Intro
Research
Nervous System
Memory
100

name 2 of 5 psychological perspectives

neuro, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic

100

What is the term for the variable manipulated or changed by the researcher in an experiment?

IV

100
  • What is the term for the group of brain structures, including the hippocampus and amygdala, responsible for emotions and memory?
  • Hint 4 f's

limbic system

100

What is the term for the loss of memories for events that occurred before a traumatic injury or event?

retrograde amnesia 

200

original psychodynamic theorist

freud

200

What is the term for the variable that is measured or observed as the outcome in an experiment?

dv

200

What is the branch of the autonomic nervous system that promotes relaxation, slows down heart rate, and conserves energy?

parasympathetic 

200

What is the term for stimuli or information that helps in the retrieval of stored memories?

retrieval cues 

300

Scientific psychology should study only be observable, measurable, external behavior            
                            

                                                       


    

behaviorism 

300

What is the statistical measure that indicates the strength and direction of a relationship between two variables?

correlation coefficient = r

300

What is the term for the long, slender projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body?

axon

300

what are 2 ways we can help encode memory 

•Rehearsal

•House of Memory – Method of Loci

•Rhyme

•Mnemonics

•Self—referent

400

                                                                       

Humans naturally strive to grow/Free will and autonomy to grow and change/focus on enriching human experience/Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow: belongs to what viewpoint in psychology?                  
                           
                           


                                                       


    

humanism/humanistic

400

What is the term for the clear and precise explanation of how a variable will be measured or manipulated in a research study?

operational defintion

400

What is the autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, leading to the destruction of myelin sheath and disruptions in communication between nerve cells?

MS
400

                                                                       

when a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information

                                                       


    

                                                                       

misinformation effect

                                                       


    

500

describe nature v nurture

                                                                       

Heredity vs environment ; physical vs social

                                                       


    

500

What is the term for the process of assigning participants to different experimental groups or conditions in a way that each person has an equal chance of being in any group?

random assignment

500

What is the term for the brief electrical impulse that travels down the axon of a neuron, allowing for communication between nerve cells?

Action Potential 
500

three steps of memory 

encoding - storage - retrieval 
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