Chapter 1
The focus on observing and controlling behaviors
What is behaviorism?
The purposely misleading experiment participants in order to maintain the integrity of the experiment
What is Deception?
The strip pf cortex in the temporal lobe that is responsible for processing auditory information
What is the auditory cortex?
The body's biological rhythm that occurs over approximately 24 hours
What is circadian rhythm?
Doctoral degree conferred in many disciplinary perspectives housed in a transitional college
What is a PHD?
The experiment in which both the researcher and participants are UNAWARE of which participants are assigned to which group
What is a double-blind study?
The group of interconnected brain structures that help regulate your emotions and behavior
What is the limbic system?
The tendency to maintain a balance, or optimal level, within a biological system
What is Homeostasis?
What is WEIRD?
The relationship between two or more variables; when two variables are correlated, one variables changes as the other does
What is a correlation?
The area in the frontal lobe responsible for higher-level cognitive functioning. Important are in the role of addiction.
What is prefrontal cortex?
The endocrine structure located inside the brain that releases melatonin
What is the Pineal Gland?
This video states one can improve the forces of capitalism and white supremacy
What is Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey?
The pseudoscience belief in improving the human race by selectively breeding people with desirable traits
What is Eugenics?
This can be analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively and grounded in objective, tangible evidence that can be observed time and time again
What is empirical research?
The drugs that treat psychiatric symptoms by restoring neurotransmitter balance
What is psychotropic medication?
A sleep disorder in which the sleeper experiences a sense of fear and panic
What are night terrors?
What is Psychological Research: Crash Course Psychology #2?
The process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts
What is Introspection
The committee of administrators, scientists, veterinarians, and community members that review proposals for research involving non-human animals
What is the IACUC?
The associated system that is responsible for routine, day-to-day operations of the body; a network of nerves that helps the body relax and conserve energy
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous System?
A person becomes aware that they are dreaming and can control the dream's content/outcome
What is a lucid dream?
This video states "the information is transformed from an action potential into a chemical message, which crosses the gap called a synapse"
What is How Neurons Communicate?