Unit 1 Test Review

Question 1

Independent variables:

Answer 1

the difference between the control and experimental groups of an experiment. The variable changed by the scientists to test the experiments hypothesis

Question 2

Dependent variables:

Answer 2

the thing being measured during an experiment (aka data).

Question 3

Extraneous variables:

Answer 3

may or may not interfere with your experiment

Question 4

Confounding variables:

Answer 4

if the outside forces interfere with your experiment and they impact it. (If extraneous variable has a result in the end where it has an interference)

Question 5

5 Functions of the brain:

Answer 5

Sensation, Motion, Internal regulation, Reproduction, Adaptation

Question 6

Physiological psychology

Answer 6

is the study of the direct manipulation of the brain and nervous system and focuses on pure research

Question 7

Neuropsychology

Answer 7

is the study of the behavioral effects of brain damage and uses case studies and quasi experimental designs

Question 8

Psychophysiology

Answer 8

focuses on physiology and psychology processes and uses noninvasive recordings from humans (muscle tension, eye movement, pupil dilation, electrical conductance of the skin)

Question 9

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 9

focuses on the neural basis of cognitive processes (ex: learning/memory, attention, perceptual processes)

Question 10

Psychopharmacology focuses

Answer 10

on the study of the direct manipulation of drug effect on the nervous system and behavior

Question 11

Comparative psychology

Answer 11

focuses on the biology of behavior and has a comparative and functional approach. It includes evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics.

Question 12

What was the philosophy of Heraclitus?

Answer 12

Heraclitus’ philosophy was that “the mind is an infinite space where boundaries could never be reached”

Question 13

What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience?

Answer 13

Biopsychology is the study of both biology and behavior but is very broad and also diverse. In neuroscience’s case, however, they approach the study in a variation of ways instead of sticking to one specific way.

Question 14

Which of the following animals are currently the most common subjects of biopsychological research?

Answer 14

Rats.

Question 15

The comparison of brain-behavior relations in different species is called

Answer 15

Comparative approach

Question 16

The term “within-subjects design” refers to experiments in……….

Answer 16

Refers to experiments assigned to the same subjects to the same conditions.

Question 17

A major shortcoming of case-study research is that

Answer 17

A major shortcoming of case-study research is the generalization that can be applied to other cases.

Question 18

Which subdiscipline of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with the assessment of the memory deficits of patients with damage to the frontal portions of the neocortex?

Answer 18

Neuropsychology.

Question 19

Scientific progress is most likely when different approaches are focused on a single problem, particularly when the strengths of one approach compensate for the weaknesses of the others. This is called

Answer 19

Converging operations.