Outer Layer
This is the name of the outermost portion of the brain that is responsible for higher-level thinking and complex tasks.
Cerebral Cortex
Plays a major role in forming new episodic and semantic memories.
Hippocampus
This structure plays a role in speech production, aka talking
Broca's area
The theory that when memories are accessed, they are not retrieved as a single, whole memory, but rather as a collection of independent memories put together.
Reconstructive Memory
This research method involves an in-depth investigation on a unique individual or group; method triangulation
Case study
this specializes in visual processing—everything you see is handled here.
Occipital Lobe
Plays a role in muscle memory and coordinating movements
Cerebellum
This structure plays a role in language comprehension
Wernicke's Area
Brown & Kulik’s theory that memories created as the result of high levels of emotion are like “photographs.”
Flashbulb Memory
This sampling method involves every participant having an equal chance of being selected
Responsible for processing sensory information like touch, contains the somatosensory cortex
Parietal Lobe
Processes emotions, especially fear and aggression. Plays a role in the formation of emotional memory and fear responses; Could be linked to Flashbulb Memories
Amygdala
The brain’s master gland, it releases hormones that regulate growth and other essential processes.
Pituitary Gland
Mental representations that are used to organize our knowledge, assist recall, guide our behavior; cognitive structures that are derived from prior experience and knowledge.
Schemas/Schema Theory
This concept describes how the setting/context of research affects the validity
Ecological Validity
responsible for higher-order thinking, decision-making, and executive functioning, contains the motor cortex
Frontal Lobe
This structure plays a role in habit formation and procedural memories, this was undamaged in Eugene Pauly
Basal Ganglia
The theory that specific parts of the brain are responsible for specific behaviors or cognitive processes.
Localization of Function
This model proposed that memory consisted of three stores: sensory memory, short-term memory (STM), and long-term memory (LTM)
Multi-Store Model of Memory / MSM
This research method involves watching participants and documenting behavior without manipulation of variables
Observation
This LOBE process auditory information and handle language comprehension.
Temporal Lobe
Regulates basic drives like hunger, thirst, and body temperature. Handles the 4 Fs (Feeding, Fighting, Fleeing, and Mating). Maintains Homeostasis
Hypothalamus
The brain’s ability to rearrange the connections between its neurons - that is, the changes that occur in the structure of the brain as a result of learning or experience.
Brain Plasticity
This study examined peoples' estimation of speeds of cars; has low ecological validity
Loftus and Palmer
This sampling method involves participants recruiting other participants in order to take part in the study
Snowball sampling