I am the part of the neuron that receives information. You might say I detect it.
What is a dendrite?
100
This occurs when incoming light or chemical information is chaged into energy your brain can understand
What is transduction?
100
Hey, you just turned that up! The new volume must h ave reached this
What is just noticeable difference or difference threshold?
100
I am the variable the experimenter can control.
What is the independent variable?
200
I am remembered for doing one of the most unethical experiments ever. Guards started acting like guards. Oh My!
Who is Zimbardo?
200
If I start to fall apart on you your movement can start to get slower and stop. These are signs of multiple sclerosis
What is the myelin sheath?
200
Darn it! I can't find my sunglasses!! What, they are on my head? I gues this must have occurred
What is sensory adaptation?
200
I hear the phone! I'll get it! What do mean how did I hear it with the radio blasting?I have waiting for this phone call. I must be experiencing this theory
What is signal detection theory?
200
On come on, you didn't know that? I knew it all along? Of course I am looking back at it. I must be experiencing this phenomenon?
What is hindsight bias?
300
I had little kids watch adults beat up Bobo dolls. Turns out "do as I say, not as I do, doesn't work". Go figure
Who is Bandura?
300
I got the message, it says Fire, Fire,Fire! I am going down the axon at break neck speed! Watch out below!!
What is action potential?
300
I am the first part of the eye that light passes through. (MOOO!)
What is the cornea?
300
I can make sense of the drawing now that I know what a giraffe looks like. Before I just saw lines and colors. I must be using this type of processing now.
What is top-down processing?
300
I think he is the handsomest. How can you think the other guy is instead? I think we better use this term and decide how we are defining handsome
What is an operational definition?
400
I believed that everyone was born understanding certain symbols and archetypes
Who is Jung?
400
I am the main excitatory neurotransmitter! Whoo-Hoo! PAAAARRRRTY!
What is glutamate?
400
I am the pace in the eye where the optic nerve leaves the retina! Why is it so dark in here? Honey is that you?
What is the blind spot?
400
These are used to make a full picture appear even if you only have parts to look at
What are Gestalts?
400
I want to get a result that applies to more than my testing group. I better use this to choose my participants so that everyone gets a chance
What is a random sample?
500
I did an experiment where I shocked leashed dogs but found even when I removed the leash, they didn't try to get away. I called it learned helplessness. Sorry puppies
Who is Seligman?
500
I am the type of neuron that takes messages from the brain to your muscles. Get your hand off the stove you moron!
What is an afferent or sensory neuron?
500
Everyone is paired up. Black is with white, yellow and blue are all cozy and even green and red have found each other. This theory makes me feel so left out!
What is the opponent-process theory of color vision?
500
I want you to think that I am further away from you but I am only a two dimensional picture. I must use these type of cues to fool you. Ha Ha, got ya!
What are monocular cues?
500
My scatterplot shows an almost straight line. Bet my correlational coefficient is close to one of these two numbers