Brain & Bio
This lobe of the brain is responsible for bodily sensations such as touch, pain, pressure, and temperature.
This person is strongly associated with classical conditioning
Who is Pavlov?
Groups tend to make more extreme decisions than its individual members would have made if acting on their own
What is group polarization?
A research strategy in which neither the subjects or the experimenters know which condition or treatment the subject is in.
What is a double-blind experiment?
a thought process that explores many possibilities to generate novel ideas, solutions, or creative approaches to a problem.
What is divergent thinking?
This is responsible for the "rest and digest" part of the Fight or Flight response
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
A type of learning where behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement.
Individuals often go along with a group's decision simply because of a desire for group unanimity.
Research type that combines the results of multiple independent studies to arrive at a single, overall conclusion.
what is a meta-analysis?
A defined set of step-by-step procedures that provides the correct answer to a particular problem.
This part of the brain is involved with the incorporation of short-term to long-term memories.
What is the hippocampus?
The idea that certain attachments must form during this specific time early in life for proper development.
What is the critical period?
The tension that results from a mismatch in one's beliefs and actions
what is cognitive dissonance?
Researchers must ensure that they comprehensively define the variables in order for a study to be replicated. This is known as
What is an operational definition?
“Rules-of-thumb” or “shortcuts” that can be applied to guide decision-making is called what?
This part of a neuron insulates and helps messages travel more quickly down the axon.
What is the myelin sheath?
This type of parenting style is characterized by high expectations and high responsiveness.
Some people will exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.
What is social loafing?
Good researchers ensure they randomly place participants into either the control or experimental condition.
What is random assignment?
The human brain can hold a certain number of objects in short-term memory. How many?
7, or 7 + or - 2
This is the brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron, triggering the release of neurotransmitters.
What is an action potential?
Term for the range between what a child can do alone and what they can do with help
what is the Zone of Proximal Development?
The murder of Kitty Genovese highlighted a phenomenon marked by a diffusion of responsibility known as the
What is the bystander effect?
A p-value of < or + .05 indicates that the result of a study was unlikely due to chance and must therefore be:
What is Statistically Significant?
This type of memory is essentially unlimited.
What is long-term memory?