Research Methods
This cognitive bias involves seeking out information that confirms our existing beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
These cells are the basic building blocks of the nervous system.
What are neurons?
The insulating layer around axons that speeds up neural transmission.
What is the myelin sheath?
This process involves organizing and interpreting sensory information.
What is perception?
This is a logical idea that can be tested through experiments.
What is a hypothesis?
scientific theory must be testable and able to be proven wrong, a principle known as this.
What is falsifiability?
This lobe of the brain is associated with processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
The type of neurotransmitter responsible for mood regulation.
What is serotonin?
This part of the eye is responsible for focusing light onto the retina
What is the lens?
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of these two aspects of human nature.
What are behavior and mental processes?
This type of research design focuses on how two variables are related
What is Correlational Research?
This part of the brain is involved in forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This principle states that a neuron either fires at full strength or not at all.
What is the all-or-none law?
This part of the ear converts sound waves into neural signals.
What is the cochlea?
The final step of the scientific method.
What is reporting results (peer review)?
This is a form of reasoning on which a general conclusion is inferred from a set of observations
What is Inductive Reasoning?
These types of nerves carry information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system.
What are sensory (afferent) nerves?
The moment when a neuron sends an electrical impulse down the axon.
What is an action potential?
This theory explains color vision based on the activity of three different types of cone cells that are sensitive to red, blue, green
What is the trichromatic theory?
This ethical principle ensures that research participants are aware of potential risks before they agree to participate.
What is informed consent?
The belief that we see the world exactly as it is, without bias or interpretation.
What is naïve realism?
This system consists mainly of the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus
What is the limbic system?
The small gap between neurons where neurotransmitters are released.
What is the synapse?
This type of processing involves interpreting sensory information by drawing on our experiences and expectations.
What is top-down processing?
This ethical principle requires researchers to do good and avoid causing harm.
What is beneficence and nonmaleficence?