Research Methodology
Neuroscience
Development
Learning and Memory
Mix and Match :)
100
What are the three measures of central tendency?
Mean, median, mode.
100
Which brain structures make up the limbic system?
Pituitary gland, hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus.
100
What are the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development?
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, and formal operation.
100
What are the five components of learning (in order)?
Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, and synthesis.
100
Working memory is also referred to as ____________.
short term memory.
200
Give an example of a positive correlation and a negative correlation.
Positive correlation: both variables increase Negative correlation: one variable increases and the other decreased (vice versa)
200
An undersupply of ______________ is linked to tremors and decreased mobility in Parkinson's disease.
Dopamine
200
The _____________ reflex: arms thrust out and the back arches in response to surprise or a sudden noise/movement
Moro
200
Positive punishment: something DESIRABLE/UNDESIRABLE is ADDED/TAKEN AWAY to INCREASE/DECREASE the likelihood of a response in the future. GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
Positive punishment: something undesirable is added to decrease the likelihood of a response in the future. Examples will vary
200
Mirror neurons are neurons located in the prefrontal cortex that some scientists believe fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain's mirroring of another's action enables our demonstration of ______________. (3 words) Hint. Think social/emotional awareness.
Theory of mind
300
Survey, Case Study, naturalistic observation, longitudinal, cross-sequential, and cross sectional research methods are all DESCRIPTIVE studies. True or False?
True
300
Name the middle neuron. (refer to picture)
Sensory neuron
300
Which developmental psychology used inter-rater reliability to reduce experimental bias in his/her research?
Lawrence Kohlberg
300
As a result of the ______ process, unconscious awareness can have an influence on our conscious interpretations.
Priming
300
The ___________ is specifically responsible for name and face association, spatial mnemonics, and cognitive mapping skills
Hippocampus
400
Calculate the heritability, shared environment, and non-shared environment of Somatization disorder. rMZ=0.81 and rDZ= 0.70
Heritability: 0.22 Shared Environment: .59 Non-shared environment: .19
400
Metabolic activity in different areas of the brain can best be visualized by means of electroencephalography (EEG). True or False?
Positron emission tomography (PET).
400
What are 4 of the 7 main components of attachment according to John Bowlby?
Secure base, safe haven, responsiveness, body contact, familiarity, proximity maintenance, separation anxiety
400
a procedure in which the conditioned stimulus and one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus
Higher-order conditioning
400
What are 3 memory strategies that require effortful processing?
Chunking, hierarchies, and mnemonics.
500
Calculate the standard deviation (2 degrees left and right) of the following set of data: 1,3,3,4,5,7,8,10,14. (Use Median=6)
SD: 4 ---- -2, 2, 6, 10, 14
500
Breakdown the entire nervous system. Share two facts for each stage.
Central, peripheral, somatic, autonomic, sympathetic, and parasympathetic.
500
8 Stages of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development and the virtues.
Trust vs. mistrust (hope), autonomy vs shame/doubt (free will), initiative vs. guilt (purpose), industry vs. inferiority (competence), identity vs. role confusion (fidelity), intimacy vs. isolation (love), generativity vs. stagnation (care), integrity vs. despair (wisdom)
500
Build the memory hierarchy.
Module 32: Memory Storage
500
________________: an increase in a cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for associative learning and memory.
Long-term potentiation.
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