MEMORY
Where does storage take place in the memory process?
In short-term and long-term memory
What kind of sampling always produces the most reliable results?
Name one of the functions of the frontal lobe of the brain
Personality, executive function, or the motor cortex/movement
Which part of the brain helps with muscle memory?
The cerebellum
What is "encoding"?
To turn stimuli into information for the brain to understand
What is the INDEPENDENT variable in the following scenario: Scientists believe that social media use causes teenagers to lose focus. They create an experiment in which one group uses more social media than the other.
Social media use
Name the main function of the occipital lobe
Processing visual information
Which part of the brain helps take in sensory information?
The thalamus
What must happen for information to go from short-term to long-term memory?
The information must be reharsed
What is the DEPENDENT variable in the following scenario: Scientists believe thatplaying violent videogames makes children display more aggression. They created a study in which one group plays violent videogames, and the other one does not
Aggression
Point to where the parietal lobe is (in your own head)
Top of the head
Which part of the brain helps with learning and memory?
The hippocampus
What is "retrieval"?
To recall information
In the following scenario, which will be the EXPERIMENTAL group: Scientists believe that kids with more play time will develop more vocabulary. They create a study in which one group gets three hours of play time, and another group only gets half an hour of play time.
The one with more/three hours of play time
Name one function of the temporal lobe
Language, memory retrieval
Which part of the brain helps with metabolic fucntions such as temperature control, hunger and sleep cues?
The hypothalamus
What do we call memory of events or experiences?
Episodic memory
What do we call the phenomenon where a person in the control group still seems to experience the effects of the independent variable?
The placebo effect
Define the word "contralateral," relating it to the brain hemispheres
The left side of the body is controlled by the right hemisphere, and vice versa
Which part of the brain is associated with emotion and the fight or flight response?
The amygdala