Research Methods
A set of rules psychologists MUST follow when conducting an experiment
Ethical Guidelines
This cortex, process information that comes from the ears
Auditory Cortex
This concept allows a person to understand that when an object isn't in view, it still exists
Object Permanence
Type of learning based on stimulus and response
Classical Conditioning
A generalization made in our minds about specific groups of people
Stereotype
A study that takes place over an extended period
longitudinal study
This part of the nervous system controls "fight or flight" responses
Sympathetic Nervous System
Occurs when you can focus on a specific stimulus like a conversation when surrounded by other, more dominant stimuli
Cocktail Party Effect
Type of learning based on rewards and punishments
Operant Conditioning
Avoiding certain behaviors in social situations to avoid judgement or disapproval from others
Social Inhibition
A study where neither the researcher nor the participants know if they are the experiment or control group
double blind
This persons case study helped psychologists understand the function of the frontal lobe after they received a traumatic injury to their brain
Phineas Gage
States that things are perceived based on a list of factors like experiences, motivation and fatigue
Signal Detection Theory
A mental outline of what something should look like based off of prior experiences
Schema
Created the stages of psychosocial development Integrity vs Despair, Intimacy vs Isolation
Erik Erikson
What are three ways data can be interpreted from a study ?
(mean,median,mode,standard deviation etc)
Structure attached to the limbic system, controls emotional responses to fear
The Amygdala
Type of processing that uses prior knowledge to understand what we see
Top Down Processing
The "Father" of operant conditioning
BF Skinner
Studied with college students in a made up jail
Phillip Zimbardo
This term refers to whether or not the results of an experiment can be applied to a wider audience
generalizable
Mnemonic device for the different lobes of the brain
Freud (Frontal) Tore (Temporal) His Pants (Parietal) Off (Occipital)
Cells in the eye that allow us to see color
Cones
Type of reinforcement schedule where reward is given after a variable number of attempts
Variable Ratio
Created the Triangular Theory of Love model
Robert Sternberg