chapter 2 and 3 FINAL

Question 1

a independent variable is to have ____

Answer 1

change

Question 2

a dependent variable is to have _____

Answer 2

measure

Question 3

what is a cofound

Answer 3

occurs when tow variables are linked together in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their specific effects

Question 4

what is a single-blind study

Answer 4

subject doesnt know if they are getting the real therapy or not

Question 5

what is a double blind study

Answer 5

neither the participant or the examiner know which subjects are in the experiment or control group

Question 6

what is naturalistic observation

Answer 6

behavior that is allowed to unfold naturally without interferience in its natural enviroment, reactivity could be a problem when a subjects behavior is altered by the presence of an observer

Question 7

when two variables are related to each other

Answer 7

correlation

Question 8

degree of relationship between two variables-direction of relationship (pos or negative), how strong they are related,

Answer 8

correlation coefficient

Question 9

when two variables vary in the same direction

high scores on a X are associated with high scores on Y

Answer 9

positive correlation

Question 10

two variables are vary in opposite directions (high scores on X score low on Y and vice versa)

Answer 10

negative correlation

Question 11

cell body, contains nucleus and chemical machinery

Answer 11

soma

Question 12

recieves the info

Answer 12

dendrite

Question 13

sends signals away from the soma to other neurons, muscles or glands

Answer 13

axon

Question 14

what is a terminal button

Answer 14

secrete neurotrasnsmitters (transmit between neurons)

Question 15

function of synapse

Answer 15

junction where info is transmitted from one neuron to another

Question 16

provides support for the neurons (glue)

Answer 16

gilia

Question 17

what is composed in the hindbrain

Answer 17

cerebellum, medulla, pons

Question 18

controls coordination, physical balance, muscle movements

Answer 18

cerebellum

Question 19

what is the function of the medulla

Answer 19

controls unconscious but vital functions (blood, breathing, muscle tension, etc)

Question 20

controls sleep and arousal, bridge fibers to connect brainsteam and cerebellum

Answer 20

pons

Question 21

sensory process (hearing and vision), dopamine-releasing neuron (voluntary movement)

Answer 21

midbrain

Question 22

what is composed of in the forebrain

Answer 22

thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, cerebrum

Question 23

what is the cerebrum function

Answer 23

center of complex thoughts learning, remembering things, thinking, conscious self

Question 24

function of thalamus

Answer 24

all sensory info except smell, made of somas

Question 25

function of hypothalamus

Answer 25

regulates basic needs fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating

Question 26

involves emotional, memory and motivation

Answer 26

limbic system

Question 27

in charge of the memory

Answer 27

hippocampus

Question 28

in charge of fear responses

Answer 28

amygdala

Question 29

in charge of visual processing (primary visual cortex)

Answer 29

occipital lobe

Question 30

in charge of the sense of touch

Answer 30

parietal lobe

Question 31

in charge of auditory processing, damage effects speech and language

Answer 31

temporal lobe

Question 32

largest movement of muscles (primary motor cortex)

Answer 32

frontal lobe

Question 33

in charge of moving

Answer 33

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Question 34

in charge of pain

Answer 34

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