Perspectives & Research
Perspective that emphasizes unconscious motives for human behavior
Psychoanalysis
Connection between left and right cerebral hemispheres
Corpus Callosum
Depressants
Color muscle that surrounds the opening of the eye
Iris
Extremely vivid episodic memories that usually involve strong emotions
Flashbulb memories
Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher
Independent Variable
Lobe responsible for visual processing
Occipital Lobe
Stage of sleep where dreams should occur
REM
Three tiny bones that comprise the ossicles
Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup
Also known as "working memory"
Short Term Memory
Type of research that illustrates relationships between variables
Correlations
Fatty substance that insulates the axon of a neuron
Myelin Sheath
Condition in which a person needs more and more of a drug to have the desired effect
Tolerance
Structure located in the inner ear responsible for maintaining balance in response to changes in the environment
Semicircular canals
"Forgetting" due to inadequate clues or hints
Retrieval Cue Failure
Perspective that emphasizes the innate goodness in humans and the innate desire to better oneself
Humanistic
Area on the left temporal lobe responsible for language comprehension
Wernicke's Area
Technique used by the brain to catch up on missing REM sleep
REM Rebound
Branch of psychology that investigates how visual stimuli is organized and interpreted by the brain
Gestalt Psychology
Best example of a cognitive concept
Prototype
A flaw in research design or an unaccounted variable that is skewing experimental data
Confounding Variable
Neurotransmitter linked to ALS, autism, and strokes
Glutamate
A sleep disorder in which a person dreams in the correct stage, but fails to suppress voluntary movement.
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
The smallest possible stimuli that can be perceived half of the time
Memory improvement technique that involves focusing on the deeper meaning of information
Elaborative Rehearsal