What does the research say?
It's the scientific term that describes how consistently a psychological measure captures a construct.
What is reliability?
This lobe is widely regarded as the CEO of the brain and is developing through an individual's mid-20s.
What is the frontal lobe?
These are organized packages of DNA, wound into 23 pairs, found inside almost every cell nucleus.
What are chromosomes?
What is the absolute threshold?
Humans spend approximately one-third of their lives in this state of altered consciousness.
What is sleep?
What is spurious correlations?
A wave of electrical activity that originates at the base of the axon and rapidly travels down its length, sparked by a rush of positively charged ions into the cell.
What is the action potential?
These are specific segments of DNA with instructions for specific proteins or regulation of a trait. They are the basic units of heredity.
What are genes?
This theory states that whether a stimulus is perceived depends both of the sensory experience and judgement, including factors such as your expectations, arousal levels, and motivation.
What is the signal detection theory?
These daily cycles of approximately 24 hours regulate our daily routines, including sleep, wakefulness, and even appetite.
What are circadian rhythms?
It's the experimental method in which selection into research groups is based on predetermined characteristics of the participants rather than random assignment.
What is quasi-experimental method?
It's the thick band of axons that connects the two halves of the cerebral cortex. It may be surgically severed in cases of severe seizure disorders.
What is the corpus callosum?
This is the study of how genes and environment influence behaviors. This field heavily utilizes twin studies to estimate heritability.
What is behavioral genetics?
These photoreceptors on the retina convert light waves into neural impulses in a processes called transduction. Must name both types of photoreceptors for credit.
What are the rods and cones?
This theory of hypnosis emphasizes the degree to which beliefs and expectations contribute to increased suggestibility.
What is the social-cognitive theory?
It's what happens to a distribution when there are outliers in the data set.
What is skew?
It is the space between neurons where neurotransmitters are released.
What is the synaptic cleft?
This field examines how gene expression is influenced by interactions with the environment.
What is epigenetics?
This part of the inner ear is filled with fluid and lined with tiny hair cells that convert sound waves into neural impulses.
What is the cochlea?
This class of drugs acts as an agonist that mimics endorphins at a much greater intensity than what the body naturally produces.
What are opioids?
*will also accept opiates*
It is the type of validity that checks if a test accurately measures a psychological concept. It may use convergent and discriminant validity to do so.
What is construct validity?
This part of the brain, found in the limbic system, is largely responsible for procedural memory. It is the part that will hopefully activate, with appropriate training, when a pilot needs to correct a stall while flying.
What is the basal ganglia?
**Know broadly a few key activities of the parts of the brain reviewed during lecture**
These are specific variants or versions of a gene. They are the differing DNA sequences that dictate how a trait is expressed.
What are alleles?
This is the ability to perceive objects as having constant shape, size, and color despite changes in perspective. It helps inform why some people see a black and blue dress and others see a gold and white dress.
What is perceptual constancy?
What is orexin?