Science & Perspectives
This is the type of variable that is manipulated by the experimenter. It can also be thought of as the "cause"
What is the Independent Variable?
This form of processing focuses on basic sensory information, rather than previous knowledge or experience, and it would also make a great title for a Sexxy Red song
What is Bottom-Up Processing?
These three stages of memory include getting information in, keeping information, and then getting it back out
What are encoding, storage, and retrieval?
This band whose name is the same as a 'dreamy' cycle of sleep had hits with "Losing My Religion" and "It's the End of the World As We Know It"
What is REM?
She realized some 'bigger dreams' when she was "15" and you may picture her 'standing in a nice dress' in your "Wildest Dreams"
Who is Taylor Swift?
This perspective of psychology tends to focus on neurotransmitters, parts of the brain, and other anatomically scientific ways to change behavior and thoughts
These color sensing cells in the fovea of the eyes help you distinguish between different wavelengths of light, but they are focused in the front part of your eyes so color is not clear in your peripheries
What are cones?
These memory devices can help you to remember difficult pieces of information by associating it with something easier to recall. Common examples include "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" and "Never Ever Soggy Waffles"
What is a mnemonic device?
This form of learning was exhibited by the Bobo Doll experiment where children watched adults abuse a doll and then copied their actions
What is observational learning?
Derry Girls ends every episode with the song "Dreams" from this Irish rock group of the 90's whose band name sounds like something you would eat during Thanksgiving dinner
What are the Cranberries?
"I know why you're sad! You must have repressed childhood trauma!" is a statement most likely to be said by this perspective
What is psychoanalytic?
I think it's spooky that an amputee can feel this pain in their missing appendage because of a confusing set of signals being sent to the brain
What is phantom limb pain?
This form of amnesia prevents the formation of new memories as you move ahead in life
What is anterograde amnesia?
Giving a dog a treat after they sit is this two word from of operant conditioning that is going to increase the likelihood that this behavior happens again
What is positive reinforcement?
This 70's band makes songs that you can skate and drink juice to, like "Dreams" from their all-time great album Rumours
What is Fleetwood Mac?
There are both positive and negative varieties of this type of statistical relationship that Psychologists can use to explain patterns, but they can't determine cause
What are correlations?
Similarity & closure are perceptual principles from this "g"reat Psychology school of thought whose name is literally German for "shape"
What is Gestalt?
This is seahorse shaped part of the brain that is mostly responsible for memory and acts as a "saving" mechanism, similar to progress saving in video games
These "sensations" that happen in the first stage of non rapid eye movement sleep may give you the feeling that are falling even though you are safe and sound in your bed
What are hypnogogic sensations?
'Sing with me, sing for the year' along with this Aerosmith hit from their 1973 eponymous debut album
What is "Dream On"?
Attending a baseball game and afterwards claiming that you knew it all along that the Rockies were going to lose is this type of backwards looking bias
What is hindsight bias?
This man's law states that for things to be noticeable as different, they have to differ by a certain percentage and that the larger the original stimulus the larger the change needs to be for you to notice it
What is Weber's Law?
These mental shortcuts "h"elp people solve problems and make decisions quickly. They are also known as "rules of thumb".
What are heuristics?
These smallest sound units of a language help us distinguish between words and there are 44 in English including oo, oo, qu, and b
What are phonemes?
The hip-hop trio Beastie Boys made an instant road trip classic when they released the song "No Sleep Til" this New York City borough
What is Brooklyn?