Week 2: Research Methods
Scientific Findings must be ___?
Replicable
What is "Genome-wide association studies"?
The use of a small chip, the size of a postage stamp, and it allows you to genotype hundreds of thousands of DNA markers throughout genome.
The process by which populations change in response to their environment.
Natural Selection
Which part of the eye is responsible for vision at low levels of light?
Rods
What is the part of the brain that involves behavioral and emotional responses called?
The Limbic System
What type of science/proposition view criticism as conspiracy?
Pseudoscience
The gene "FTO" predicts what?
Body Weight.
Explain the differences between "Designed" and "Designoid".
Something designed would be manmade/unnatural. Something designoid would be natural but appear to be manmade/unnatural.
Failure to notice changes in the environment is called...
Change Blindness
Explain what Regression is
Regression is an unconscious defense mechanism that causes a reversion of the ego to earlier stages of development.
Define "Anecdotal Fallacy"
Uses of a personal experience or story as evidence for a claim.
How many percent can we explain with DNA for height?
20%
What were the main differences in the perception's of complexity by William Paley & Charles Darwin?
Paley believed that complexity was designed. Darwin believed that complexity was able to evolve.
What is the rounded mass of tissue, containing several types of nerve cells, that is responsible for the senes of smell?
Olfactory Bulbs
According to the Cannon-Bard Theory, does the experience of an emotion happen before, after, or at the same time as physiological arousal?
At the same time. The experience of an emotion occurs simultaneously with physiological arousal.
Does correlational research or experimental research actively do something?
Experimental Research
How many percent can we explain with DNA for weight?
15%
What four points are listed for "Products of Evolution"?
-Adaptation
-Exaptation
-By-Product
-Random Noise
Regularly working in a dimly lit room all day would likely lead to...
Desynchronization
List Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in order from least to most important.
Physiological, Safety, Love/Belonging, Self-Esteem, Self-Actualization
Define "Dependent Variable"
The variable that will presumably be affected by the changes in the independent variable.
We can now explain how many percent of the genetic risk factor for schizophrenia with DNA?
10%
What is "The Genetic Determinism Fallacy"?
The idea that genes alone are necessary and sufficient causes for all behavior.
What explains why we cannot see a mix of yellow and blue, red and green, or black and white?
What theory explains this scenario: A baby has been sitting in a car seat for the past hour. She has looked at and played with everything around her. She becomes bored, cries, and is motivated to escape the car seat.
The Arousal Theory of Motivation