Theories
___ focuses on the role of a person’s unconscious and early childhood experiences.
Psychoanalytic theory
- results are predicted based on a general premise
Deductive reasoning
Uses past records or data sets to answer various research questions, or to search for interesting patterns or relationships.
Archival research
The ___ is the space between the terminal button of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron
synapse
controls our balance, coordination, movement, and motor skills, and it is thought to be important in processing some types of memory.
Cerebellum
Experience of the world which is influenced by where we focus our attention, our previous experiences, and our cultural backgrounds.
Perception
conclusions are drawn from observations.
Inductive reasoning
experiment in which both the researchers and the participants are blind to group assignments. (Controls for both participant and experimenter expectations).
Double-blind Study
Neurotransmitter: mood, sleep, and learning.
Dopamine
concept that each hemisphere of the brain is associated with specialized functions.
Lateralization
Discovered the concept of classical conditioning
IVAN PAVLOV
well-developed set of ideas that propose an explanation for observed phenomena.
Theory
number from -1 to +1, indicating the strength and direction of the relationship between variables, and usually represents by r.
Correlation Coefficient
At the end of the axons are ___ which contain synaptic vessels (storage sites for chemical messengers called neurotransmitters).
terminal buttons
Degeneration of the Substantia Nigra and VTA is involved in ____ disease.
Parkinson’s
Proposed a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior.
ABRAHAM MASLOW (humanism)
-Allows for a lot of insight into a case.
Difficult to generalize results to the larger population
Clinical or case studies
Two variables change in the same direction, both becoming either larger or smaller.
Positive Correlation
Axons are covered in a ____ made of a fatty substance that insulates axons and allows the signal to travel down the axon quicker.
myelin sheath
It contains:
-The cerebral cortex – higher level processes
-Thalamus - sensory relay
-Hypothalamus - homeostasis
-Pituitary gland – master gland of the endocrine system
-Limbic system – emotion and memory circuit
FOREBRAIN
Studied the principles of modifying behavior through reinforcement and punishment which he saw as major factors in driving behavior (operant conditioning).
B. F. Skinner
To study the most accurate and genuine behaviors, ____ has proven most effective.
naturalistic observation
two variables change in different directions, with one becoming larger as the other becomes smaller; a negative correlation is not the same thing as no correlation.
Negative Correlation
Neurotransmitter: Heart, intestines, and alertness.
Norepinephrine
The ___ serves as the relay center of the brain where most senses (excluding smell) are routed before being directed to other areas of the brain for processing.
thalamus