Science of Psychology
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- Acetylcholine is associated with what
- Motor control, mentral processes
- Monoamines are associated with what?
- Affect, arousal, motivation
- Amino acids are associated with what?
- Inhibitory and excitatory transmitters in the brain
- Peptides are associated with what
- Modulating neurotransmission
- Central Nervous System consists of what?
- Brain and spinal cord
- Peripheral Nervous System consists of what
- Somatic and autonomic system
- Each parent contributes one set of what?
- Chromosomes
- Gametes combine where?
- Zygote
- What are the two principal sources of genetic variation?
- sexual reproduction and mutation
- What are two behavioral studies methods?
- Twin studies and adoption studies
- What is a statistical estimate of the portion of observed variation in a population that is caused by differences in heredity?
- Heritability
- What is the transmission of characteristics from parents to children by means of genes?
- Heridity
- Sensory/afferent neurons bring information to where?
- Spinal cord and brain
- Motor/efferent neurons transmit information from where to where?
- Central nervous system to the periphery
- Interneurons do what?
- Facilitate within-CNS transmission of information and perform integration functions
- Neuron collection occurs at the
- dendrites
- Neuron integration occurs at the
- cell body
- Neuron transmission occurs at
- axons and synapses
- Define descriptive study
- Research method that involves observing and noting the behavior of people or animals in order to provide an analysis
- Define naturalistic observation
- Passive descriptive study in which observers do not change or alter ongoing behavior
- Define participant observation
- A type of research study in which the researcher is actively involved in the situation
- Define observational technique
- A research method of careful and systematic assessment and coding of overt behavior
- Define reactivity
- The effect that occurs when the knowledge that one is being observed alters the behavior being observed
- Define observer bias
- Systematic errors in observation that occur due to an observer's expectations
- Define experimenter expectancy effect
- Actual change in the behavior of the people or animals being observed that is due to observer bias
- Define socially desirable responding
- When people respond to a question in a way that is most socially acceptable or in a way that makes them look good
- Define self-report method
- A method of data collection in which people are asked to provide information about themselves, such as in questionnaires and surveys
- Define case study
- A research method that involves intensive examination of one person
- Define response performance
- A research method in which researchers quantify perceptual or cognitive processes in response to a specific stimulus
- Define reaction time
- Quantification of performance that measures the speed of a response
- Define positron emission topography
- A method of brain imaging that assesses metabolic activity by using a radioactive substance injected into the bloodstream
- Define electrophysiology
- A method of data collection that measures electrical activity in the brain
- Define magnetic resonance imaging
- A method of brain imaging that produces high quality images of the brain
- Define validity
- The extent to which the data collected addresses the research hypothesis in the way intended
- Define reliability
- The extent to which a measure is stable and consistent over time in similar conditions
- Define accuracy
- The extent to which an experimental measure is free from error
- Define Parkinson's Disease
- A major neuropsychological disorder which affects muscle control and results from depletion of the dopamine system
- Define a golgi stain
- A method of tissue preparation that allows the examination of single neurons
- Define inferential statistics
- A set of procedures used to make judgments about whether differences actually exist between numbers
- Define correlation
- A statistical procedure that provides a numerical value between +1 and -1, indicating the strength and direction between variables