A characteristic that offers a survival and reproduction advantage.

Part of the limbic system involved in emotion and emotional memory.

To ascribe human qualities to non-human organisms and/or objects.

Ascribing human qualities to non-human organisms and/or objects.

The investigation of the structure and function of the brain using non-invasive methods.

The study of humans’ and other animals’ behaviour and mental processes

Members of the same species (of animals or plants).

An aspect of experimental design that includes all possible orders in which participants complete tasks or conditions, or in which experimenters present stimuli – this is to control for order effects.

A variable that is expected to change as a result of the manipulation of the independent variable.

The area of psychology concerned with the way people develop and change throughout the lifespan.