What is misinformation?
Measured variable
Dependent
Responsible for planning, organization, impulse control.
Frontal lobe.
Cells in the eye that give us color vision.
Learning that involves ONE single event.
Non-associative learning
Temporal lobe/primary auditory cortex
Manipulated variable
Independent
Primarily responsible for fear (and other emotions, olfactory memory).
Amygdala
One example of a depressant.
Alcohol, Xanax, Valium, Ativan, Klonopin, nitrous oxide
Associating an INVOLUNTARY response with a stimulus.
Classical conditioning
Woman researcher- her and her husband's research ended up in Brown v. Board of education to de-segregate schools.
Mamie Phipps-Clark
Anything that cannot be ethically manipulated.
Neurons create an electrical signal called ____ and use a chemical signal called ____ to communicate.
Action potential; neurotransmitters
Stage of sleep that most resembles being awake on an EEG
REM
Training a mouse to press a lever to receive a reward is an example of:
Operant conditioning
Conducts/insulates the electrical signals of neurons.
Myelin Sheath
A study involves 3 groups (low dose, high dose, control). With this information only, what type of study is this?
Experiment
Turns vibration of the inner ear into fluid, which is then processed by the brain.
Cochlea
Electrical signals are PROCESSED to form representations of the external world
perception
Provide an example of a secondary reinforcer.
Anything learned by experience (not primary reinforcer- food, water, social connection) Ex. money.
The study of human thought, emotions and behavior.
Psychology
Descriptive Research makes ___ claims. Correlational research makes _____ claims. Experimental research makes ____ claims.
Frequency, association, causal
Thalamus is the relay station for all senses except
Olfaction
Name any method that helps us understand location and size of stimuli in our visual field.
Occlusion, height in field, relative size, familiar size, linear perspective, texture gradient
Giving you a zero on an assignment, which decreases the likelihood of cheating is a:
Positive Punishment