Research Methods
What kind of research method consists of exploring the relationship between multiple variables without any manipulation?
Correlation Study 👀
Which part of the brain is responsible for balance?
Cerebellum 🧍
What is the term for how the senses take in energy and turn it into information the brain can interpret?
Transduction 🧠
Who is known for classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov 🐕
Who was the psychologist that conducted the Stanford prison experiment?
Philip Zimbardo 🔒
Which type of research method follows a group of people over a long period of time?
Longitudinal 🕥
Which nervous system is responsible for "fight-or-flight"?
Sympathetic 🚁
What is the defined minimum amount of stimulus needed to detect a stimulus?
Absolute Threshold 🧐
Who is famous for their latent learning experiment?
Edward Tolman 🧑🏫
Which famous experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura about human behaviour?
Bobo Doll Experiment 👶
Which type of research method was used by Albert Bandura?
Experiment 🤔
Which part of the brain is responsible for energy levels?
Thyroid 😑
Which part of the eye controls the size of the pupil?
Iris 👁
What law is it if the consequences of a behavior are pleasant, the stimulus-response connection will be strengthened and the likelihood of the behavior will increase?
Law of Affect 🧑⚖
What is the tendency for an individual to align their own goals/beliefs to the people around them?
Conformity 👯
What is the natural or experimental destruction of brain tissue?
Lesioning 🤯
Which part of the brain influences sleep patterns?
Plineal Gland 😴
What is the visual information gathered by both eyes that helps us perceive depth and distance?
Binocular Cues 📷
What are frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so?
Mirror Neurons 🪞
What is the beleif that one's own culture/ethnicity/nationality is superior to others?
Ethnocentrism 💪
What is the process in which a weak electrical current is sent into a brain structure in order to stimulate it?
Electrical Stimulation of the Brain/ ESB 🔬
What are sensory neurons called?
Afferent 🖐
What is the illusion of motion by the rapid projection of slightly changing images?
Stroboscopic Motion 🤸
What is the process of developing?
Acquisition 👣
The term when someone feels discomfort when their beliefs and actions do not align?
Cognitive Dissonance ⚖