Research Methods
What type of research studies one person in great detail?
What is a case study?
What part of the neuron receives incoming messages?
What are dendrites?
What sense detects airborne vibrations?
What is hearing?
Who discovered classical conditioning?
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
What memory system holds information briefly before processing?
What is sensory memory?
Who developed the theory of cognitive development?
Who is Jean Piaget?
Which theory states emotions come after physiological reactions?
What is the James-Lange theory?
Freud believed the pleasure principle was controlled by which part of personality?
What is the id?
What disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings?
What is bipolar disorder?
Changing behavior to match a group is called what?
What is conformity?
What variable is manipulated by the researcher?
What is the independent variable?
Which lobe processes visual information?
What is the occipital lobe?
The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time is called what?
What is the absolute threshold?
In operant conditioning, what strengthens behavior using rewards?
What is positive reinforcement?
The inability to remember events before age 3 is called what?
What is infantile amnesia?
What stage of Piaget’s theory includes object permanence?
What is the sensorimotor stage?
What hormone is released during stress?
What is cortisol?
What personality test uses inkblots?
What is the Rorschach test?
Persistent irrational fears are known as what?
What are phobias?
Who conducted the famous obedience experiments involving shocks?
Who is Stanley Milgram?
A researcher randomly assigns participants to groups. Why is this important?
What is reducing bias and increases validity.
This neurotransmitter is strongly linked to movement and Parkinson’s disease.
What is dopamine?
Which Gestalt principle explains grouping nearby objects together?
What is proximity?
What schedule of reinforcement is hardest to extinguish?
What is variable ratio?
What brain structure is most associated with forming explicit memories?
What is the hippocampus?
According to Erikson, adolescents struggle with what conflict?
What is identity vs. role confusion?
Abraham Maslow is known for creating what?
What is the hierarchy of needs?
The Big Five personality traits are often remembered by what acronym?
What is OCEAN?
Hallucinations and delusions are common symptoms of what disorder?
What is schizophrenia?
The tendency to blame personality instead of situations is called what?
What is the fundamental attribution error?
What type of correlation exists when one variable increases while the other decreases?
What is a negative correlation?
What structure regulates body temperature, hunger, and thirst?
What is the hypothalamus?
What theory explains color vision using red, green, blue, and yellow opponent processes?
What is the opponent-process theory?
Learning by observing others is called what?
What is observational learning?
A mental shortcut used to make judgments quickly is called what?
What is a heuristic?
Harry Harlow’s monkey experiments demonstrated the importance of what?
What is contact comfort?
The body’s tendency to maintain internal balance is called what?
What is homeostasis?
Carl Rogers emphasized what type of positive regard?
What is unconditional positive regard?
Repetitive intrusive thoughts are characteristic of what disorder?
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Improving performance because others are watching is called what?
What is social facilitation?
Researchers use this method so neither participants nor researchers know who receives the treatment.
What is the double-blind procedure?
Damage to this area can impair the ability to form new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
The tendency to perceive objects as unchanging despite changes in retinal image is called what?
What is perceptual constancy?
What phenomenon occurs when a conditioned response returns after extinction?
What is spontaneous recovery?
The tendency to search for evidence supporting one’s beliefs is called what?
What is confirmation bias?
What parenting style is high in warmth and high in control?
What is authoritative parenting?
What theory says motivation is highest when arousal is moderate?
What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?
According to Bandura, belief in one’s ability to succeed is called what?
What is self-efficacy?
The model explaining disorders as a combination of vulnerability and stress is called what?
What is the diathesis-stress model?
What phenomenon occurs when group members prioritize harmony over realistic decision-making?
What is groupthink?