Research Perspective
This perspective focuses on observable behavior that can be measured.
What is the behavioral perspective.
The only research method that can determine cause and effect.
What is an experiment.
Glial cells are Greek for what
What is glue
The basic building block of the nervous system.
What is a neuron.
Learning by association, such as Pavlov's dogs salivating to a bell.
What is classical conditioning?
This perspective highlights thinking, memory, and problem-solving.
What is the cognitive perspective.
In an experiment, this group receives the treatment.
Who are the experimental group.
The fibers that project out of the cell body like the branches of a tree.
What are dendrites.
Chemicals that transmit signals across the synapse.
What are neurotransmitters.
Learning that involves rewards and punishments.
What is operant conditioning?
This perspective studies how culture and social situations influence behavior.
What is sociocultural perspective.
This is the factor the researcher manipulates in an experiment.
What is the independent variable.
These make up the "white" matter in the brain.
What are myelinated axons
This part of the nervous system controls voluntary movement.
What is the somatic nervous system
Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior is called this.
What is positive reinforcement
These two perspectives focus on internal factors.
What are the biological perspective and cognitive perspective.
This type of study involves the intensive observation, recording, and description of an atypical person or organization.
What is a case study.
I am what keeps the brain calm
What is glutamate
The brain structure that coordinates balance and movement.
What is the cerebellum
A learning process that occurs without immediate performance, as shown in Tolman's maze studies.
What is latent learning.
This perspective includes classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
What is the behavioral perspective.
The first step in examining the correlation between two variables is to create what
What is a scatterplot.
A myelinated axon looks like what you might eat for breakfast.
What is a string of sausages.
This system releases hormones into the bloodstream.
What is the endocrine system.
In classical conditioning, this is the response that is learned to a previously neutral stimulus.
What is the conditioned response