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The Brain
Research Designs
Theories
Measurement
All the Things
100
A section of the limbic system which controls fear
What is the amygdala?
100
This design is high in external validity, but doesn't allow us to manipulate variables
What is naturalistic observation?
100
Sigmund Freud was one of the major contributors to this theory
What is psychoanalysis?
100
The consistency of a measurement
What is reliability?
100
When you seek information which supports your claim, or distort information to make it support your claim.
What is confirmation bias?
200
This system is active during rest and digestion
What is the parasympathetic system?
200
This type of design can infer causation, and typically uses a dependent and independent variable
What is experimental design?
200
Looked at how rewards and punishments from the environment affect people.
What is behaviorism?
200
Whether or not a test measures what it is supposed to.
What is validity?
200
Looks at whether genetics or the environment has a greater impact on a person
What is nature vs. nurture?
300
Section of the brain which controls movements, and damage leads to Parkinson's
What is the Basal Ganglia?
300
This design studies how closely two variables are associated.
What is a correlational design?
300
This theory asks "why?" instead of "what?" and was influenced by natural selection principles
What is functionalism?
300
Includes binary, nominal and ordinal measurements.
What are categorical measurements?
300
The differences between experimental and control groups, other than the independent variable.
What is a confounding variable?
400
This section of the brain deals with dreams
What are the pons?
400
This design provides existence proofs, or shows that psychological phenomenon can occur.
What is a case study?
400
Focuses on the mental processes of how we think
What is cognitivism?
400
Includes intervals and ratios
What are continuous measurements?
400
When a researcher's expectations influence the results, leading to a bias in the study
What is the Rosenthal effect?
500
This area is important for speech, and is located in the prefrontal cortex
What is Broca's area?
500
One major flaw of this design is the issue of response sets.
What is a self report?
500
Wanted to make a map of the elements of consciousness
What is structuralism?
500
This type of measurement only has 2 categories
What are binary measurements?
500
Someone who is blind or visually impaired may still be able to correctly identify visual stimuli
What is blindsight?