THEORIES
BRAIN STRUCTURES
IDENTIFY IV OR DV
SYSTEMS + FOREBRAIN
CONSCIOUSNESS
100

STATED MIND IS DESIGNATED INTO COMPONENTS: IMAGES, FEELINGS, SENSATIONS 

WHAT IS EDWARD TITCHENER?

100

SHORT, BRANCH-LIKE EXTENSIONS OF THE CELL BODY

WHAT IS DENDRITES?

100

You want to see which type of fertilizer helps plants grow fastest, so you add a different brand of fertilizer to each plant and see how tall they grow.

IV: TYPE OF FERTILIZER 

DV: HEIGHT OF PLANT 

100

PREPARES BODY FOR ACTION

WHAT IS SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?

100

BODY AND MIND ARE SEPERATE

WHAT IS DUALISM?

200

DEVELOPED FUNCTIONALISM: STUDIES HOW THE MIND ADAPTS RATHER THAN CATEGORIZING STIMULI INTO COMPONENTS 

WHAT IS WILLIAM JAMES?

200

INFORMATION FROM NEURONS IS COLLECTED/INTEGRATED HERE

WHAT IS CELL BODY?
200

You’re interested in how rising sea temperatures impact algae life, so you design an experiment that measures the number of algae in a sample of water taken from a specific ocean site under varying temperatures.

IV: OCEAN TEMPERATURE 

DV: NUMBER OF ALGAE 

200

RETURNS BODY TO A RESTING STATE 

PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

200

ANY TYPE OF OF DEVIATION FROM WAKING STATES, SOMETIMES FUZZY, SOMETIMES VERY CLEAR 

WHAT IS ALTERED STATE?

300

FOUNDED GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY: PERCEIVING THINGS AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN COMBINATION OF PARTS AND SHAPES 

WHAT IS MAX WERTHEIMER?

300

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONS IS COLLECTED HERE

WHAT IS SYNAPSE?

300

A VARIABLE THAT IS MANIPULATED 

WHAT IS IV?
300

RECEIVES ALL SENSORY INFORMATION 

THALAMUS

300

HIGH FREQUENCY, ALERT, MENTAL STATE

BETA

400

BEHAVIOR IS GOVERNED BY UNCONSCIOUS MOTIVES, DESIRES, AND CONFLICT 

WHAT IS SIGMUND FREUD?

400

FATTY CASING, INSULATION 

MYELIN SHEATH 

400

A VARIABLE THAT IS MEASURED?

WHAT IS DV?
400

EMOTIONAL RESPONSES/MEMORY 

WHAT IS AMYGDALA?

400

RELAXED STATE

ALPHA 

500

BEHAVIOR IS BASED ON REINFORCEMENT AND REWARD

WHAT IF B.F SKINNER?

500

HINDBRAIN AND THEIR FUNCTIONS 

WHAT IS MEDULLA: HEART-RATE AND BREATHING 

WHAT IS PONS: SLEEP AND AROUSAL

WHAT IS CEREBELLUM: COORDINATES BALANCE 

500

EXAMINES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE VARIABLES (NO CAUSATION)

WHAT IS CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH?

500

BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD 

WHAT IS CNS?

500

HIGHEST AMPLITUDE, SLOW AND DEEPEST BRAIN WAVES

DELTA 

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