The only method that allows us to draw conclusions about cause and effect relationships.
What is an experiment?
100
The nervous system is built of these.
What are neurons?
100
In this method researchers study single individuals in depth in the hope of revieling universal principles.
What are case studies?
100
The name for the outer wrinkled surface of the brain.
What is the cerebral cortex?
100
Asking questions on a questionnaire or interview.
What are surveys?
200
A testable prediction about the outcome of research.
What is a hypothesis?
200
Carries information from one neuron to the next across the synapse.
What is a neurotransmitter?
200
A research project design to discover the degree to which two variables are related.
What is a correlational study?
200
The long crevice that divides the cerebral cortex into the left and right hemispheres.
What is the longitudinal fissure?
200
Assigning participants to experiment and control groups by accident.
What is random assignment?
300
The variable that should cause something to happen.
What is independent variable?
300
Contains the somatic and autonomic systems.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
300
A tendency for research participants to behave in a certain way because they know they are being observed or believe they know what the researcher wants.
What is participant bias?
300
The part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
300
Fairly represents the population.
What is a random sample?
400
A variable other than the independent variable that could produce a change in the dependent variable.
What is a confounding variable?
400
The state of a neuron when it is at rest and capable of generating an action potential.
What is resting potential?
400
A study that follows the same group of individuals over long periods of time.
What is a longitudinal study?
400
This part of the brain would be damaged if you experienced a loss in vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
400
A method of learning through critical thinking with tools such as observation, experimentation and statistical analysis.
What is scientific method?
500
An inactive pill that has no known effect.
What is placebo?
500
Controls the liver's stimulation of glucose.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
500
A study comparing people of different ages at one time.
What is a cross-sectional study?
500
This part of the brain might be most active in a person planning an open strategy in a chess game.
What is the frontal lobe?
500
The lobe responsible for language, speech and hearing.