Parts of the Brain
Lobe associated with hearing
Temporal Lobe
(Tempo, like music)
Least impacted by outliers (mean, median or mode)
Median
Schema
a mental framework that organizes and interprets information
Which neurotransmitter is most associated with mood regulation and depression?
A. Dopamine
B. Serotonin
C. Acetylcholine
D. Norepinephrineed
B) Serotonin
(Sero is depressed so she took the night in/ tonin)
Associated with balance
Cerebellum
(Siri the ballerina balances)
What does a correlation coefficient of -1 mean
Perfect negative correlation
(NOT no correlation!)
Assimilation vs accommodation
Assimilate- fitting NEW information into existing schemas
Accommodation- modifying current schemas
The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time is called:
A. Difference threshold
B. Absolute threshold
C. Sensory adaptation
D. Signal detection
B) Absolute Threshold
Connects the left and right hemispheres
Corpus callosum
(two words, connects two things together)
Descriptive vs inferential statistics
Descriptive- Describe data (D for describe)
Inferential- Makes prediction/ generalizes about a population
What are the four stages of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
Remembering how to ride a bike is an example of:
A. Episodic memory
B. Semantic memory
C. Procedural memory
D. Working memory
C) Procedural memory
What part of Phineas Gage's brain was injured and what consequences did this have?
Frontal lobe; Went from well liked to irritable/ irresponsible, etc.
The p-value that means the results are statistically significant
less than 0.05
What does Vygotsky think development is driven through?
Social Interactions
The theory that emotion comes after physiological arousal is:
A. Cannon-Bard
B. Schachter-Singer
C. James-Lange
D. Drive-reduction
C) James-Lange
(in the words james and lange the A comes before the E, arousal comes before emotion)