class and has become very uncoordinated since she was involved in an accident in which she suffered a head injury. As a result of the accident, she is likely to have suffered damage to her __________.

A common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association is that participants __________.

Neurons that carry information from the senses to the spinal cord are called __________.