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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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Research Blooper:

sampling bias

A

random sampling

- flip coin to determine which subjects to use

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Research Blooper:

confounding variables

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random assignment

- flip coin to determine which participants are in which group

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Research Blooper:
demand effects
(treatment works but only because of placebo effect)

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blind study

- keep participants blind to the hypothesis until the data has been collected

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Research Blooper:

experimenter bias

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double blind study

- keep researcher (who is collecting data) blind to the hypothesis

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5
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Research Blooper:
social desirability effects
(participants are reluctant to admit to something social undesirable)

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assure anonymity

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TYL:
What kind of study is this?
Are rats ticklish? (do they giggle when tickled)

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observational study

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TYL:
What kind of study is this?
Are creativity and conformity linked?

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correlational study

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TYL:
What kind of study is this?
What symptons are suffered by someone with a rare disorder?

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case study

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TYL:
What kind of study is this?
What percentage of ASU students are male?

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descriptive study

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TYL:
What kind of study is this?
Does bullying cause school shootings?

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experiment

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
Creativity and conformity; r = -0.59
A

yes, -, moderate

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
Attractiveness and liking; r = 0.72
A

yes, +, strong

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
lightning amplitude and theft in stores; r = -0.84
A

yes, -, strong

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
job morale and shoe lace color; r = .01
A

no

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
grades and partying; r = -0.50
A

yes, -, moderate

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
social skills and happiness; r = 0.31
A

yes, positive, weak

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
# beers and clear thinking; r = 1.15
A

no

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TYL:
- Interpreting p-value
- Significant, marginally significant, or not significant?
Indigestion affects dreams: p = 0.027

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significant

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TYL:
- Interpreting p-value
- Significant, marginally significant, or not significant?
Smoking leads to lung cancer: p = 0.038

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significant

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TYL:
- Interpreting p-value
- Significant, marginally significant, or not significant?
Bad mood decreases social skills: p = 0.079

A

marginally significant
- withhold judgement
needs more data collection

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TYL:
- Interpreting p-value
- Significant, marginally significant, or not significant?
Physical exercise strengthens cognitive function: p = 0.008

A

significant

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TYL:
- Interpreting p-value
- Significant, marginally significant, or not significant?
Weather affects first impressions: p = 0.001

A

significant

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TYL:
- Interpreting p-value
- Significant, marginally significant, or not significant?
Memory pills boost students’ performance: p = 0.953

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not significant

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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
At what age does the self image emerge: Is that me in the mirror?

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developmental

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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
High ceilings prompt “thinking outside the box”

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cognitive

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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
Ways money can buy you happiness!

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positive

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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
Introverts are more affected by caffeine than extroverts

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personality

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28
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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
How does gambling affect brain chemistry?

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biological

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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
How our ancestors programmed us to avoid incest

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evolutionary

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30
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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
Five stages of grieving the loss of a loved one

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counseling

31
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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
The madness of crowds: Deviant behavior increases in crowds

A

social

32
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TYL:
A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper….
New treatment for cutting behavior!

A

clinical

33
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Found that dogs salivated at signs of upcoming food

A

Pavlov

34
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Believed humans are innately good and studied the best

A

Maslow

35
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Founded 1st school of psychology and 1st psychology study

A

Wundt

36
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Began cognitive psychology (study of thought processes)

A

Neisser

37
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Developed therapy technique for treatment of disorders

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Freud

38
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Studied effects of reward and punishment

A

Skinner

39
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Promoted Gestalt Psychology - whole is greater than the sum of parts

A

Wertheimer

40
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Founded Functionalism and influenced by Darwin

A

James

41
Q

TYL:
Keep your old white guys straight…
Humanistic psychologist who treated patients as clients

A

Rogers

42
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Research Method

SCN - Skin Conductance Response

A

how aroused is the person?

43
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Research Method

EEG - Elecroencephalogram

A

how aroused is the person?

44
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Research Method

ERP - event-related potential

A

did person perceive stimulus?

45
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Research Method

SSR - single cell recording

A

to what types of stimulation does this neuron respond?

46
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Research Method

magnetoencephalography

A

to what parts of the brain react to this stimulus?

47
Q

Research Method

PET - positive emission tomography

A

what parts of the brain are active during this task?

48
Q

Research Method

fMRI - functional magnetic resonance imaging

A

what parts of the brain are active during this task?

49
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Research Method

electrical stimulation

A

what behaviors occur when we stimulate this part of the brain?

50
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Research Method

transcranial magnetic stimulation

A

magnetic stimulation of brain causes what behaviors?

51
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Research Method

lesions

A

what behavioral changes occur with brain damage?

52
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TYL:

composed of dense glia cells and form modes of insulation

A

myelin sheath

53
Q

TYL:

looks like close relatives of dendrites, but messages leave (rather than enter) me through my terminal buttons

A

terminal branches

54
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TYL:

highly insulated so neural messages can travel faster

A

axon

55
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TYL:

space between two neurons

A

synapse

56
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TYL:

located in center of cell and contains DNA

A

nucleus

57
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TYL:

release chemicals into synapse

A

terminal button

58
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TYL:

receive messages from other neurons

A

dendrites

59
Q

TYL:

body of the neuron

A

soma

60
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TYL:

what part of the brain looks crumpled; gives powers of higher thought

A

cerebral cortex

61
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TYL:

what part of the brain is involved in emotion - especially fear

A

amygdala

62
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TYL:

what part of the brain is responsible for memory.

A

hippocampus

63
Q

TYL:

what part of the brain keeps you alive (heart beating and breathing)

A

medulla

64
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TYL:

what part of the brain is responsible for the four f’s?

A

hypothalamus

65
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TYL:

what part of the brain helps you sleep at night and stay awake during the day

A

pons

66
Q

TYL:

what part of the brain is responsible for sensory information

A

thalamus

67
Q

TYL:

what part of the brain secretes growth hormones and is sometimes manipulated by athletes

A

pituitary gland

68
Q

TYL:

what part of the brain helps you balance

A

cerebellum

69
Q

what & where?

Broca’s Area

A

frontal lobe; language production

70
Q

what & where

Wernicke’s Area

A

temporal lobe; language comprehension

71
Q

frontal lobe

A

higher level thinking (boss)

movement, impulse control decision making, planning, language production, personality

72
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parietal lobe

A

touch/tactile information

73
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occipital lobe

A

vision

74
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temporal lobe

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rest of the senses: olfactory (smell), auditory, gustatory (taste)

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