Research Methods
This type of research observes behavior without manipulating variables
What is a correlational study?
Chemical messengers that transmit signals across a synapse.
What are neurotransmitters?
Learning by association, first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov.
What is classical conditioning?
Learning based on consequences of behavior.
What is operant conditioning?
The three stages of memory are encoding, storage, and this.
What is retrieval?
The group in an experiment that receives the treatment.
What is the experimental group?
The gap between two neurons where neurotransmitters travel.
What is the synapse?
A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without learning.
What is an unconditioned stimulus?
Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior.
What is reinforcement?
Memory that lasts only a few seconds, like remembering a phone number briefly.
What is short-term memory?
A factor that is kept the same to ensure a fair experiment.
What is a control variable?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.
What is a conditioned response?
Removing something unpleasant to increase behavior.
What is negative reinforcement?
Memory for facts and general knowledge.
What is semantic memory?
This type of study involves watching subjects in their natural environment.
What is naturalistic observation?
This neurotransmitter is linked to pleasure and reward.
What is dopamine?
When a conditioned response weakens because the stimulus is no longer paired.
What is extinction?
A consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior.
What is punishment?
Forgetting that occurs because new information interferes with old information.
What is retroactive interference?
This term refers to the tendency of experimental participants to believe they can feel the effects of a drug when they have not actually taken it.
What is the Placebo effect?
This brain structure plays a key role in forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
When a response occurs to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus.
What is generalization?
A consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior.
What is punishment?
A vivid, emotional memory of an important event.
What is a flashbulb memory?