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Research Blooper:

sampling bias

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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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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
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yes, +, strong

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

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TYL:
- Is there a relationship? 
- If so, + or - ?
- Strength?
job morale and shoe lace color; r = .01
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no

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

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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

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significant

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

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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"
cognitive
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TYL: A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper.... Ways money can buy you happiness!
positive
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TYL: A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper.... Introverts are more affected by caffeine than extroverts
personality
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TYL: A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper.... How does gambling affect brain chemistry?
biological
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TYL: A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper.... How our ancestors programmed us to avoid incest
evolutionary
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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
counseling
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TYL: A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper.... The madness of crowds: Deviant behavior increases in crowds
social
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TYL: A ___ psychologist would be most likely to author this paper.... New treatment for cutting behavior!
clinical
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Found that dogs salivated at signs of upcoming food
Pavlov
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Believed humans are innately good and studied the best
Maslow
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Founded 1st school of psychology and 1st psychology study
Wundt
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Began cognitive psychology (study of thought processes)
Neisser
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Developed therapy technique for treatment of disorders
Freud
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Studied effects of reward and punishment
Skinner
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Promoted Gestalt Psychology - whole is greater than the sum of parts
Wertheimer
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Founded Functionalism and influenced by Darwin
James
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TYL: Keep your old white guys straight... Humanistic psychologist who treated patients as clients
Rogers
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Research Method | SCN - Skin Conductance Response
how aroused is the person?
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Research Method | EEG - Elecroencephalogram
how aroused is the person?
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Research Method | ERP - event-related potential
did person perceive stimulus?
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Research Method | SSR - single cell recording
to what types of stimulation does this neuron respond?
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Research Method | magnetoencephalography
to what parts of the brain react to this stimulus?
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Research Method | PET - positive emission tomography
what parts of the brain are active during this task?
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Research Method | fMRI - functional magnetic resonance imaging
what parts of the brain are active during this task?
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Research Method | electrical stimulation
what behaviors occur when we stimulate this part of the brain?
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Research Method | transcranial magnetic stimulation
magnetic stimulation of brain causes what behaviors?
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Research Method | lesions
what behavioral changes occur with brain damage?
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TYL: | composed of dense glia cells and form modes of insulation
myelin sheath
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TYL: | looks like close relatives of dendrites, but messages leave (rather than enter) me through my terminal buttons
terminal branches
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TYL: | highly insulated so neural messages can travel faster
axon
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TYL: | space between two neurons
synapse
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TYL: | located in center of cell and contains DNA
nucleus
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TYL: | release chemicals into synapse
terminal button
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TYL: | receive messages from other neurons
dendrites
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TYL: | body of the neuron
soma
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TYL: | what part of the brain looks crumpled; gives powers of higher thought
cerebral cortex
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TYL: | what part of the brain is involved in emotion - especially fear
amygdala
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TYL: | what part of the brain is responsible for memory.
hippocampus
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TYL: | what part of the brain keeps you alive (heart beating and breathing)
medulla
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TYL: | what part of the brain is responsible for the four f's?
hypothalamus
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TYL: | what part of the brain helps you sleep at night and stay awake during the day
pons
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TYL: | what part of the brain is responsible for sensory information
thalamus
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TYL: | what part of the brain secretes growth hormones and is sometimes manipulated by athletes
pituitary gland
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TYL: | what part of the brain helps you balance
cerebellum
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what & where? | Broca's Area
frontal lobe; language production
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what & where | Wernicke's Area
temporal lobe; language comprehension
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frontal lobe
higher level thinking (boss) | movement, impulse control decision making, planning, language production, personality
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parietal lobe
touch/tactile information
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occipital lobe
vision
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temporal lobe
rest of the senses: olfactory (smell), auditory, gustatory (taste)

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