Background
Method of the study
What is laboratory experiment?
Type of animal used in study
What are rats?
Group that performed worst in the test
What is the control group?
Identify the main downside of this study’s method
What is: Low ecological validity?
Any of the two content links in the study
What is:
Hormones and their effects behavior
Value of animal models in research to provide insight to human behavior
What is milky water navigation
Or anything involving navigating in a pool of water to find a platfrom
Hormone more prominent in the control group
What is cortisol?
Main disadvantage of the type of participant
What is: Genetic differences with humans?
Design of the study
What is independent measures design?
The period of time over which experimental conditions applied
What is:
Three weeks
From birth to weaning
Condition correlated with high glucocorticoids and low ACH
What is Alzheimer’s?
The main ethical concern of the study
What is: The death of the participants?
Aim of study
What is
to determine the effect of glucocorticoids (stress hormones) on memory
The experimental condition in the study
What is: The grooming of rats?
These are the physical effects of being neglected (similar answers acceptable)
What is hippocampal cell loss?
Field of study supported by study’s results
What is epigenetics?
Explain how stress hormones relate to memory in this study (Hint: Cortisol levels…)
What is:
Experimental condition leads to gene expression which result in increased stress regulation
Age of participants when test was conducted
What is 2 years old?
Describe what happens when the hippocampus detects cortisol (Similar answers acceptable)
Message is sent to hypothalamus that shuts down flight or fight response
Or any similar description
List the groups of participants used in other studies that support theories of stress cognitive functioning
What are:
Abused children
Veterans with PTSD