Research Methods
Experimental group
Control group
Group that gets the treatment
Group that doesn't get the treatment
Deindivation
When people engage in risky behavior because they feel they can't be identified.
Cerebellum
Processes sensory output, coordinates movement, and enables memory.
Positive reinforcer
Negative reinforcer
Giving something wanted
Taking away something unwanted
Thalamus
Directs messages to the sensory areas and transmits replies.
Case study
Studying one case of interest, experimenting on that one case.
The experiment that proved normative conformity.
Asch line expeiriment.
Temporal lobe
Audio process, process opposite ears.
Primary/Secondary Reinforcer
Primary is something naturally rewarding.
Secondary becomes rewarding because of its association with a natural reward.
Waking conciousness
When you're awake, you are aware of your thoughts and feelings.
Natural observation
Causation?
A method where a psychologist observes without interference.
I can't prove causation.
Foot in the door
Door in the face
Small - Big
Big - Small
Terminal Buttons
Sends signals to other neurons at the end of the neuron.
Conditioned/Unconditioned
Response/Stimuli
Learned through association/natural
Reaction/Cause
Threshold of excitation
Correlation
Causation
A happens when B happens
A happens because B happens
What is the difference between self-serving bias and fundamental attribution error?
Self-serving applies to yourself and others, while fundamental is someone else attributing another's actions to personality or situation.
Synaptic Space
Provides a space for chemical transmissions of messages from the nervous system.
Fixed-Ratio
Fixed-Interval
Variable-Ratio
Variable-Interval
Set amount of repetition.
Set amount of time.
Random amount of repetition.
Random amount of time.
Change stimilus
When a change in a visual stimulus is introduced, the observer does not notice.
Name the parts of an experiment
(There are 7 Name 5)
Hypothesis
IV
DV
Experimental group
Control group
Placebo
Double blind
Obedience
Conformity
Compliance
Change in behavior because of:
Being told
Assumed pressures
Being asked
Name all glands and there hormones
Pancreas - Insulin and Glucose
Gonads - Reproductions
Adrenal - Serotonin and adrenaline
Thyroid - Metabolism, immune, and blood pressure
Pituitary - Growth
Pineal - Sleeping and waking up
Aquisition
Exctinction
Sponataneos Recovery
The time when unconditioned stimuli are associated with the conditioned stimulus.
Forget.
Rember.
Name all dream persepctives
Activation synthesis
Information processing
Threat simulation
Freudian interpretaion
Jungian interpretation