The Brain
This lobe of the brain is responsible for bodily sensations such as touch, pain, pressure, and temperature,
Parietal Lobe
THIS PERSON ARGUED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNCONCIOUS AND FOR THE HIDDEN MEANING OF DREAMS.
SIGMUND FREUD
GROUPS TEND TO MAKE MORE EXTREME DECISIONS THAN ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE MADE IF ACTING ON THEIR OWN
GROUP POLARIZATION
A RESEARCH STRATEGY IN WHICH NEITHER THE SUBJECTS OR THE EXPERIMENTERS KNOW WHICH GROUPS THE SUBJECTS ARE IN.
DOUBLE BLIND
KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY AND CREATED THE PROCESS OF INTROSPECTION
WILHELM WUNDT
THIS NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATES THE FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT RESPONSE
SYMPATHETIC OF AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
KNOWN AS THE FOUNDER OF BEHAVIORISM, THIS RESEARCHER EXAMINED THE GENERALIZATION OF CONDITIONED FEAR IN A BOY KNOWN AS "LITTLE ALBERT"
JOHN WATSON
INDIVIDUALS OFTEN GO ALONG WITH A GROUPS POTENTIALLY BAD DECISION BECAUSE OF A DESIRE FOR GROUP UNANIMITY
GROUP THINK
RESEARCHERS COLLECT DATA AS THEY OCCUR IN NATURE, WITHOUT ANY MANIPULATION BY THE OBSERVER.
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
GESTALT PRINCIPLE
THIS STRUCTURE IS INVOLVED WITH THE INCORPORATION OF SHORT-TERM TO LONG-TERM MEMORIES
HIPPOCAMPUS
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM BECOMING FAMOUS FOR HIS FORGETTING CURVE
HERMAN EBINGHAUS
THE TENSION THAT RESULTS FROM A MISMATCH IN ONE'S BELIEFS AND ACTIONS
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
THE ONLY RESEARCH METHOD THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS
EXPERIMENT
CARL ROGERS AND ABRAHAM MASLOW FOCUSED ON THIS PERSPECTIVE OF PSYCHOLOGY THAT EMPHASIZED GROWTH POTENTIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS
HUMANISM
THIS PART OF A NEURON INSULATES AND HELPS MESSAGES TRAVEL MORE QUICKLY DOWN THE AXON.
MYELIN SHEATH
ELIZABETH LOFTUS
SOME PEOPLE WILL EXERT LESS EFFORT TO ACHIEVE A GOAL WHEN THEY WORK IN A GROUP THAN WHEN THEY WORK ALONE
SOCIAL LOAFING
GOOD RESEARCHERS ENSURE THEY RANDOMLY PLACE PARTICIPANTS INTO EITHER THE CONTROL OR EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS. THIS IS CALLED...
RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE APA
MARY WHITON CALKINS
IN THE EARLY 1800'S FRANZ GALL PROPOSED THAT MEASURING BUMPS ON THE SKULL/BRAIN COULD PREDICT MENTAL TRAITS. WHAT WAS THIS "SCIENCE" CALLED?
PHRENOLOGY
INFLUENCED BY THE EVENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST, THIS RESEARCHER CONDUCTED QUESTIONABLE EXPERIMENTS ON OBEDIENCE.
STANLEY MILGRAM
THE 1964 MURDER OF KITTY GENOVESE HIGHLIGHTED A PHENOMENON MARKED BY A DIFFUSION OF RESPONSIBILITY
BYSTANDER EFFECT
A P-VALUE OF LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO .05 INDICATES THAT THE RESULT OF A RESEARCH STUDY WAS UNLIKELY DUE TO CHANCE. THIS IS CALLED...
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
IN ORDER FOR STUDIES TO BE REPLICATED, RESEARCHERS MUST ENSURE THAT THEY COMPREHENSIVELY DESCRIBE THE PROCEDURE AND RESEARCH VARIABLES. THIS IS CALLED AN...
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION