Research Methods
This type of study design allows you to measure whether there is a relationship (association) between two variables.
What is a correlational design
This neurotransmitter is involved in alertness and muscle movement.
What is acetylcholine
It's the division of the peripheral nervous system that is responsible for voluntary movements.
What is the somatic nervous system
This part of the cortex is important for the processing of auditory information.
What is the temporal cortex (temporal lobe)
It is the "top-down" process where your brain makes meaning of stimuli in the world around you
What is perception.
This error in intuitive thinking occurs when someone over-attends to information that supports their existing beliefs, at the expense of noticing information that runs counter to their beliefs.
What is the confirmation bias
What is like a lock and key
Divisions of this part of your peripheral nervous system are responsible for fight or flight and rest and digest responses.
What is the autonomic nervous system.
This part of the lower brain is important for our balance, coordination, and to parts of classical conditioning.
What is the cerebellum
This receptor in the eye is responsible for color and high-detail vision.
What are cones.
The big difference between an experiment and pseudo-experiment is that an experiment has this, while a pseudo-experiment does not.
What is random assignment
What is the myelin sheath
This type of neuron exists within the spine and central nervous system, coordinating input and output between sensory and motor neurons.
What is an interneuron.
This part of the limbic system is important for our processing of emotions, like fear.
What is the amygdala
What is conductive hearing loss
If data in a study is symmetrically distributed in a "bell-curve" type shape, we can call that data's distribution this.
What is a normal distribution
Name two major ions involved in an action potential.
What are sodium and potassium
Dry mouth, sweaty palms, and racing heart are outputs of this division of your nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system.
This part of the brain-stem acts similarly to an old-school telephone operator, routing information from our senses upwards from the brainstem and out through the limbic system into the cortex.
What is the thalamus
This type of taste alerts us to the presence of proteins and amino acids in our food
What is umami
It is the practice of posting one's hypotheses and data analyses plans in a timestamped, online repository before beginning a study.
What is pre-registration
These pharmaceutical drugs or other natural substances act to enhance (amplify) the effects of a neurotransmitter.
What are neurotransmitter agonists
It is the division of the nervous system that your brain belongs to.
What is the central nervous system.
The associative areas in this part of the brain are important to our ability to plan, judge, and self-regulate.
What is the pre-frontal cortex
It is the type of sound that would be produced by a low frequency, high amplitude soundwave.
What is a low pitched, loud sound.