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| statements about cause-effect relationships regarding behavior that seek to explain what causes a person to behave in a certain way |
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| an extensive investigation of a single individual or group in order to draw general conclusions about behavior |
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| the tendency to look for evidence that verifies one's perconceptions |
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| in an experiment, the participants who are exposed to an alternative or irrelevent treatment or no treatment at all |
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| a degree of statistical relationships between two attributes, which usually is expressed as a number on a scale that ranges from -1 to 0 to 1 |
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| a research method in which researchers attempt to determine whether an to what extent different variables are related to each other |
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| A response or outcome variable whose value depends on how one or more independent variables influence or affect the participants in the experiement |
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| an investigation into cause-effect relationships through the control and manipulation of variables |
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| Experimental (treatment) group |
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| in an experiment, the participants who are exposed to a carfully prescribed set of circumstances (those who receive the independent variable) |
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| an abstract concept that is not itself directly measurable or observable but that gives rise to measurable phenomena and patterns of data |
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| an aspect of an investigation that is manipulated to see its effect on the dependent variable |
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| a research method in which the investigator goes into the community to observe and record the behavior of people engaged in the normal activities of their daily lives. |
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| when increases in the value of one attribute are associated with decreases in the value of another attribute |
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| a statement that no differences exist between two groups being compared in an experiment |
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| a definition of a concept in terms of how it is being measured |
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| a small-scale study designed to determine whether the effects that an investigator expects to see can be produced |
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| when increases (or decreases) in the value of one attribute are associated with increases (or decreases) in the value of another attribute |
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| a process which ensures that differences between groups are due to chance and not based on prior differences in the participants themselves |
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| a sample in which every person in a population has an equal chance of being selected |
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| the repeatability or consistency of an observation, experiment, or test score |
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| a subset of the population carefully chosen to represent the proportionate diversity of the population as a whole |
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| a probability level agreed on by convention that helps researchers decide how likely it is that a result would be obtained if only chance factors where in operation |
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| a statement of some general principles explaining particular events |
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| the ability of a test to measure what it is designed to measure |
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| characterisitcs of situation, person, or phenomena that may fluctuate across situations, person, or phenomena |
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| a nerve impulse; the firing or spiking of neurons |
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| Autonomic Nervouse System |
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| the part of the nervouse system that controls movement of our nonskeletal muscles and includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems |
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| the long, thin tube extension of a neuron over which an action potential is conducted |
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| genetically determined characteristics or behavior patterns |
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| a structure in the left frontal lobe that is involved in speaking |
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| the part of the nervous system that contains the brain and the spinal cord and is responsible for controlling our senses, motor attributes, reflexes and mental activity. |
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| the large, walnut-shaped structure located at the intersection of the hindbrain and spinal cord which controls bodily coordination, balance, and muscle tone |
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| a dense body of nerve fibers that connect the two cerebral hemispheres |
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| the branchlike parts of the neuron which receive information |
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| a neurotransmitter that influences movement, attention, and learning |
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| the physiologial system responsible for growth, reproduction, metabolism and behavior |
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| the front part of your brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalmus, and other structures |
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| the part of the cerebral cortex that is devoted to speech, planning, movement, association, formation, and other psychological functioning |
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| the back part of the brain, including the cerebellum and medulla |
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| the part of the limbic system responsible for memory formation |
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| a chemical substance secreted by the endocrine-system glands which foster the growth and proliferation of cells |
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| the part of the forebrain responsible for emotion, motivation, and learning |
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| the middle part of the brain, including part of the reticular formation |
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| a permanent, random chemical change in DNA, usually detrimental to an individual's survival. |
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| the fatty substance which insulates and protects an axon from electrochemical inferences from other neurons |
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| a mechanism by which organisms adapt to the environment and reproduce differentually in what is commonly called "survival of the fittest" |
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| the physiological network of intercommunicating cells that forms the basis of our ability to perceive, adapt to, and interact with the world |
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| a network of individual cells which recieve and transmit information to the spinal cord |
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| a chemical messenger that carries information from one neuron to another |
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| Parasympathetic nervous system |
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| part of the autonomic nervous system concerened with the functioning of the body at rest (storing energy) |
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| the part of the cerebral cortex that contains the primary visual cortex and associative cortex, which are involved in seeing and visual consciousness |
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| the part of the cerebral cortex that contains the somatosensory and associative cortex, which are involved in spatial perception and other psychological functions |
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| Peripheral Nervous system |
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| the part of the nervous system that includes the somatic and autonomic nervous system |
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| an innate, automatic physological response to an external stimulus |
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| a process through which excess neurotransmitters are reabsorbed by the terminal buttons |
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| a neurotransmitter that influences arousal and sleep, as well as regulation of mood, appetite, and sensitivity to pain |
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| the body of a neuron containing the nucleus |
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| the part of the nervous system that includes the sensory and motor nerves and is responsible for controlling skeletal muscles |
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| Sympathetic nervous system |
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| part of the autonomic nervous system concerned with the functioning of the active body (using energy) |
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| the place where one neruon makes a chemical connection with another neuron and a message in transmitted |
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| the part of the cerebral cortex that contains the primary auditory and associative cortex, which are involved in hearing and language |
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