Research Methods
This is the variable that researchers manipulate to observe its effects...
Independent Variable
neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally between sensory and motor neurons
Interneurons
Mental frameworks built from our past experiences
Schema
Parenting style where the parent set strict rules and punishment.
Authoritarian
states that we explain another person’s behavior by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition.
Attribution Theory
Psychologists will look at two variables and determine if there is a relationship between those two variables and how strong the relationship is.
Correlational Study
After walking into a dark room, Alex notices that their pupils dilate to let in more light. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for this?
Sympathetic
Ability to focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.
Cocktail Party Effect
relationship with parents and friends, parents and teacher, if your parents don’t approve of your friends
Mesosystem
A tendency to attribute one's own successes to internal factors (like ability or effort) and failures to external factors (like luck or difficulty of the task). This bias helps maintain self-esteem
Self-Serving Bias
This minimizes preexisting differences between the groups, ensuring that any observed effects are due to the manipulation of the IV rather than other factors (confounding variables are spread between groups)
Random Assignment
When a neuron’s charge becomes less negative, leading to firing.
Depolarization
Uses prior knowledge, expectations, and experiences to interpret sensory information. (Proofreader illusion)
Top-down processing
Hypothetical-deductive reasoning would be best done during which stage of development?
Formal Operational Stage
Who or what an individual believes has power over events in their lives
Locus of Control
The statistical measure that indicates the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
Correlational Coefficient
The myelin sheath is damaged, slowing down or blocking signals. What disorder?
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Takes longer to interpret information as it comes without relying on prior knowledge
Example: learning a new word for the first time without any previous reference points
Bottom Up Processing
In which stage do children struggle with conservation but engage in pretend play?
Preoperational stage
the perception that one is worse off than those with whom one compares themselves to
Relative Deprivation
The 3rd variable relates to what type of study?
A confounding variable relates to what type of study?
3rd variable= correlational
confounding= experiment
Arouses alertness and energy. (fight or flight) (too high of levels lead to mania symptoms of bipolar)
Norepinephrine
Depth cues that can be seen with just one eye. Helps with 2d objects
Binocular Cues
This style typically involves unpredictable and contradictory behaviors in relationships due to inconsistent care giving or trauma.
Disorganized Attachment
Loss of self-awareness and personal identity within a group leading to a loss of personal responsibility and leads to the person engaging in behavior that they might not otherwise do. (mob mentality)
Deindividuation