The 3 Debates
Research Methods
Brain Parts and Functions
Tools of the Neuroscientist
Neurons
100
Behaviorism
What is Watson and Skinner's approach to psychology
100
Phineas Gage, Little Albert, and Henry Molaison are all examples of this type of research design
What is case study
100
A man involved in a car accident suffered severe brain trauma. As he recovered, it became clear he was having difficulty producing speech, even though he could understand what people were saying to him. It is very likely he had suffered damage to the left frontal lobe in a part of the brain referred to as:
What is Broca's Area
100
Hans is getting a brain check up after he is knocked out playing football. The machine the doctor uses has magnetic fields and radio waves to show structure.
What is MRI
100
Electrical communication within neurons
What is Action Potential
200
The scientific names for "Nature v. Nurture"
What is Nativism v. Empiricism
200
A researcher was interested in studying the behaviors of parents dropping off children at preschool. He trained several teachers to use a checklist and a stopwatch to record how long it took a caregiver to enter and leave the classroom, as well as the subsequent behaviors of the children. This approach to collecting data is referred to as...
What is Naturalistic Observation
200
Phineas Gage suffered a horrific accident in the mid-1800s, when an explosion sent a metal rod through his brain and out the top of his skull. The sudden change in his personality affected this part of the brain.
What is frontal lobes
200
Jeffrey fell from his motorbike. At the hospital, he seems to be fine, but the doctor wants to make sure that his brain is functioning correctly. The doctor then used this neuroscientist tool.
What is PET scan
200
This builds the myelin sheath (insulation) of the neuron
What is glia
300
A theory that believed the unconscious shapes behaviors
What is Freud's psychoanalytic theory
300
The more humid it is outside, the less people leave their house
What is Negative Correlation
300
Your leg would have a larger section on the primary motor cortex than your pinky finger would according to this concept.
What is proportionality principle
300
Lauren is asked to be part of a sleep research experiment. The scientists hook things up to her head and use it to monitor her brain waves using this machine.
What is an EEG
300
This visual axon is directly exposed to extracellular surroundings
What is Nodes of Ranvier
400
The subfield of psychology in which the psychologist studies how our abilities change from the womb to tomb
What is Developmental Psychology
400
A researcher studying the impact of vitamin D on cognitive functioning gave supplements to the experimental group and a placebo to the control group. After 2 months, she tested the participants’ cognitive functioning, which is a measure of the ____________ variable.
What is Dependent
400
Johnny was in a car accident in which he went from 180 mph to 0 mph in less than a second. He went on life support and eventually passed away because he had major damage to this part of the brain.
What is the medulla
400
A doctor is worried about damage to Mary's brain structure as well as function. He uses this advanced machine to measure both simultaneously.
What is an fMRI
400
Chemical communication between neurons
What is neurotransmitters
500
John Locke's idea of how empiricism worked relative to our mind
What is Tabula Rasa
500
A study of preschool children looked at the impact of watching fast-paced cartoons on executive functioning. Half of the children were assigned to watch SpongeBob SquarePants in a room alone. The other half were assigned to draw for the same amount of time while sitting at a table with other children. The researcher mistakenly introduced a confounding variable, which in this case was:
What is whether the child was alone or not
500
After facing a frightening situation in a war zone, Brandon’s parasympathetic nervous system is in charge of the:
What is rest-and-digest (peace) process
500
A gross examination of the brain was used to view the cerebral cortex and determine where different the hemispheres are
What is Postmortem brain specimen
500
These are created by the glia and are primarily used to speed up communication within and in between neurons
What is myelin sheath
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