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| way you chose to manipulate independent variable and measure dependent variable; the set up/procedure |
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| subjects fill out how they feel after to make sure it is what you are trying to manipulate (e.g. frustration |
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research method:
laboratory/experimental |
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high internal validity (manipulate variables)
low external validity (not natural behavior) |
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research method:
observational |
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observe in natural environment:
have to be sure to do everything the same way
labor intensive
lower in internal validity (no manipulation) high external validity |
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research method:
field experiment |
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manipulate variable in real world:
maintain internal validity b/c controls variables
high external validity b/c people acting normal |
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interviews etc:
can reach many subjects easily
inaccurate (people lie) |
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research method:
experience sampling |
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get recordings of data in real time (e.g. notebook)
good external validity
but still self report |
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research method:
clinical trials |
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assessments of therapy/medicine/etc
have to keep placebo groups unknowing |
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organize and code old data to answer new questions
won't stand alone |
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research method:
quasi experimental |
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ind. variable naturally occuring (eg gender)
could have some other variable b/c not random assignment
threat to internal validity |
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| breaking down in myelin sheath=random firings 1/2 way through neuron axon |
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| increasing neurotransmitting |
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| brain and spinal cord 99% nerve cells |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| somatic and autonomic nervous systems |
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| sensory nerves, skin/muscles to CNS and motor nerves |
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messages to/from internal organs (breathing/heart rate/digestion)
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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"fight or flight":
diolates pupils
increases lung capacity
strengthens heart beat
inhibits stomach/intestines
contracts blood vessels
weakens immune system |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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calms after danger:
contracts pupils
constricts bronchi
slows heart
stimulates stomach/intestines
violates blood vessels |
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metal rod through chin and brain--lived but changed personality
idea of brain area specialization |
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| patient only could say "tan"--left frontal lobe=language |
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| cerebrum and diencephalon |
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| thalamus and hypothalamus |
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| takes in sensory into and directs to higher level processing |
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"feeling, feeding, fighting, fucking"
impulse behavior |
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| aggressive behavior and fear |
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| motor movement (parkinsens disease) |
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midbrain, pons, medula
automatic functions |
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| memories, especially sensory and emotional |
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80% or neurons
right hemisphere controls left side body and vise versa |
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| hearing and complex vision |
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| processes body information |
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complex thought process
planned behavior, organization, learning |
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connection b/t two hemispheres of brain
epilleptics sever to stop random firing of neurons from transferring across hemispheres |
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| hemisphere specialization |
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left: language production, logic, symbols
right: spacial, creativity |
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| neuron functions maluable. can use other pathways to compensate for skills lost.neurons can regenerate |
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examines relationships b/t variables
correlation is not causation |
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| could be another variable accounting for the relationship between two variables |
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regulated procedure manipulating variable
can determine cause |
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assignment of participants to groups by chance
reduce chance of preexisting differences affecting results |
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| what the experimenter changes |
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| the outcome, changes due to independent variable |
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| participants exposed to changed variable |
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| treated like experimental group except not by variable |
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degree to which an experimental design reflects the real world
can results be applied to real world? |
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| degree to which changes int he dependent variable are due to the manipulation of the ind. variable |
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| experimenter's expectations influence the outcome |
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| aspect of study that communicates desired results to participants |
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| research participant bias |
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| behavior of participants is influenced by how they think they are supposed to act |
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| Institutional review board |
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| established to evaluate ethical nature of research |
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metabolic charges in brain
measures glucose in areas of brain (=energy) |
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| creates magnetic field around people use radio waves, constructs images of tissues |
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shows whats happening in brain while working
changes in blood and oxygen |
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