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Correlation study

Compares two variables, can’t show causation

Meta-analysis study

Draws from a variety of studies

Case study

Very specific study into one person or a small group of people- hard to generalize

Naturalistic observation

Watches subjects in a real-world setting- no control of variables

Experiment

Determining how one variable effects another- can prove causation

Institutional review board

A committee that reviews any research proposals to ensure they meet ethical standards

Informed consent

An adult agrees to participate in a study

Informed assent

A parent/guardian gives permission for their child (a minor) to participate in a study

Confidentiality

Subjects’ names, results, and other identifying information is kept private

Confederates

Actors/fake participants in a study who give wrong answers to see if a subject will conform to their behavior

Debriefing

Researchers tell subjects the entire/real reason for the study

Nature vs. Nurture

Effects of your genetics vs effects of the environment

Eugenics

Unethical and discredited practices from the 20th century which promoted “selectively breeding” humans for traits that were deemed desirable

Twin studies

A way to research nature v nurture- often compares identical and fraternal twins as a control

Central Nervous System

The brain and spinal cord- reasoning, thinking, brain stuff

Peripheral nervous system

Everything outside of the CNS- relays information to CNS

Sympathetic nervous system

Fight or flight reaction

Parasympathetic nervous system

Rest and Digest

Somatic nervous system

Voluntary movements- includes sensory and motor neurons

Autonomic nervous system

Involuntary organ control- includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

Dendrite

Soma/cell body

Node of Ranvier

Myelin Sheath

Axon

Axon Terminal

A

Resting potential

B

Depolarization

C

Repolarization

D

Refractory Period

E

Threshold

F

Action potential

G

Failed Initiations

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