Research
Who am I?
Sensation and Perception
Potpurri 1
Potpurri 2
100

The less a business owner spends on advertising, the fewer customers they have is an example of this type of correlation.

What is positive?

Both variables are decreasing

100

I said that there were three parts of personality id, ego, and superego.

Who was Freud?

100

The point where a stimulus can be detected 50% of the time.

What is absolute threshold?

100

Type of explicit memory that allows us to recall factual information.

What is declarative memory?

100
The body's natural pain killers, promote pleasure and reduce pain

What are endorphins?

200

In experiment to see what brand of microwave popcorn pops the most kernals this would be the independent variable.

What is the brand of popcorn?

200
I believed that we go through 8 stages of development each with a crises that must be overcome.

Who is Erikson?

200

Depth cues that depend on both eyes (retinal disparity)

What are binolcular cues?

200

Neurotransmitter that influences movement, emotion, and learning.

What is dopamine?

200

Getting your free drink at Atomic after you filled your punch card would be an example of this reinforcement schedule.

What is fixed ratio schedule?

300

In experiment to see what brand of microwave popcorn pops the most kernals this would be the dependent variable.

What is number kernals popped?

300

I believe that there is Hierarchy of Needs that motivates us.

Who is Maslow?

300

Gestalt grouping principle of filling in the gaps to complete a whole object.

What is closure?
300

Theory that information can be implanted in memories causing their memory to of an event to change.

What is misinformation effect?

300

According to Piaget, children in this stage lack conservation and are typically egocentric.

What is preoperational?

400

When results of an experiment are not likely due to chance, we say the results are this.

What is statistically significant?

p < .05


400

I had a theory that we go through three stages of moral development.

Who was Kohlberg?

400

Monocular cue when an object partially covers another. The covered object appears farther away.

What is interposition?

400

Positive stress

What is eustress?

400

During adolescent brain development this takes place in order to get rid of unnecessary synapses.

What is pruning?

500

The biggest disadvantage of the experimental method and biggest advantage.

What is artificiality and proves cause and effect?

500

I studied attachment and conducted the strange situation experiment.

Who was Ainsworth?

500

Theory that pain signals are sent from the spinal cord

What is gate control theory?

500

Located in the parietal lobe this processes sensations of touch and temperature. 

What is the somatosensory cortex?

500

The most common type of hearing loss due to age, biology, or prolonged exposure to loud sounds.

What is sensorineural?