Research Methods
The Brain
Sensation and Perception
Learning
Social Psych
100

The best way to ensure no bias in an experiment is to make it a?

Double Blind Experiment

100

Helps coordinate voluntary movements along with balance

Cerebellum

100

where is the visual cortex located in the brain?

Occipital Lobe

100

When the conditioned stimulus disconects from the unconditioned response and no longer causes the conditioned response to occur?

Extinction

100

What case study founded the "bystander effect"?

Kitty Genovese

200

In an experiment what variable is being manipulated

Independent Variable

200

Lima bean shaped and tied with fear and emotion -

Amygdala

200

when attention involuntarily switches across the room when  you hear your name (were not paying attention to conversation, but heard your name) 


Cocktail Party Effect

200

Which two psychologists created the little Albert experiment?

John Watson and Rosalie Rayner

200

Which experiement was developed by Philip Zimbardo?  

Standford Prison Experiment

300

What 2 groups can you have an experiment with?

Experimental and Control Group

300

Oldest/Most basic part of the brain, contains the medulla, pons, and reticular formation

Brain Stem

300

Which type of memory has a clear recolection of an emotionally significant moment or event?

 Flashbulb memory

300

What is described to be a strategy when an individual is asked to complete a small task before being asked to do a larger one?

Foot in the door phenomenom

400

In order to summarize and analyze data, researchers use descriptive statistics including?  

- Mean, Median, and Mode

400

Name the four lobes, also known as Freud tore his pants off

Frontal, Temporoal, Parietal, and occiptial

400

What are the three different systems in which memories may be stored? 


Sensory memory, short term memory or long term memory

400

What main idea does foot-in-the-door, door in the face and norms of reciprocity fall under?

Compliance Strategies

500

These are often used in experiments on new drugs to see if the drug works we just think it works.

 Placebo Effect

500

Which part of the brain includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala

 Limbic System

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