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Research Methods
Brain and Nervous System
Conditioning and Learning
100

What is a conceptual variable?

Abstract idea

100

What is the outer layer of the brain

Cerebral Cortex 

100

Punished behavior is suppressed, not ____.

Forgotten

200

What factors have to go into a theory or model for it to be good?

It has to be falsifiable, parsimonious, and supported by data

200

What do Agonist molecules do?

mimic neurotransmitters

200

In observational learning, what is it called when we imitate behavior of model?

Modeling

300

What 2 things do good experiments consider?

Reliability and validity 

300
If someone was recently in a car accident and is now having trouble recognizing objects, which lobe of the brain would you suspect may have been damaged?

Temporal

300

What are the four behavioral consequences of operant conditioning?

Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment

400

In correlation Coefficient, the sign, "+" or "-" indicate what?

Direction

400

What are 4 Neurotransmitters?

Acetylcholine, serotonin, glutamate, and GABA

400

Cars make an annoying noise when someone is unbuckled. This noise goes away when you buckle up, which rewards this behavior through the use of ___.

Negative reinforcement

500

In an experiment, "At least one variable is ____ and at least one variable is _____.

1. Manipulated

2. Measured 

500

During action potential, when sodium gates close, what gates open?

potassium K+ gates open.
500

What are the five principles of classical conditioning?

Acquisition, extinction, spontaneous, generalization, and discrimination