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| is the interdisciplinary field involving biologist,psychologist computer science and chemist. |
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| Nervous and Endocrine Systems |
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| form the bodies 2 communication systems |
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carry messages from the central nervous system to the muscles of the body * RMBR* senses --> brain - sensory brain --> muscles - motor |
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| Specialized support cells for neurons |
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| comprised of all the neurons of the brain and spinal cord |
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Why Is pseudopsychology a problem? |
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- invites fraud -reduces public support for psychology -has the potential to harm people -wastes time |
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| founder of the first psychological laboratory |
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| a process in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts |
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| A pain killer made in your brain similar to heroin |
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- Experimental Pschology, Applied Psychology, Teaching Psychology (overlaps with experimental) * IQ *Engineering *Rehabilitation *Sports *School *Counseling * Clinical |
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| Information gathered by researchers and used to test hypothesis. |
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| The measured outcomes of a study; the responses of participants in a study. |
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| Types of Psychological Research |
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Experiments - where a researcher controls all the conditions and directly minipulates the independent. Coorealation - mass amount of results at one time Case Studies - few or one individual focus on unusual talent or disorder. |
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Personal Bias - individuals beliefs, prefrences, assumptions or prejudice. Observer Bias - believing what you want to believe Expectancy Bias - expecting a specific outcome |
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