Exerimenter effects
experimenter effects the outcome of the study
placebo effect
drug or treatment designed to have no effect
Correlational research approaches
observational studies
archival research
survey research
correlational studie
correlational - describe behavior w/o purposefully manipulating the IV
+1, -1, 0, weak positive relationship and strong positive relationship
naturalistic vs participant observation approaches
N- reasearcher does not want tp intervene at all with teh study so setting, event, and behavior must eb natural
archival reasearch
analysis of already existing data
case study
descriptive analysis of a single individual, group, or event
longitudinal research
follow the same person over a long period of time to measure theie changes
cross-sectional research
study developmental trends by recuriting people across an age range
cohort effect
groups may not eb equivalent because they were born at different times
cohort effect can lead to cross sectional research
hind brain
survival
forebrain
motivation, complex feelings, complex thoughts
This is divided into 2 structures (subcortical nd cerebral)
subcortical structures
the structures that are under teh cortex
cerebral cortex
4 lobes with different functions
Most complex thinking and behaviors come from here
surface of the outermost part of the forebrain
Four lobes within the cortex
frontal
temporal
parietal
occipital
functions of the nervous system
gets imput/ impulse
process information
acts on information
central nervous system
brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system
nerve cells outside of brain and spinal cord
splits into two systems somatic and automatic
somatic nervous system
skin muscles and joints
autonomic nervous system
regulated body organs
2 subdivisions sympathetic and parasympathetic
parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous sytem
s- fight or flight , gets your body ready for action
p- resting state, returns your bady back to normal
neurotransmitters
go from one neuron to another
midbrain
movement
