Psychology 2221B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rodent, Critical Thinking, Coolidge Effect

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2221B
• Professor: Derek Quinlan

Document Summary

Coolidge effect: the fact that a copulating male who becomes incapable of continuing to copulate with one sex partner can often recommence copulating with another sex partner. Lordosis: arched-back, rump up, tail-diverted posture of female rodent sexual receptivity. Quasiexperimental study: studies of groups of subjects who have been exposed to the conditions of interest in the real world. Case studies: studies that focus on a single case or subject: problem is their generalizabilitythe degree to which their results can be applied to real life. Applied research: research for direct benefit to humankind. Converging operations: different approaches combine to solve a problem so the strength of one approach compensates for the weakness of the other. How do biopsychologists study the unobservable workings of the brain: scientific inference.