Scientific Research Method
This is a suggested solution to the problem. Usually seen in an “if… then…” scenario.
What is the Hypothesis?
Located at the base of the brain stem and controls life-supporting functions.
Damaged= death
What is the Medulla?
These divide the brain into hemispheres and lobes.
What are fissures?
The study of one person with the hopes of finding universal principals.
What is a Case Study?
When the value of one variable increases, so does the value of the other variable.
What is a Positive Correlation?
In order to verify the ending results, this should be done with the same experiment
What is a replicate/retest?
Nerve network located up and down the spinal cord. Controls level of alertness.
Damaged = Coma
What is the reticular formation?
Lobe used for processing and mathematical reasoning and houses the sensory strip.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
Research designed to determine the degree in which 2 variables are related to one another.
What is a Correlational Study?
This is the variable that is being measured and is usually effected.
Dependent Variable
Information gathered about the problem by watching people or other situations?
What are observations?
Controls balance, muscle coordination & memories on how to use your body. Damage = loss of fine motor skills.
What is the cerebellum?
Lobe that registers hearing and some speech functions.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
Type of research that relies on self-reports and questionnaires; very efficient and inexpensive.
What is a Survey?
A non-active substance or condition instead of an active drug or situation that is given to the control group
Placebo
Procedure used to test the hypothesis wehre variables come into play.
What is an Experiment?
Regulates eating, drinking, body temperature and the “fight or flight” reaction to stress.
What is the hypothalamus?
The control and information processing center; contains over 30 billion nerve cells.
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
Type of research performed by a Developmental Psychologist: simultaneously study subjects from all different age groups; inexpensive and fairly easy.
What is a Cross-Sectional Study?
When the participants and the researcher are ignorant to the expected outcome of the experiment
What is a Double Blind Procedure?
What is data?
Controls emotional responses such as FEAR and ANGER.
What is the Amygdala?
The lobe used to interpret visual information and is located in the back of your brain.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
Type of research performed by Developmental Psychologist: study the same group of individuals over many years; expensive and difficult.
What is a Longitudinal study?
When subjects know they are being watched and therefore respond in ways they believe the researcher wants them to behave.
What is Participant Bias?