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A style of research design in which the psychologist watch and refrain from interacting with their subject's to observe authentic behavior in genuine context.
What is Naturalistic Observation?
Jamie had 20/20 vision before he moon walked into a pole trying to be cool. His trouble vision persisted due to him suffer damage to his...
What is Occipital Lobe
The retina, cochlea, & olfactory cilia are all location in which sensory stimuli are transformed into neural impulses through a process called...
What is tranduction?
a process or set of rules to be followed in problem-solving. (Step by step problem solving)
What is an algorithm?
The feeling of thirst motivates us to seek a beverage. This is explain through the motivation theory of
What is Drive-Reduction?
A form of bias which has an individual devalue other people because of their perceived membership of a particular social group
What is prejudice?
This psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs to explain motivation and guide humanistic theory.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
In a study where researchers are trying to gauge how time spent on social media and cell phone affects teenage mental health. Measures of anxiety and depression would be the __________ of the study.
What is dependent variable?
A person who struggles with body/movement coordination could potential have an underdeveloped or damaged... (Part of the hindbrain)
What is cerebellum?
As Becky enters her friends house she notices the sweet smell of her essential oil diffuser next to her friends crystal collection. But as they continue to chill, the sweet smell diminishes to the point she doesn't notice anymore. Becky is experiencing...
What is sensory adaptation?
A process of Social Learning when an observer imitates a role model, or when a person produces a specific behavior that may then be imitated.
What is modeling?
This emotion theory proposes our experience of emotions depends on two things: physiological arousal and our cognitive interpretation of the arousal. (i.e. my heartbeats fast... am I scared or in love?)
What is Schachter and Singer's Two-Factor theory?
Mr. Scalese assigned a Final Exam project to his AP Psych class and allowed them to work in groups. It took exactly one day for students to start complain their partners are lazy and not doing their part. They are becoming the victims of...
What is social loafing?
Who is known for the “Bobo doll” experiment on aggression and observation (social) learning in children?
Who is Albert Bandura?
Researchers use this when assigning participants to a condition to control for potential confounding variables.
What is random assignment?
These carry messages from the motor cortex to the body to engage muscles and the skeletal structure in movement.
What are Efferent (motor) neurons?
This is how much a stimulus must change in order for us to notice the difference 50% of the time.
What is difference threshold?
Maynor is struggling on his French test due to mixing up some of his French with Spanish which is the language he learned first. Maynor is experiencing...
What is Proactive interference?
This is the bodies natural response to stress which follows a process of alarm and resistance where stress hormones are released, and results in a compromised immune system following the end of the stress.
What is the general adaptation syndrome?
A new student joins the Young Libertarians Club at his school. The more he attends the meetings the strong his beliefs that libertarian policy is best. He is experiencing...
What is Group Polarization?
This man loved to terrorize children as he proved humans can be classically conditioned to fear using a rat and a metal bar.
Who is John B. Watson?
The way in which a variable in a experiment is observed or measured.
(i.e. Subjects will be given 200 mg of caffeine prior to their task)
What is Operational Definition?
This cortex of the brain helps regulate thoughts, actions, and emotions through extensive connections with other brain regions.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Atticus is trying to demonstrate his rizz by talking to a girl at the loud bar him and his friends went to. He is able to drown out the noise and have a conversation with her demonstrating the...
What is cocktail party effect?
An AP Psych student is doing extremely well on their AP exam because they were allowed to take it in the class they learned the material in. They are benefiting from...
What is Contect-Dependent Memory?
An intrapersonal conflict when a decision is to be made from two appealing choices like which prestigious college to go to.
What is approach-approach conflict?
the perceived loss of individuality and personal responsibility that can occur when someone participates as part of a group. Think about how the KKK and riots turn normal people into criminals.
What is deindividuation?
This individual developed a experiment to test individuals obedience to authority where teachers were told to shock students when they answered incorrectly to see how far they would go.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
These are the 4 ethical requirements outlined by the APA that researchers must adhere to while conducting an experiment.
What is Informed Consent, Confidentiality, No Harm, and the Right to Withdraw?
This specialized region of the parietal lobe is responsible for detecting information from the body regarding temperature, proprioception, touch, texture, and pain
What is the somatosensory cortex?
The left and right fields of vision provide slightly different visual images when focusing on a single object. It is a type of binocular visual cue that allows people to perceive depth and distance.
What is retinal disparity?
Our tendency to use information that comes to mind quickly and easily when making decisions about the future. (i.e. fearing flying because a few weeks ago a plane crashes and was report by the news extensively)
What is availability heuristic?
A phenomenon in which being rewarded for doing something actually diminishes intrinsic motivation to perform that action. (i.e. A student loves to read but when given a grade in English to do so, they struggle to get into the book.)
What is overjustification effect?
The personality markers of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism are measure as a part of which personality theory?
What is the Big 5 Factor Model?
The famous psychologist known for his research on social conformity using a line perception experiment.
Who is Solomon Asch?