Research Methods
Social
Neuro
Learning
Misc
100

Experimental group

Control group

Group that gets the treatment

Group that doesn't get the treatment

100

Deindivation

When people engage in risky behavior because they feel they can't be identified.

100

Cerebellum

Processes sensory output, coordinates movement, and enables memory.

100

Positive reinforcer

Negative reinforcer

Giving something wanted

Taking away something unwanted

100

Thalamus

Directs messages to the sensory areas and transmits replies.

200

Case study

Studying one case of interest, experimenting on that one case.

200

The experiment that proved normative conformity.

Asch line expeiriment.

200

Temporal lobe

Audio process, process opposite ears.

200

Primary/Secondary Reinforcer

Primary is something naturally rewarding.

Secondary becomes rewarding because of its association with a natural reward.

200

Waking conciousness

When you're awake, you are aware of your thoughts and feelings.

300

Natural observation

Causation?

A method where a psychologist observes without interference.

I can't prove causation.

300

Foot in the door

Door in the face

Small - Big

Big - Small

300

Terminal Buttons

Sends signals to other neurons at the end of the neuron.

300

Conditioned/Unconditioned

Response/Stimuli

Learned through association/natural

Reaction/Cause

300

Threshold of excitation

Amount of neurotransmitters needed for a neuron to fire.
400

Correlation

Causation

A happens when B happens

A happens because B happens

400

What is the difference between self-serving bias and fundamental attribution error?

Self-serving applies to yourself and others, while fundamental is someone else attributing another's actions to personality or situation.

400

Synaptic Space

Provides a space for chemical transmissions of messages from the nervous system.

400

Fixed-Ratio

Fixed-Interval

Variable-Ratio

Variable-Interval

Set amount of repetition.

Set amount of time.

Random amount of repetition.

Random amount of time.

400

Change stimilus

When a change in a visual stimulus is introduced, the observer does not notice.

500

Name the parts of an experiment 

(There are 7 Name 5)

Hypothesis

IV
DV
Experimental group

Control group

Placebo

Double blind

500

Obedience

Conformity

Compliance

Change in behavior because of:

Being told

Assumed pressures

Being asked

500

Name all glands and there hormones

Pancreas - Insulin and Glucose

Gonads - Reproductions

Adrenal - Serotonin and adrenaline

Thyroid - Metabolism, immune, and blood pressure

Pituitary - Growth

Pineal - Sleeping and waking up

500

Aquisition

Exctinction

Sponataneos Recovery

The time when unconditioned stimuli are associated with the conditioned stimulus.

Forget.

Rember.

500

Name all dream persepctives

Activation synthesis


Information processing


Threat simulation


Freudian interpretaion


Jungian interpretation