Key Terms
What is the scientific study of the mind and behavior?
Psychology
Kiera and Molly take place in a study, what are they called?
Participants
What is the part of the limbic system, best known for consolidation of STM to LTM?
Hippocampus
What is the disorder that Eeyore suffers from?
Depression
"I like driving taxi cabs around London"
Maguire
What is the extent to which the findings of a research study are able to be generalized to real-life settings?
Ecological Validity
What is it called when Kira and Hannah act differently because they know they are in a study?
Demand characteristics
What is the neurotransmitter that helps with reward and pleasure?
Dopamine
What is the disorder that used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
'Help me, I fell off my bike and can't remember who I am!"
Milner (HM)
What is the scale used to rate questions usually from Strongly agree to Strongly disagree?
Likert Scale
What is it called when Jodi and Jocelyn do research and it measures what it is supposed to measure?
Validity
High levels of what hormone will lead to increased stress?
Cortisol
Swings of mania and depression are symptomatic of what disorder?
Bi-polar disorder
"Shhh...don't tell anyone that I and my friends are faking it to get into the asylum"
Rosenhan
What are variables that the researcher failed to control that may cause a DV to change?
Confounding variable
What is it called when Brooke and Olivia ask their teammates to also take place in a study?
Snowball sampling
What are the two opposite ends of the neuron called?
Axon terminal and dendrites
Before its latest edition, the DSM diagnosed individuals based on how many axes?
5
"Come here, let me smell your T-shirt"
Wedekind
The brain’s ability to alter its own structure following changes within the body or in the external environment is called what?
Neuroplasticity
What are they doing when Maria and Gabby use multiple data sources, multiple researchers or multiple research methods in conducting their research?
Method Triangulation
What part of the brain is made up of the Hypothalamus, amygdala, thalamus and hippocampus?
Limbic System
"You better pull that lever quickly or the train will kill those people on the tracks!"
Crockett