Intro and Research
The scientific study of human behavior and mental processes.
Psychology
What is neuroplasticity?
The brain's ability to physically change
Name one Gestalt grouping principle.
Proximity, similarity, continuity, closure, figure-ground
The Gestalt approach to problem solving emphasizes what?
Presentation and representation, restructuring
What are the necessary components of an experiment?
Manipulated IV, measured DV, control of extraneous variables
The hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus make up what system?
Limbic System
Name one aspect of a stimulus that makes it likely to capture attention in a bottom-up (automatic) manner.
Suddenness, salience/distinctiveness, threat, personal relevance
What is a heuristic?
A mental short cut
A correlation coefficient of -.90 indicates what?
A strong, negative relationship (as one variable goes up, the other goes down)
Which system is responsible for the fight or flight response?
Sympathetic nervous system (division of the autonomic)
Perceptual load theory proposes that our likelihood to be distracted is based on what 2 factors?
Personal attentional capacity, difficulty (load) of task
What are the 3 components of Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence?
Analytical, creative, practical
Name two things that must be included in informed consent.
Study purpose, right to end participation, protection of confidentiality, risks/benefits, compensation, contact info, time commitment
What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?
Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
A dichotic listening task involves engaging with and ignoring what, respectively?
Attended channel, unattended channel
What 4 processes does the Wechsler intelligence test examine?
Why doesn't a correlation indicate causation?
Lack of experimental control, third variables, directionality
Messages are sent from one neuron's [what] to the next neuron's [what].
What is a geon and how does it relate to visual recognition?
The fish activities (rating "fishness" and picking the ugliest) were meant to demonstrate what?
Typicality effects; people tend to rate more typical members as better examples (greater "fishness") and as more attractive (or less ugly)