Research Methods
In this type of study, researchers conduct an in-depth investigation of one individual or family.
What is a case study?
This approach involves looking at culture, the environment, groups, and people's relations with others.
What is social psychology? (or sociocultural)
This psychologist developed the Skinner Box to assess operant conditioning.
Who is BF Skinner?
This area of the cerebral cortex processes visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This is the basic, cellular unit of the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
You go to the school lunchroom and observe your classmates, looking for trends in behavior. You are conducting this.
What is a naturalistic observation?
This debate looked at the effects of genetics vs the effects of environment when determining behavior.
What is the nature-nurture debate?
This psychologist is known as the "Father of Psychoanalysis."
Who is Sigmund Freud?
A patient experiences trouble with balance. This brain structure may be injured.
What is the cerebellum?
A neuron has this charge at rest (no need for a specific number).
What is negative?
These are three of the six ethics for human research.
What are informed consent, debriefing, confidentiality, anonymity, review board, protection from harm?
The psychodynamic perspective emphasizes these two things as key factors in determining behavior and cognition.
What are the unconscious and childhood experiences?
Solomon Asch studied this phenomenon with his line experiment.
What is conformity?
You are returning home and you find that your door has been broken open and is ajar. This division of the nervous system kicks in.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This term refers to what happens during addiction, when the body produces less natural dopamine and so it takes more of a substance to produce the euphoric feeling one felt upon their first "high."
What is tolerance?
A researcher is investigating the effect of social media on self-esteem. What is the independent variable? What is the dependent variable? How would you operationalize them?
IV - social media
DV - self-esteem
Operationalized - answers may vary (teacher will assess)
Humanists said humans are in pursuit of becoming their best selves, also known as this.
What is self-actualization?
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo is best-known for this.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This term, an important implication of the H.M. case study, refers to the fact that specific areas or structures in the brain have specific functions.
What is localization?
This is the fatty coating surrounding the axon of some neurons.
What is the myelin sheath?
In this type of study design, each participant receives both the control group and the experimental group.
What is a within-subjects design?
This approach states that it's important to understand how the mind fulfills its purpose.
What is functionalism?
This psychologist developed stages of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
These three structures make up the brain stem and regulate autonomic functions.
What are the midbrain, pons, and medulla?
This term refers to what happens inside a neuron during an action potential, gets "less negative"
What is depolarization?