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Introduction to Psych
Brain
Research Methods
Learning
Memory
100
studying organisms in their normal environment
What is naturalistic observation
100
Part of the brain that controls fear and aggression
What is amygdala
100
The part of the experiment that the experimenter is testing
What is independent variable
100
Shapes behavior by adding a stimulus to increase behavior
What is positive reinforcement
100
The first stage of information processing
What is encoding
200
A scientist is testing the affect of anxiety on test performance. What is the independent variable?
What is anxiety
200
The lobe that is mainly responsible for hearing and speech
What is temporal lobe
200
Research that collects data to come up with solutions for problems
What is applied research
200
He studied behavior of pigeons and rats to test reward systems
What is B.F. Skinner
200
According to the serial positioning effect, what information on a list are you most likely to forget
What is in the middle
300
The father of psychology
Who is Wilhem Wundt
300
The lobe that controls personality characteristics and higher level of thinking
What is frontal lobe
300
Method that looks at a group of people over a long period of time
What is longitudal study
300
When a subject can not distinguish the difference between to bell sounds
What is generalization
300
Part of the brain that processes information into long term memory
What is the hippocampus
400
The process of looking within one's self to examine feelings
What is introspection
400
Part of the brain regulates body functions
What is hypothalamus
400
Psychologists that collects data
What is research psychologists
400
When a extinct behavior suddenly reappears
What is spontaneous recovery
400
Memories of events or experiences
What is episodic memory
500
Research method that involves studying one person in depth over a long period of time
What is case study
500
Name one thing that our right brain controls
What is left side of the body, perception, spatial organization
500
General framework for research
What is theory
500
Main person behind the idea of operant conditioning
What is John Watson
500
Name one method for remembering information better
What is rehearsal, mnemonic device, chunking, serial position