Topics of this game:
- our behavior is guided by hidden motives, unconscious desires, childhood issues, or unresolved conflicts
- the variable that is manipulated in an experiment
- the variable that is measured in an experiment
- a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
- measure of the extent to which two variables change together, how well either variable predicts the other
- post-experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and deceptions to its participants
- period of inactivity after neuron has fired; the rest period which the neuron can't fire again
- uses magnetic fields & radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue and brain anatomy
- junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
- send information away from the central nervous system to muscles or glands
- interconnected cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; ultimate control & processing center
- the sensory & motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
- constructs perceptions from the sensory input by drawing on our experience & expectations
- analysis which starts at the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information
- the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
- Conversion of one form of energy into another that the brain can use
- minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time; JND
- 3 kinds of cones that work in pairs; if one is stimulated, the other is inhibited
- an organism learns to associate a behavior and its consequences; reward & punishment
- pairing two items together and learning to associate them together
- an undesirable stimulus is removed to increase a behavior
- stimulus that initially elicits NO response but with conditioning will elicit a response
- the tendency for similar stimuli to elicit a similar response
- the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior
- activated memory that holds a few items briefly before the information is stored or forgotten
- the relatively permanent and limitless store-house of memory; knowledge, skills, experiences
- organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
- a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory
- incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event
- a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently
