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Research Methods
The Brain
Sensation and Perception
Learning
Social Psychology
100

Manipulating one or more variables 


Experiment 

100

What starts when the spinal cord enters the skull; where most nerves connect to the other side of the body? 

Brainstem 

100

When your attention switches when you hear your name

Cocktail party Phenomenon 

100
Pavlov paired the bell with meat making it a condition stimulus for food, apart of what kind of conditioning?

Classical conditioning 

100

the act of helping others without expecting anything in return

Altruism 

200

Examine the relationship between two or more variables without manipulation 

Correlation 

200
What is the mental experience that arises from sensation and perception?

Consciousness 

200

What is the perception of figures against a background?

Figure-ground 

200
reappearance of an extinguished response _________

Extinction 

200

 a negative attitude or feeling toward a group of people based solely on their membership in that group

Prejudice 

300

Observing subjects in their natural environment; no interference 

Naturalistic Observation

300
what is the lima bean shaped thing that has emotions tied to memory(especially aggression and fear)?

Amygdala 

300
How do we use top-down processing? 

Perceive by filling in gaps in what we know using background knowledge 

300
learning is involuntary and automatic _________ 

Classical 

300

the tendency for individuals to adjust their behavior or attitudes to align with a group's norms or expectations

Conformity 

400

Utilize questionnaires or interviews to collect data from a large number of respondents about attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors 

Surveys 

400
How do psychoactive drugs affect the brain?

affect the brain through negative interaction with neurotransmitters

400

Touch is a combination of pressure, temperature and pain __________  

Gate control theory 

400
__________ conducted experiments using a cat in a puzzle box 

Edward Thorndike 

400

make judgments about the causes of their own and others' behavior

Attribution theory 

500

Analyses of a single individual or group, often used in rare or unique situations

Case Studies 

500
What are one of  the factors that determine an individual's susceptibility to hypnosis?

Can be used to recover repressed memories 

500

Objects look larger the closer they are because of what constancy?

Side constancy

500
how do punishment impact learning?

Causes Escape learning and avoidance learning to occur 

500

discomfort felt when an individual's beliefs or behaviors conflict with each other

Cognitive dissonance