Term
|
Definition
| A branch of medicene dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (i.e. drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living, such as work, school or marriage, and in achieving greater well-being. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A branch of psychology that studies, asseses, and treats people with psychological disorders. |
|
|
Term
| Reward Deficiency Syndrome |
|
Definition
| A genetically disposed deficiency in the natural brain systems for pleasure and well-being that leads people to crave whatever provides that missing pleasure or relieves negative feelings. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A leading behaviorist who rejected introspection and studied how consequences shape behavior |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A man who received severe frontal lobe damage, and had his personality drastically altered. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A molecule that binds to a neurotransmitter's receptors, blocking them, causing paralysis and even death. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A molecule which is found in some opiates that binds to a neurotransmitter's receptors to produce a "high" by amplifying normal sensations of arousal or pleasure. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A neural structure that directs several maintenance activities and governs the endocrine system. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A neural structure which is linked to emotion and reward. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A neurotransmitter is a messenger of every junction between motor neuron and skeleton muscles. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A neurotransmitter which produces the "good feelings". |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A perceived but nonexistent correlation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A significant prespective that emphasized the grow potential of healthy people and individual's potential for personal growth. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A statement of the procedures used to define research variables. |
|
|
Term
| functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
|
Definition
| A technique for revealing blood flow, and therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans. |
|
|
Term
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan |
|
Definition
| A technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A testable prediction, often implied by a theory. |
|
|
Term
| Position Emission Tomography Scan |
|
Definition
| A visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| All the cases in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Also known as Noradrenaline |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Also known as Smart Thinking |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Also known as The Master Gland |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An American Philosopher who wrote an important 1890 textbook. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An amplified recording of waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An ancient philosopher who assumed that character and intelligence was largely inherited and that certain ideas are inborn. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An are at the rear of the frontal lobes that control voluntary movement. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An awareness of our own vulnerability to error and an openness to surprise and new perspectives. |
|
|
Term
| The Little Albert Experiment |
|
Definition
| An experiment in the 1920s that helped give way to the definition of the scientific study of behaviorism as psychology's new term. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An experiment's purpose is not to re-create the exact behaviors of everyday life, but rather to test these principles. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An experimental procedure in which bot the research participants and the the research staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Area at the front of the parietal lobe that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Area of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions; rather, in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, speaking, and integrating information. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Area of the left hemisphere which permits understanding of words. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Areas that receive information from the visual fields. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Autonomic Responses to stimuli |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Axon fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Bundled axons that form neural "cables" connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream and affect other glands. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Contains The Brain and Spinal Cord |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Controls heartbeat and breathing. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Controls our glands and muscles of internal organs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Correlation does not mean... |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla. |
|
|
Term
| Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig |
|
Definition
| Discovered the motor cortex. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Does not try to explain behavior, but rather tries to describe it. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Everything psychological is also this. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Examining assumptions, discerning hidden values, evaluating evidence and assessing conclusions. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Experiments that are aimed to control other relevant factors use this. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Focusing on inner sensations, images, and feelings. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| From this time period to this time period, psychology was defined as the scientific study of behaviorism. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Functions include some nonverbal learning, processing sensory input, and coordinating movement output and balance. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Human Intelligence may defined this way as to say "what an intelligence test measures." |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| In the autonomic nervous system, this division arouses. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| In the autonomic nervous system, this division calms. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Includes areas that receive information from the visual fields. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Influences and regulates growth. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Influences the pituitary gland. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Letting facts speak for themselves. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Located at The base of the brainstem |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neural clusters that influence aggression and fear. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neural system located below the cerebral hemispheres. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain ad spinal cord to the muscles and glands. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neuroscientist who repeatedly demonstrated the mechanics of motor behavior. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neurotransmitter best understood for its role in learning and memory. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neurotransmitter noted for producing runner's high. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate or control the situation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Perspective of psychology that deals with how much our genes and our environment influence our individual differences. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Portion of the cerebral cortex located at the back of the head. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Prespective of psychology that deals with emotions, memories, and sensory experiences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Prespective of psychology that deals with how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Prespective of psychology that deals with how the natural selection of traits promoted the survival of genes. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Prespective of psychology that deals with how we encode, process,store, and retrieve information. