Intro
This is the middle number in a dataset
This insulates the axons of neurons
What is the myelin sheath?
These eye cells see in dim light
What are rods?
This psychologist is responsible for coming up with the theory of operant conditioning
Who is B.F. Skinner?
What is a morpheme?
This perspective focuses on personal fulfillment and potential
What is humanistic perspective?
This type of molecule blocks the normal physiological action of a neurotransmitter
What is an antagonist?
These two sense come in waves
What are vision and sound?
This reinforcement schedule is used in a restaurant with a "buy 5 coffees get 1 free" policy
What is fixed ratio reinforcement?
What is the availability heuristic?
An experiment has this if the results can be replicated easily in future trials
What is reliability?
This part of the brain controls the endocrine system and helps mediate thing like hunger
What is the hypothalamus?
What is sensory adaptation?
This is an example of a primary reinforcer that may increase someone's desire for eating
What is feeling full?
This type of memory is used to complete everyday tasks that require no conscious effort
This is the word that describes the belief that science should be based in observation and experimentation
What is empiricism?
What is acetylcholine?
This is the perceptual effect of a sound wave that is increasing in amplitude
This might occur when a parent ADDS something UNdesirable to a child's life due to misbehavior
What is positive punishment?
This linguist believed that we all have a natural ability for learning language - challenges behaviorism
Who is Noam Chomsky?
This technique is used to control for differences between the groups of participants IN an experiment
What is random assignment?
Loss of this neurotransmitter is associated with Parkinson's
What is dopamine?
This term describes the way you would still know that a rubiks cube has a red square even though it looks purple when under a blue filter
What is perceptual constancy?
This psychologist studied latent learning
Who is Edward Tolman?
This psychologist is famous for the "7 +/- 2" rule of STM
Who is George Miller?