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Confounded variable

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an unintended difference between the conditions of an experiment that could have affected the dependent variable

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Comparative approac

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the study of biological processes by comparing different species usually from the evolutionary perspective

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Between subjects design

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an expermintal design in which a different group of subject is tested under each condition

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converging operations

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the use of several research approaches to solve a single problem

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Coolidge effect

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the fact that a copulating male who becomes incapable of continuing to copulate with one sex partner can often reccomence copulation with a new partner

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Critical thinking

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carefully assessing the strength of the evidence presented to support an idea

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Cognitive neuroscience

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a division of biopsychology that focuses on the use of functional brain imaging to study te neural basis of human cognition

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Case studies

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studies that focus on a single case of subject

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cognition

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higher intellectual processes such as thought, memory, attention, and complex perceptual processes

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Cerebral cortex

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the layer of neural tissue covering the cerebral hemispheres of humans and other mammals

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Dependent variable

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the variable measured by the experimenter to assess the effect of the independent variable

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Electroencephalogram

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a measure of the gross electrical activity of the brain commonly recorded through scalp electrodes

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Ethological research

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the study of animal behavior in its natural environment

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Evolutionary perspective

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the approach that focuses on environmental pressures that likely led to the evolution of characteristics of the current species

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Frontal lobe

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the most anterior of the four cerebral lobes

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Generizability

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the degree to which the results of a study can be applied to other individuals or situations

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Independent variable

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the difference between experimental conditions that is arranged by the experimenter

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Korsakoff's syndrom

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a neurological disorder that is common in alcoholics whose primary symptom is memory loss

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leucotome

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any of the various surgical devices used for preforming a lobotomy

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Neuroscience

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the scientific study of the nervous system

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Neurons

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cells of the nervous system that are specialized for the reception, condution, and transmission of electrochemical signals

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Neuroanatomy

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the study of the structure of the nervous system

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Neurochemistry

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the study of the chemical basis of neural activity

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Neuroendocrinology

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the study of interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system

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Neuropathology

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The study of the nervous system disorders

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Neuropathology

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the study of the effects of drugs on neural activity

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Neurophysiology

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the study of the functions and the activities of the nervous system

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Neuropsychology

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the division of biopsychology that studies the physiological effects of brain damage in human patients

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Prefrontal lobotomy

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a surgical procedure in which the connections between the prefrontal lobes of the brain and the rest of the brain are cut as treatment for mental illness

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Prefrontal lobes

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Areas of cortex, left and right, that are located in the very front of the brain in the frontal lobes

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within subjects design

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an experimental design in which the subjects are tested under the same conditions

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Applied research

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research that is intended to bring about some direct benefit to human kind

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Autonomic Nervous system

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the part of the peripheral nervous system that participates in the regulation of the body's internal environment

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Biopsychology

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the scientific study of biological behavior

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Psychopharmacology

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the division of biology that studies the effects of drugs on the brain and behavior

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Psychophysiology

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the division of biopsychology that studies the relation between physiological activity and psychological processes in human subjects by noninvasive methods

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Psychosurgery

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Any brain treatment performed for the treatment of a psychological problem

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Pure research

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Research primarily motivated by the curiosity of the researcher and done soley for the purpose of acquiring knowledge

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Physiological psychology

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the division of biopsychology that studies the neural mechanisms of behavior through direct manipulation of the brains of nonhuman animal subjects in controlled experiments

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Quasiexperimental studies

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studies of groups of subjects who have been exposed to conditions of interest in the real world; such studies have the appearance of experiments but are not true experiments because the potential for confounded variables have not been controlled

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Scientific inference

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the logical processes by which observable events are used to infer the properties of unobservable events

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Thinking creatively

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thinking in productive unconventional ways that are consistent w/ the evidence

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Transorbital lobotomy

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A prefrontal lobotomy performed with a cutting instrument inserted underneath the eye socket