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Dr. Danger is a neuroscientist who encounters a patient with a rare traumatic brain injury that makes it impossible to form new memories. She conducts repeated interviews over the course of 15 years on the patient’s mental status and progress in treatment. Dr. Danger is using a(n) ___________ design.

You train your roommate to like your favorite country singer, Carrie Underwood, by offering him a cookie every time you play Carrie’s music. Over time, your roommate comes to expect a cookie whenever he hears any country music, not just Carrie Underwood, demonstrating (the) _______________.

Recently, Susan suffered a stroke that damaged her ability to form emotional memories and identify threatening or fearful stimuli. Susan’s stroke most likely affected her ____________.

Jasmine was deprived of REM sleep, as a result, she will likely experience ______________.

Micah was hit in the left temple with a baseball bat. After the injury, he had difficulty understanding what others said and his speech did not make sense even though it had a conversational flow. Micah probably sustained damage to his _____________.

When Andrew’s girlfriend broke up with him, he was initially very sad. After talking with his best friend, he decided it was for the best since they never had many mutual interests. Andrew is using ________ to regulate his emotions.

Dr. Joel believes that aroma therapy will reduce a first-time mother’s anxiety during labor and increase her satisfaction with his services. He randomly assigns mothers to give birth in a room either with out without aroma therapy. The independent variable in this study is ___________.

After watching a documentary on dog breeds, Lucy had to take a test in her veterinary sciences class. When she got to a question comparing the number of cat breeds to the number of dog breeds, Lucy thought about the documentary and concluded that there are more difficult types of dogs than different types of cats. In doing so, she fell prey to (the) _______________.

Claire thinks that she is frugal and doesn’t like to spend money wastefully. However, last week she went shopping and went over budget by $200. According to the principle of cognitive dissonance, Claire likely experienced an unpleasant state of anxiety after the shopping spree.

Tammy is a tutor. She has designed a system for her students where she rewards them with Buckeye Points whenever they complete an assignment on the time. These points can then be traded in for gift cards and candy. This is an example of classical conditioning.