Methods
What is the Independent Variable? Dependent Variable?
The Independent Variable is manipulated
The Dependent Variable is measured
What type of memory is responsible for knowing how to tie your shoes?
Procedural Memory
Knowing the state capitol is what type of memory?
Semantic
Communication within 1 neuron is _____
Electrical
Communication between 2 neurons is _____
Chemical
Dr. Scollon wants to measure the correlation between attendance and exam scores. What type of correlation will she expect to find?
A positive correlation
What are the 3 types of memory storage?
Sensory Memory
Short Term Memory (or Working Memory)
Long Term Memory
Memories about your childhood are what type of memory?
Episodic
What part of the nervous system is responsible for the fight or flight response?
The Sympathetic Nervous System
What is the band of nerve fibers that connects the 2 hemispheres of the brain?
The Corpus Callosum
What are the 2 things that are required in an experiment?
Random assignment
Independent Variable
Why is it easier to remember items at the beginning and end of a list?
Primacy and Recency Effect or Serial Position Effect
What is chunking?
Grouping units of information into larger, more familiar units
What's the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?
Genotype: a person's genetics; DNA
Phenotype: how DNA and genes are physically expressed; what you see
Describe the structure of a neuron
Dendrites
Soma
Axon
Axon Terminal
What does WEIRD stand for?
Western
Educated
Industrialized
Rich
Democratic
What is the difference between Explicit and Implicit memory?
Explicit memory is conscious and within our awareness
Implicit memory is unconscious and automatic
The inability to form new long-term memories is which type of amnesia?
Anterograde
When a neuron is waiting for a signal from another cell, what state is it in?
Resting potential
The development of new neurons is known as _____
Neurogenesis
Why do researchers use Random Assignment?
To eliminate individual differences between participants
You found an apartment to live in for the new school year. However, on your way home from your first day of school, you find yourself walking to your old dorm instead of your new apartment! Is this Proactive or Retroactive Interference?
Proactive Interference
Name and describe the 3 tasks of memory
Encoding: "creating a file", or getting information into memory
Storage: "save file", or saving information
Retrieval: "open file later", or getting information back out
Describe action potential
When a cell "spikes", leading to a flood of positive ions, changing the cell's charge to positive
What are the 3 regions of the brain?
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain