Biological Bases
This lobe controls decision-making and personality.
Frontal Lobe
The brain’s interpretation of sensory information.
Perception
In classical conditioning, the natural, unlearned reaction to a stimulus is called this.
Unconditioned response (UCR)
Getting information into memory.
Encoding
The debate about whether behavior is influenced more by genes or environment is called this.
Chemical messengers that cross the synapse.
Neurotransmitters
The process of receiving sensory information and sending it to the brain.
Sensation
Researcher who conditioned dogs with a bell.
Ivan Pavlov
The ability to access stored information when needed is called this process.
Retrieval
This psychologist created stages of cognitive development in children.
Jean Piaget
This brain structure regulates hunger and body temperature.
Hypothalamus
A student stops noticing the smell of perfume after being in a room for a while. This is:
Sensory Adaptation
In Ivan Pavlov’s experiment, food is the:
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
A student studies all night and remembers information better in the morning due to rest. This best shows:
Memory consolidation (sleep strengthens memory)
The process of learning behaviors by watching and imitating others is especially important in childhood development. This is called:
Observational Learning
This system activates the body during stress (fight-or-flight).
Sympathetic Nervous System
A person expects a blurry image to be a face and perceives it that way. This is:
Top-down processing
A student studies harder after receiving praise from a teacher. This is:
Positive Reinforcement
A witness remembers details of a car crash differently after hearing another person’s version. This is an example of:
Misinformation Effect
In a study, participants are randomly placed into different groups. This is called:
Random Assignment
Damage to this area affects coordination and balance.
Cerebellum
Focusing on one stimulus while ignoring others (like listening to one voice in a crowd).
Selective Attention
Researcher who showed children imitate aggression.
Albert Bandura
The tendency to remember information better when it is organized into meaningful units is called this.
Chunking
A relationship where one variable increases while another decreases is called this.
Negative Correlation