Theories
Research Methods
Research Continued
Biopsychology
The Brain
100

___ focuses on the role of a person’s unconscious and early childhood experiences.

Psychoanalytic theory

100

- results are predicted based on a general premise

Deductive reasoning

100

Uses past records or data sets to answer various research questions, or to search for interesting patterns or relationships.

Archival research

100

The ___ is the space between the terminal button of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron

synapse

100

controls our balance, coordination, movement, and motor skills, and it is thought to be important in processing some types of memory.

Cerebellum

200

Experience of the world which is influenced by where we focus our attention, our previous experiences, and our cultural backgrounds.

Perception

200

conclusions are drawn from observations.

Inductive reasoning

200

experiment in which both the researchers and the participants are blind to group assignments. (Controls for both participant and experimenter expectations).

Double-blind Study

200

Neurotransmitter: mood, sleep, and learning.

Dopamine

200

concept that each hemisphere of the brain is associated with specialized functions.

Lateralization

300

Discovered the concept of classical conditioning

IVAN PAVLOV

300

well-developed set of ideas that propose an explanation for observed phenomena.

Theory

300

number from -1 to +1, indicating the strength and direction of the relationship between variables, and usually represents by r.

Correlation Coefficient

300

At the end of the axons are ___ which contain synaptic vessels (storage sites for chemical messengers called neurotransmitters).

terminal buttons

300

Degeneration of the Substantia Nigra and VTA is involved in ____ disease.

Parkinson’s

400

Proposed a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior.

ABRAHAM MASLOW (humanism)

400

-Allows for a lot of insight into a case.

Difficult to generalize results to the larger population

Clinical or case studies

400

Two variables change in the same direction, both becoming either larger or smaller.

Positive Correlation

400

Axons are covered in a ____ made of a fatty substance that insulates axons and allows the signal to travel down the axon quicker.

myelin sheath

400

It contains:

-The cerebral cortex – higher level processes

-Thalamus - sensory relay

-Hypothalamus - homeostasis

-Pituitary gland – master gland of the endocrine system

-Limbic system – emotion and memory circuit

FOREBRAIN

500

Studied the principles of modifying behavior through reinforcement and punishment which he saw as major factors in driving behavior (operant conditioning).

B. F. Skinner

500

To study the most accurate and genuine behaviors, ____ has proven most effective.

naturalistic observation

500

two variables change in different directions, with one becoming larger as the other becomes smaller; a negative correlation is not the same thing as no correlation.

Negative Correlation

500

Neurotransmitter: Heart, intestines, and alertness.

Norepinephrine

500

The ___ serves as the relay center of the brain where most senses (excluding smell) are routed before being directed to other areas of the brain for processing.

thalamus

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