Recall Quiz - “Confusing Pairs”

What is tested

Independent variable

What is measured

Dependent variable

"Fight or flight"

Sympathetic nervous system

Calming

Parasympathetic nervous system

Stimulates hunger

Lateral hypothalamus

Suppresses hunger

Ventromedial Hypothalamus

Involuntary, simple behaviors, associating two stimuli

Classical Conditioning

Voluntary, complex behaviors, associating a behavior with a response

Operant conditioning

Preserve group harmony, don't express opinion

Groupthink

Similar views lead to more extreme opinions

Group polarization

Conformity - fitting in

Normative social influence

Conformity - accept someone else's version of reality

Informational social influence

Left frontal lobe, muscle movements for speech

Broca's area

Left temporal lobe, language comprehension

Wernicke's area

Increasing target behavior by taking away something

Negative Reinforcement

Decreasing target behavior

Punishment

Individuals selected from population

Random sample

Individuals selected from the sample and divided into the conditions in the experiment

Random assignment

Reduction in sensitivity to a stimulus after constant exposure - the sound of the vent in the

back of the room

Sensory Adaptation

Decrease in response after repeated exposure -ignoring airplane sound when living near an airport

Habituation