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independent variable what an investigator manipulates in an experiment Naturalistic Observation involves watching people in everyday situations (such as children playing on the playground) representative sample one in every member of a population has a chance of being chosen for the study surveys involve asking the members of a (hopefully) representative sample questions about their opinions and behaviors dependent variable the outcome measured in an experiment (such as IQ scores in an experiment on whether childhood diet affects IQ later in life) one variable increases the other variable also increases a positive correlation between two variables mean central nervous system and peripheral nervous system the two divisions of the nervous system synaptic cleft the microscopic gap between neurons where information is transmitted from one neurons where information is transmitted from one neuron to another brainstem controls such basic life functions such as breathing and alertness occipital lobe the part of the brain where vision is primarily processed dendrites specialized to receive incoming signals from other neurons sympathetic nervous system increases heart rate and respiration in response to emergency situations Shaping a procedure in which an organism is rewarded for behaviors which STEP-BY- STEP approximate a desired outcome, finally achieving the actual desired behavior operant conditioning a type of learning in which behavior is influenced by its consquences observational learning results from watching and imitating the behavior of other