PSYC 221 Midterm: Midterm 1 Notes
11 Feb 2019
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John watson rejected introspection as a method, and observable behaviour, not consciousness is the main topic of study: watson and rayner (1920) little albert experiment. Chapter 2- cognitive neuroscience: cognitive neuroscience- the study of the physiological basis of cognition, levels of analysis- a topic can be studied in a number of different ways, with each approach contributing its own dimension to our understanding. In 1950s, a number of research papers began appearing that involved recording nerve impulses from single neurons: technological advances. Quantitative methods: correlations, two variables change together, does not tell you the direction of causation, a third variable could have caused both changes (alternative variables/confounding variables, experimental methods. Infer that changes in one variable cause changes in another. Independent variable- what the experimenter manipulates: dependent variable- what the experimenter measures. Neurons that respond to complex stimuli: neurons in the visual cortex respond to simple stimuli (ex.
