This correlation exists when the increasing of one variable results in the increase of the other variable
What is positive correlation?
100
The most prominent type of cell found in the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
100
The type of learning that works by forming associations between stimuli.
What is classical conditioning?
100
Recall and recognition are ways to test this kind of memory.
What is explicit memory?
100
This sleep disorder is characterized issues with falling asleep or staying asleep.
What is insomnia?
200
This variable is manipulated in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
200
Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gap between two neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
200
The removal of an undesired element to increase behavior.
What is negative reinforcement?
200
This type of memory is responsible for conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long term memory.
What is working memory?
200
This stage of sleep is characterized rapid brainwaves, a raised heart rate, rapid breathing, irregular darting eye activity, aroused genitals, and the blockage of messages from the motor cortex.
What is REM sleep?
300
This group is not exposed to the treatment and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effects of the treatment.
What is the control group?
300
The part of the brain involved making plans and judgment.
What is the prefrontal cortex or the frontal lobe?
300
Learning through watching others' behaviors.
What is observational learning?
300
This is required in order for information to transfer from sensory to short term/working memory.
What is attention?
300
This sleep disorder is characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings.
What is sleep apnea?
400
The experimental procedure is known as this when both the participant and the research staff are ignorant about whether the participants are receiving treatment or a placebo.
What is double blind study?
400
The brain's ability to change and grow according to the type of information it needs to process and use.
What is plasticity?
400
In Pavlov's experiment, the bell was this kind of stimulus.
What is the neutral stimulus?
400
Emotion, repetition, addition of meaning/depth to an idea, and the generation effect all enhance this process of memory storage.
What is encoding?
400
The body's biological clock, which regulate the body's sleep and wake cycle.
What is the circadian rhythm?
500
This is the only research method that can be said to identify causation.
What is experimentation?
500
The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
500
This occurs when a response or behavior goes away once reinforcement or punishment disappears.
What is extinction?
500
This is the inability to distinguish whether or not something actually happened.
What is source amnesia?
500
This is the type of content of dreams that Freud identified as the basic, remembered storyline.