Learning
Breaking down large pieces of information into smaller parts that are easier to memorize
Chunking
A specific statement about the relationship of two variables that is testable.
Hypothesis
The variable that the experimenter manipulates
Independent variable
A measurement of how well your experiment showed a cause and effect relationship between the IV and the DV
Internal validity
Contains the brain and spinal cord, encased in bone
Learning in a way that is appropriate for the way you will be tested
transfer-appropriate processing
Withholding information about your experiment to the participants, only to discuss it after the experiment is over
Deception and debriefing
Defining specifically how you will measure something in the context of your experiment
Operational definition
Using apps to gather real world data useful for psychological research
smartphone psychology
Contain neurotransmitters which are released at the synapse
Synaptic vesicles
"thinking about thinking". Helps us know what we need to prioritize in studying
Metacognition
A system of multiple hypotheses that all point to one general statement about how something works.
Theory
Confounding variable
A measure of how much your results can apply to other situations (aka generalizability)
External Validity
The minimum voltage change that must be reached in the cell body of a neuron in order for an action potential to fire
Threshold/ threshold potential
Remembering something for a short period of time for the purposes of manipulating it
Working Memory
Objective, systematic measurement is a characteristic of:
The scientific method
Finding if two variables relate. Does not mean causality.
Correlation/Correlational study
a device used to record snippets of ambient noise at various intervals during someone's day.
Electronic Activated Recorder (EAR)
Part of the brain that connects our right and left hemispheres, made up of white matter (axons)
Corpus Callosum
Learning something without intending to
incidental learning
The Willowbrook study coerced parents into making their children participate. This is a violation of:
Voluntary participation
Like a traditional experiment, but you can't randomly assign the independent variable.
Quasi-experimental design.
A measurement of how much your results can apply to someone's day-to-day life
Ecological validity
Used to study electrical activity of the brain
Electroencephalography (EEG).