Some Areas of Research in Memory
Working Memory
Structure & Organization of Long-Term Memory
Schemas and Scripts
Concept Formation
Reconstructive Memory
Types of Long-Term Memory
Implicit Memory
Procedural Memory
Some Areas of Research in Memory, con't.
Interactions among Information in Long-Term Memory
Imaginal Information (Visual, Auditory, Tactile,
Olfactory) and Verbal Information
Semantic and Episodic Information
Possible Measures: Recall, Recognition, Accuracy,
Errors, Time to Complete Task,
Reaction Time
Some Areas of Research in Cognition
Reasoning
Problem Solving
Language Production and Comprehension
Decision-making
Possible Measures: Accuracy, Errors, Time to
Complete Task, Reaction Time,
Comprehension
Some Areas of Research in Animal Learning
Working Memory
Reference Memory (LTM)
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Discrimination
Complex Behavior (Chaining)
Possible Measures: Accuracy, Errors, Time to Complete
Task, Various behavioral responses
Some Areas of Research in Attention
Divided
Selective
Focused
Distributed
Spotlight
Sustained
Possible Measures: Accuracy, Errors, Time to
Complete Task, Reaction Time
Some Areas of Research in Perception
Motion perception
Shape, size, and color perception
Auditory perception
Tactile perception
Movement and feedback mechanisms
Possible Measures: Accuracy, Errors, Time to
Complete Task, Reaction Time
Some Areas of Research in Social Cognition
Attributions (e.g., Fundamental Attribution Error)
Attitudes and Attitude Change, Persuasion
Impressions, Prejudice and Discrimination
Possible Measures: Ratings, various behavioral
responses
Some Areas of Research in Social Influence
Social Facilitation and Loafing
Obedience
Helping
Conformity
Possible Measures: Ratings, various behavioral
responses
Some Areas of Research in
Developmental Psychology
Attachment
Language Development
Morality
Social Development
Cognitive Development
Emotional Regulation and
Display
Possible Measures: Ratings, Accuracy, Errors, various
behavioral responses
Some Areas of Research in Neuroscience:
Relationships with Behavior
Learning and Memory
Movement & Spatial Learning—Caudate Nucleus
Explicit memory—Hippocampus
Emotion and Learning
Fear Conditioning—Amygdala
Possible Measures: Accuracy, Errors, Recall,
Recognition, Duration, various
behavioral responses
Some Areas of Research in Emotion
Interpreting Emotions
Facial Expressions
Empathy
Mood
Possible Measures: Accuracy, Errors, Ratings, various
behavioral responses
Some Areas of Research in Health Psychology
Stress and Coping
Body Self-Awareness and Shame
Possible Measures: Ratings, diaries, various behavioral
responses
Interactions Among Research Areas
Emotion and Memory, Cognition, Social
Development and Social, Cognition, Emotion,
Memory, Language
Neuroscience and Memory, Emotion, Social,
Cognition, Language
Stress and Learning, Memory, Cognition, Emotion
Learning, Aggression, Social
Applied Areas of Research
Coping and Chronic Mental or Physical Conditions
Social Competence and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Persuasion and Environmental Awareness/Concern
Eyewitness Testimony
Effects of Watching TV on Aggressive Behavior
Teaching Morality, Selflessness, Concern for Others
Depression, Cognition, and Executive Function
Possible Methods
Behavioral Tasks
Interviews
Computerized presentation
of stimuli & recording of
responses (MATLAB)
Diaries
Animal studies
Radial arm maze
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Other apparatuses
EEG, ERPs, GSR
Virtual reality
Standardized scales
"Pencil & paper" tasks