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| knowledge gained through scientific study of behavior |
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you look into yourself and tell what is there |
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| According to this approach to study behavior, if all went right, people could reach perfection |
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| People think and make decisions on their actions |
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| Experimental Psychologist |
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| found trying to understand how humans operate physically and psychologically |
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| believes that behavior is determined by rewards and punishments |
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| Developmental Psychologist |
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found working with disturbed children |
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| we are contolled by things we are not aware of |
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| a medicine with no active ingrediant |
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| Changes as a resuly of what the experimenter does |
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| conducted away from a lab |
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| the people act normal because they dont know they are being watched |
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| group participating in the crucial part of experiment |
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| what the experimenter does which has an effect on another variable |
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| an electrical impulse that travels through a neuron carrying a message |
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| not crucial to experiment |
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traces individuals development from birth to 25 years of age |
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| lengthy in depth research into a person |
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info may be presented in a favorable light |
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| bundle of nerve fibers which communicate between the two hemispheres |
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| help maintains balance and remain coordinated |
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| acts as a relay station for impulses to and from the brain |
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| marks the divison of one half of the brain from the other |
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| allow you to fall asleep in class or stay awake |
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a lack of this neurotransmitter might be a contributer to parkinsons |
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| longest part of neuron that carries messages from one cell to another |
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| Space between the ending of an axon and the awaiting dendrite |
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controls amount of light that enters the eye |
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| demonstrated that humans could percieve depth at a early age |
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| looks at organized wholes, shapes, and forms |
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Reversible Figure Illusion |
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| two alternating images are seen |
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| sex drive is taken over and heavily influenced |
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| Gestalt principle that believe we group things that are near each other |
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| psycologist who suggested that intelligence consists of general intellegence and specific intelligence (g factor) |
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| first modern intellegence test that provides IQ |
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| intelligence test that includes several subtests and measures of both verbal and nonverbal abilities |
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| general rules that help people find a solution to a problem |
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| obstacle to problem solving in which people tend to think of an object as being useful only for the function that the object is usually used for |
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| belief in something that cant be seen or touched |
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| conclusion is true in the premises are true |
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| the way in which wording effects decision making |
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| is decreased if you abuse drugs and alcohol |
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| disappearance of the conditioned response |
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| cause be the actions we perform and the consequences we recieve |
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| ex: what makes flowers open and close everyday |
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| may be used to help reduce ones awareness of pain |
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had the theory of breaking down the human mind into several parts Indentified seven diff. and seperate kinds of intelligence |
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Operant conditioning observable behavior only |
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| Ex: being grounded until grades inprove |
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| Ex: imitating behavior seen on television |
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| Ex: every one in a while your friend calls |
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| Ex: have to pump the handle three times to get the gas out |
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| Ex: every hour you get a five minute break |
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| shaped behaviors are reinforced and then joined together for one larger learned concept |
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is best demonstrated by stimulus response that is brought about by reinforcement the basic principle is the organism plays an active role in the learning process; voluntary |
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| ex: you ask several people out before you get a date |
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| ex: when little albert had a fear of all white furry objects |
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| when the reinforcement stops and teh condition behavior stops |
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ex: Three year old Jamie is pretending to read the newspaper like her father. |
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| occurs after a correct response and makes sure that the response wil reoccur. |
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| Is the psychologist best known for classical conditioning. |
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| Triggers the conditioned response. |
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| Niether the reasercher nor subject knows wich group of subjects is getting the placebo or the variable. |
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The way the question is phrused can be of importance in conducting a survey. |
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| The basic sounds of language. |
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| The way in which words are arranged to make sentences. |
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| Being able to distinguish one CS from a similar CS. |
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| Operant conditionging experiment the subject is... |
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| learning from the conseqences of ones behavior |
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| all psycological experiments must conform to these standards |
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| getting information into memory |
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| getting information out of memory |
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| We retrieve info from our ____ memory into our working memory |
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| limited capacity working memory |
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| repetition of info in order to maintain it in memory |
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| is the organization of info into meaningful units |
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| a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli |
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has essential unlimited storage capacity |
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| we will forget info we learned long ago |
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| uses the fewest retrival cues |
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| Ex: knows italian so learning spanish is easy |
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| Ex: bball player learns something at practice while sweating , forgets it at home, then remembers it at practice the next day |
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| Mental outline we use to solve problems |
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| holds sounds for a second |
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| study of animals can reveal things about humans |
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| Behavior viewed as strongly influenced by the rules and expectations of specific social groups or cultures |
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| we are influenced by childhood |
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| published the psychology text 1890 |
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| behavior is viewed as a reflection of internal growth toward being our best |
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| emphasized the positive side of human nature |
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| school of thought that views behavior in terms of biological responses |
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| travels from body to brain |
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| travels from brain to body |
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| connect sensory and motor neurons |
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| classical conditioning and emotions |
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