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Cards in this set: Term What is psychology? Definition the scientific study of behavior and the mind Term What is Dualism? Who was the major scientist? Definition belif that there is a mind (soul) and a physical (brain). The mind gets infor from the brain and makes desissions Descarte (1590-1650) Term What is Materialism? Who was the major contributor? Definition Concept that spirit/mind is meaningless...the brain is a machine. Hobbes (1588-1679) Term Where in the physical brain did descartes believe the mind was? Definition pineal gland Term What is Empiericism? Who founded it? Definition through that nurture was more important. British dudes. Thought must come from physical experience. Term What is Nativism? Who was the founder of this belief? Definition Though that ideas are innate (nature). We are born with knowledge Kant Term What is the critical question of nativism? Definition How does the mind organize raw sensory info? Term What is the critical question of empiricism? Definition what simple ideas act as building block for all the rest of ideas..how are associations made? Term What is phrenology? who was the beliver in it? Definition Francis gall though the brain had specific functioning regions. And that the shape grew with use and dissuse of these parts. Term Who were wernickle and broca? Definition scientists who studdys speach impediments due to brain lesions Term Who was wilhelm wundt? Definition intersted in the structure of the mind, in that processes can be understood as sequences od more elementary processes. He opened the 1st school of psyc Term what is introspection? Definition reporting on own conscious experiences Term What are the problems with introspections? Definition 1. private and misperceptions cant be detected 2. looks at products and not processes Term What is behaviorism? how did it evolve? Definition stimuli and response only.....came out fo introspections problems Term What is cognitive psychology? Definition mind is focus of study, studys acuirement and organization of knolwledge Term what is cognitive neuroscience? Definition major approach....structure and function Term what are the steps in an expierement? Definition 1)Formulation of the question/theory 2) Formulation of the specific hypothesis 3) Variables--Some state or dimension that can have different values that can be measured 4) Observations 5) Critical evaluation of the evidence 6) Communication Term what r the 3 measurement methods? Definition self-report behavioral physiological Term what r the 3 settings? Definition lab, feild, clincal Term what r measurements of central tendency? Definition mean, median, mode Term what r the measurements of variability? Definition range, st dev Term what is the correlation coefficint? Definition strength and direction of a correlation Term what r inferental statistics? Definition confidance level dye to experement Term what r confounding veriables? examples Definition other than the independent that caused a change 3rd var placebo effects Term what is a theory? Definition something the summarizes and organizes existing information about a phenomenon. is a basis for a hypotheses to be tested Term Who is clever hans? Definition horse guy. though that scepticism is good Term what is the differnce in bias and error? Definition eroor is randomly assisgned and bias is same place evey time bt wrong place Term what are glia cells? Definition helper cells that create myelin sheaths Term how does a reflex circut work? Definition through transission of electrical signals through sensory, internerorns and motor neurons Term What does the midbrain do? Definition govern basic well-learned movment patterns like walking, running, chewing, and swallowing Term what does the medulla and the pons do? Definition regulate vital reflexes like the heart rate, breathing and complex balance reflexes Term What does the cerebellum do? Definition rapid, well-timed movements. Damage would reseult in postral and balance defents as well as unskilled motor activity Term What are considered invasive studies of brain function? Definition lesion/transection single unit recording Term What are the different types of neruroimaging? Definition event related potentials (ERP) Positron Emission Tomography (PET0 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Functional magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Tanscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) Term What are association areas? Definition comprise a majority of the cortex and play a role in both sensory and motor processing and well as higher order mental processes Term What are the functional specialization of frontal areas? Definition initate plan controll and asses behaviors Term What allows communication through the hemispheres Definition corpus callosum Term How do drugs alter synapses? Definition either block or enhaps them Term which side fo the brain is more in chage of language? Definition left Term What is TMS Definition copper coil that temporarily block fucntion Term what is EEG Definition recording of the brains electrical activity Term what is PET Definition a neuroimaging method where you are injected with a isatope Term What is fMRI? Definition detects hemaglobin use using a magnet Term what does the basal ganglia do? Definition plans movements with visual info in a feedback manor. Term Definition