Research
This study looks at the impact of stress on neural functions. The action potential and chemical messengers released in your body have a relationship with your stress levels.
What is a correlational study?
This is the process of neural impulse which send chemical messengers from a sending neuron to a receiving neuron through this space between neurons.
What is a synapse?
What is Wernicke's area?
Be specific in your research. Precise procedures and defined variables with measurable methods to allow replication of studies of psychology and behavior.
What are operational definitions?
This type of bias is when a researcher unknowingly influences a study through wording surveys, or convenience sampling.
What is researcher bias?
Whether psychologist are looking for general principles or looking for a causal relationship between variables/environments and behaviors, either of these 2 broad types or research studies can be conducted.
What are non-experimental and experiments?
These chemical messengers stored in vesicles of axon terminals and released into the synaptic cleft when activated by action potential. Serotonin, Histamine, Dopamine, just to name a few.
What are neurotransmitters?
Deep in temporal lobe, memory formation, spatial memory / navigation, emotional memories and learning are some functions of this part of the brain.
What is the hippocampus?
The somatosensory cortex, and motor cortex are found in both hemispheres of the brain which function the opposite side body of it's location in the brain. You go left, I go right.
What is contralateral?
Any form of bias which involves subjective way of thinking which influence decisions-making and distorted perceptions. These biases include but not limited to the following: Hindsight bias, Confirmation bias, Affinity bias, Halo Effect bias, Physical attractiveness stereotype etc.
What are cognitive biases?
What is longitudinal study?
This insulation of axon terminals allows for increased speed of communication between neurons.
What is myelin sheath?
This frontal lobe cortex is highly involved in functions related to cognitive functions such as planning, decision making and problem solving. Personality and character traits also are controlled in part of the brain.
What is prefrontal cortex?
A participant who wants their actions or responses to be met with approval from society or the researcher.
What is social desirability bias?
This would be considered what kind of relationship in a correlational study: - .95 meaning the two variables being measured go in opposite directions. As one variable increases the other decreases, or vice-versa.
What is a strong negative correlation?
These types of studies inform psychologist on the impact of environment and genetic factor contributions to behaviors and personality development between monozygotic and dizygotic siblings.
What are twin studies?
This is what the electrical impulse is called which activates communication between neurons.
What is action potential?
When you reach out with your right hand to touch something, this cortex and this hemisphere is processing that information.
What is the somatosensory cortex in the left hemisphere?
"I knew that would have occurred even before the experiment began." is a statement which reflects this cognitive bias.
environmental factors: diet, drugs, family income, stress, etc. could be variables in the study of this. Examines how environmental factors influence genetic expression (how they function).
What is epigenetics?
Although case studies can reveal general principles of behaviors, it's criticism is that it lacks this. Findings do not necessarily apply to a larger population.
What is generalizability?
This is the correct order in which messages are received, processed and sent through neurons.
What is dendrites, cell body (soma), axon, axon terminals, synapse and receptors (postsynaptic neuron).
Involved in functions such as planning, decision-making, problem solving and even personality this cortex is at the forefront of who you are.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
A function of the autonomic system under the PNS which control involuntary functions of muscles and glands related to a response that prepares the body for "fight or flight".
What is the sympathetic functions?
What is correlational coefficient?