One of the first steps in experimental design is to form or create THIS using your operational definitions
What is a hypothesis
100
This is the "building block" of the nervous system
What is a neuron
100
This is the type of "learning" used when a child watches and mirrors the movements of her parents' mouths in attempting to speak
What is Observational learning
100
This is the brain structure most closely tied to memory
What is the hippocampus
100
This is the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the USA
What is caffeine
200
In an experiment, the experimenter manipulates THIS variable
What is the independent variable
200
This lobe of the cerebrum is associated with vision
What is the Occipital lobe
200
Classical conditioning methods are highly effective in treating people suffering from these irrational fears
What is a phobia/what are phobias
200
This type of amnesia occurs when new memories are unable to be formed or placed into storage for recall
What is Anterograde
200
This is the period of sleep that is considered essential for neuroplasticity, and is characterized by extremely quick movements of the eyes.
What is REM sleep
300
This is the idea that participants in an experiment must know and understand what they will be asked to do, and willingly participate (or not).
What is informed consent
300
This structure of the brain is responsible for regulating hunger and thirst
What is the hypothalamus
300
This is a type of classical conditioning where a previously-conditioned stimulus is used to condition a subject to another neutral stimulus
What is Higher-Order Conditioning
300
This is the "stage" or "type" of memory that allows people to cognitively process information in short-term memory while holding other connections or linguistic cues
What is Working Memory
300
The longer an individual is exposed to a strong odor, the less the individual notices it. This is an example of sensory__________.
What is adaptation
400
If the variance of a set of scores is 100, the standard deviation will be this number
What is 10
400
Balance is influenced greatly by this organ in the inner ear
What is the cochlea
400
This is the process in operant conditioning where closer and closer approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced
What is Shaping
400
According to Dr Loftus, police and juries should not value eyewitness testimony so highly, as memories are reconstructive, and can be influenced by information after the event. This is also known as the __________ effect
What is Misinformation
400
This theory of dreams posits that dreaming results from the brain's attempt to make sense of neural activity that takes place during sleep
What is Neural Activation Theory/Activation Synthesis.
500
A research design involves two randomly assigned groups of participants. One group receives the treatment, the other does not. The group that does not receive the treatment instead is provided an inert substance, most often called THIS
What is a placebo
500
The minimum intensity needed for a stimulus to be detected at least 50% of the time is known as THIS
What is absolute threshold
500
This "Effect" states that animals are more likely to associated food with sickness than any other stimulus.
What is the Garcia Effect
500
This is the sense most closely tied to memory
What is Olfaction/Smell
500
If the average human were placed in isolation from light/darkness and time cues, over time their circadian sleep/wake rhythm would change to a period of _____ hours