Biological Approach
This type of cell is the basic building block of our brains.
The Neuron
Our mental representations that we create from prior experiences and knowledge
Schema
Research that produces numerical data to study.
Quantitative
After a botched surgery left him with anterograde amnesia, he was studies for years.
HM (Milner study)
Participants viewed a car accident and then were asked different questions. The researchers aimed to see if schema played a role in our memories.
Loftus & Palmer
This area of the brain is responsible for transferring information from short term to long term memory.
Hippocampus
The most basic model of memory that says we have 3 main stores of memory.
Multistore model
A research design in which each participant only receives one condition of the IV.
independent samples design
The classic taxi driver study. The aim was to see the difference in hippocampal volume.
Maguire
The original dual processing model study. They asked math questions!
Tversky & Kahneman
This term refers to the brains ability to change and adapt
Neuroplasticity
Mental shortcuts in which system 1 relies on.
Heuristics
Type of sampling in which the researcher aims to have sub groups of a population correctly represented in the sample.
stratified sampling
The sweaty t-shirt study. The aim was to test MHC on mate selection.
Wedekind
The 'War of Ghost' study. The aim was to see how memory is affected by previous knowledge.
Bartlett
This type of drug blocks the receptor site on neurons.
Antagonist
The Misinformation Effect
A way to control for order effects where one group will start with condition A while the other group starts with condition B.
Counter-balancing
The rat study about neuroplasticity. The aim was to see if the stimulating environment changed the brain physically.
Rosenzweig, Bennet, & Diamond
The Google Effect study. The aim was to see the effect of the internet on our cognition.
Sparrow
What field studies the gene-environment interaction?
epigenetics
The way people choose between alternatives that involve risk, where the probabilities of outcomes are unknown.
Prospect Theory
The type of demand characteristic in which a participant behaves in the way they think the researcher wants them to.
The expectancy effect
The aim was to investigate the influence of cortisol (or stress) on verbal declarative memory. They had to memorize and recall a paragraph.
Newcomer
Studied the rate of flashbulb memories in different collectivistic and individualistic cultures.
Kulkofsky