Learning
In classical conditioning, two previously unrelated stimuli are paired together. In the Pavlov's Dog example, scientists were able to condition the dog to salivate in response to what?
This Sense has the strongest connection to our memories, due to it being the only one with a direct route to our brain.
Smell/Olfactory
Your educated guess/answer to a research questions is also known as this.
Hypothesis
This perspective in psychology focuses on the importance of diversity.
Sociocultural
The four parts of a Neuron
Dendrite, Cell Body & Nucleus, Axon, Axon Terminal
How can you use operant conditioning to improve behavior?
Providing rewards, sticker charts, token economies, etc.
Our Peripheral Nervous System is like an information super highway that extends throughout our bodies. It is is no wonder that we use these to learn and process memories.
Our Senses
What are two ways we can tell if a research study is valid?
Controlled for Confounding Variables
Peer Review/Replication
When groups of people are dressed the same, for example, people in the army, it is sometimes for this purpose.
Deindividuation
In what area of the Brain is the Occipital Lobe Located and which of the senses does it process?
Back part of Cerebral Cortex, Sight
What are some ways we help children learn through engagement?
Music, Songs, Mnemonic Phrases, Games
** Daily Double ** Make a Wager
What are at least three ways our memory can be impacted resulting in incorrect recall?
Feelings, Perception, Conditioning, Decay, Stress/Trauma, Amnesia
Does correlation result in causation? For example, if two things increase simultaneously, does it mean that they are related?
No or Not Necessarily
Being less likely to help someone, due to the presence of other people who are also capable of helping, and who may be helping, is referred to as
The Bystander Effect
When considering how medications like SSRI's work by mimicking neurotransmitters, illustrate/explain where the medication goes to increase Serotonin between the synapses making us happier.
It goes to and fills in the Specific (lock & key) Serotonin Receptor on The Dendrite of the Neuron
Because the behavior itself is so positively reinforcing, what behavior is one of the hardest to change?
Avoidance
Because we have state-dependent memory, in what state is the best way to study for your exam?
The same state in which you will take the exam, hopefully sober!
Name at least one way you can try to limit researcher bias while conducting a study.
Blind Study
Random Assignment
A car salesman who tells you a low price for a car you want to purchase, and then adds on additional costs at paperwork, is using this strategy of compliance.
Low Ball
3 Parts of the Nervous System
1. Brain 2. Spinal Cord 3. Nerves
When teaching someone to do something, especially if a child, it is best that active learning is done in what way?
Side by Side
It is our continuous memory, also known as what, that allows us to see things like flip books as a moving image.
Iconic Memory
If I am studying the effect that different styles of music have on mood, what is the Independent Variable, and what is the Dependent Variable?
IV: Style of Music
DV: Mood
What stages of development are impacted by culture?
It's a trick question, they all are
Where is the Frontal Located, and what are at least two of its major functions?
Forehead; decision making, impulse control, planning, attention, memory, focus, language (Broca’s Area), sense of smell