Research
The variable manipulated by the researcher.
What is the independent variable?
This nervous system activates fight-or-flight.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
What is the amygdala?
What is classical conditioning?
A mental shortcut used to solve problems quickly.
What is a heuristic?
The process of getting information into memory.
What is encoding?
The variable that is measured in a study.
What is the dependent variable?
This brain structure is critical for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Learning shaped by consequences.
What is operant conditioning?
This bias occurs when people favor information that confirms their existing beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
Retrieving information without cues.
What is recall?
This type of research can determine cause and effect.
What is experimental research?
This term refers to the brain’s ability to change through experience.
What is neuroplasticity?
This reinforcement schedule is most resistant to extinction.
What is variable ratio?
The inability to see a new use for an object.
What is functional fixedness?
Identifying previously learned information from options.
What is recognition?
This explains why correlation does not equal causation.
What is a third variable problem?
Damage to this lobe most directly affects decision-making and personality.
What is the frontal lobe?
This occurs when a conditioned response weakens after repeated presentation of the CS without the US.
What is extinction?
The ability to generate many possible solutions to a problem.
What is divergent thinking?
Learning information again more quickly after it has been forgotten.
What is relearning?
Assigning participants to groups by chance to reduce bias.
What is random assignment?
This structure is involved in processing fear and emotional responses.
What is the amygdala?
Learning by watching others and imitating behavior.
What is observational learning?
This debate in psychology examines the influence of biology versus environment.
What is nature vs nurture?
This memory disorder involves difficulty forming new long-term memories.
What is anterograde amnesia?