Foundations (Unit 1)
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and __________ .
What is mental processes?
Which area of the brain is related to vision?
What is the Occipital Lobe?
The minimum difference between two stimuli that a person can detect (at least 50% of the time).
What is Difference Threshold?
Reinforcement for behavior after an unpredictable/ random number of responses.
What is a variable-ratio reinforcement schedule?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is Random Assignment?
Says behavior/personality is heavily influenced by conflicts buried in your unconscious
What is the psychoanalytic (psychodynamic) perspective?
Concept that we have specialized function in each hemisphere.
What is Brain Lateralization?
Our ability to miss sensory information in our environment due to focusing on other stimuli.
What is Inattentional Blindness?
Edward Tolman’s research on rats and maze running demonstrated this style of learning.
What is latent learning?
Mr. Doe designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts his classes' exam performance. In his experiment, room temperature would be . . .
What is the Independent Variable (IV)
Says human behavior is not simply a product of their environment but governed by their potential for growth.
What is humanism?
This part of the brain receives information from all of the senses except for smell.
What is the Thalamus?
The type of sensory processing that relies on experience and our ability to fill in gaps in perception.
What is top-down processing?
It is easier to condition individuals to be afraid of snakes than of electrical outlets because of a phenomenon called . . .
What is biological preparedness?
Mr. Doe designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts his classes' exam performance. In his experiment, exam performance would be . . .
What is the Dependent Variable?
Perspective in psychology that focuses on how humans acquire knowledge and solve problems.
What is the cognitive perspective?
This is the part of the neuron that receives neural messages from other neurons.
What are the dendrites?
This principle explains why we are no longer able to notice a stimuli after a long period of exposure.
What is sensory adaptation?
His Bobo Doll experiment provided information on how observational (social learning theory) works.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This research method includes collecting self-reported data from participants.
What is a Survey?
A research method that studies the same group of participants in intervals over time.
What is a longitudinal study?
Difficulty with reasoning, speaking, motor skills, planning and judgement would indicate damage to this part of the brain.
What is the frontal lobe?
These bones in the middle ear help amplify soundwaves.
What are the Hammer, Anvil, and Stirrup (Ossicles)?
This type of conditioning relies on behavioral consequences for learning to occur.
What is operant conditioning?
This research method allows researchers to observe subjects in their natural habitat, which reduces artificiality
What is Naturalistic Observation?