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Prespective of psychology that deals with how we learn observable responses. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Receives information and conducts it toward the cell body. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Refused a Doctrinal Psychology Degree at Harvard when she graduated top of her class, and was instead offered a degree from an equalivent school for females only. She refused this degree. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Releases epinephrine and norepinephrine in our moment of danger. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research Method that is not ethical to manipulate certain variables. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research Method that sometimes is not feasible. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research Method that's basic purpose is to observe and record behavior. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research Method whose basic purpose is to assess how well one variable predicts another. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research Method whose basic purpose is to explore cause and effect. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research method that does not have a specific cause and effect. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research method that has no control of variables and single cases may be misleading. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Research method whose basic purpose is to detect naturally occurring relationships. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Responsible for several autonomic survival functions. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Reward centers are stimulated by this neural structure. |
|
|
Term
| functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
|
Definition
| Scans that show brain function. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Scientific study that aims to slove practical problems. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Shared ideas and behaviors that one generation passes on to the next. |
|
|
Term
| Hindsight Bias ; Commonly referred to as the I-knew-it-all-along |
|
Definition
| Situation: If a psychologist comes in to one room and gives the wrong statistic to those people in the room then goes into the other room and gives them the correct statistic, generally those people will believe whatever he said as fact. This is because of... |
|
|
Term
| Sympathetic Nervous System |
|
Definition
| Situation: The cat is about to strike. It is because of this division of the autonomic nervous system has activated such stimulation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Situation: The idea that one's dreams can predict the future. |
|
|
Term
| Reward Deficiency Disorder |
|
Definition
| Situation: The rat has an implanted electrode inside of him, and he readily goes across the electrified grid in order to press a pedal to that sends shocks to that center. This disorder explains why. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Studied the atoms of the mind. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The "little brain" at the rear of the brain stem. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Nervous System's basic building blocks. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The ability for the brain to modify itself after some types of damages. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The area of the hemisphere which permits reading. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The area of the left hemisphere which permits speech. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The best way to get an accurate poll survey. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The birth of psychology came through this person(s) in Lipzeng, Germany. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The body's "slow" chemical communication system. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerves of the peripheral and central nervous systems. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The brain's neurons cluster into work groups called this. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The brain's sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The condition in which one part of the hemisphere had to be removed due to a brain disorder. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The consideration of the influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The cortex which permits pronouncing of words. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The experimental factor that is manipulated by this. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The fastest and simplest mental processes. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The first American Psychological Association's female president. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The formation of new neutrons. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The group that is not exposed to the treatment and is the independent variable. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The impaired use of language. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with conginition, which includes peception, thiking, memory, and language. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The last century's most influential observer(s) of children. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The longstanding controversary over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The neural system that is associated with emotions and drives. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The neuron's extension that passes messages through its branching terminal fibers that form junctions with other neurons, muscles, or glands. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The oldest part and central core of the brain. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The original philosopher who theorized about learning and memory. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The part of the brain that coordinates voluntary movement. |
|
|
Term
| John B Watson and Rosalie Rayner |
|
Definition
| The people who were best noted for studying behaviorism in the 1920s. |
|
|
Term
| James Old and Peter Milner |
|
Definition
| The pleasure center, now known as the reward center, was discovered by these neuropsychologist(s). |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The science of behavior of mental processes, as it is defined in today's terms. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes. |
|
|
Term
| Peripheral Nervous System |
|
Definition
| The sensory and motor neurons that connect the Central Nervous System to the rest of the body. |
|
|
Term
| Hindsight Bias ; Commonly referred to as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon |
|
Definition
| The tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The text book name for adrenaline. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The ultimate control and information-processing center. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The view that psychology should be objective science that studies behaviors without reference to mental processes. Today, scientists only agree with the part of objective science. |
|
|
Term
| Study ; Question ; Read ; Rehearse ; Review |
|
Definition
| The way to study psychology. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This division contracts the pupils. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This division dilates the pupils. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This is an artificial body replacement. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This is anything that the organism does. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This is linked to memory in the limbic system. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This is tissue destruction. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This lobe includes the auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear. |
|
|
Term
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan |
|
Definition
| This scan shows brain autonomy. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This would be a knee-jerk response. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Until this time period, psychology was defined as the study of mental processes. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Uses the emprical approach to debunk a variety of psychic phenomena. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the variable whose effect is being studied |
|
|
