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| "Father of Child Psychology" |
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-"Father of Modern Psychology" First person to treat psychological problems |
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| Who said "We behave the way that gets us attention" |
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What are 7 unifying themes of psychology |
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1-Psychology is empirical. 2-Psychology is theoritically diverse. 3-Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. 4-behavior is determined by multiple causes. 5-behavior is shaped by our cultural heritage. 6-heridity + environment jointly influence behavior. 7- our experience of the world is highly subjective. |
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| The science of behavior and mental processes |
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| tentative statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables. |
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| system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations. |
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| 2 variables taht are related to eachother |
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| Assumptions must be supported with evidence |
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Define SQ3R Who came up with it? |
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a study system designed to promote effective reading by means of five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review. Robinson (1970) |
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| The cell body of a neuron; it contains the nucleus and much of the chemical machinery common to most cells. |
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| Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information. |
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| A long, thin fiber that transmits signals away from the neuron cell body to other neurons, or to muscles or glands. |
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| Individiual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate, and transmit information |
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Insulating material derived from glial cells, that encases some axons of nuerons. Side note: anything cut off or damage that has myelin on it can grow back |
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| a junction where information is transfered from one nueron to the next. |
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| Chemicals that transfer information from one nueron to another. |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| All those nerves that reside outside the brain and spinal cord |
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| the system of nerves that connect to voluntary skeletal muscles and to sensory receptors. |
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| The system of nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles, and glands. |
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There are two divisions of the ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) What are they? |
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Sympathetic - mobilizes bodily resources in times of need. and the Parasympathetic - conserves bodily resources. EXAMPLE: increased heart rate = sympathetic decreased heart rate = parasympathetic |
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| Central Nervous System (CNS) |
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| Consists of the brain and the spinal cord. |
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| The Hind brain and mid brain control- |
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| breathing, sleep/arousal, coordination, movement, balance, and is connected to the spinal cord. |
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| hunger and thirst, emotion and aggression, sensing, thinking, learning, conciousness and volutary movement. |
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| There are 4 lobes of the brain... name them. |
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1. Parietal lobe 2. Frontal Lobe 3. Occipital lobe 4. Temporal lobe. |
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| an area concerned with bodily sensations |
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| contains the main visual centers of the brain. (sight) |
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| the sensory center of hearing in the brain. |
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| [image]These are the location of each of the lobes |
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| responsible for the control of skilled motor activity, including speech. Mood and the ability to think are also controlled here. |
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| connects the two sides of the brain. |
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| Trichromat is someone who can |
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| Dichromat is someone who can |
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| see only two colors: Red & Green, or Blue & Yellow |
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| Monochromat is someone who can see |
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| an attempt to map the human gene. If we can find the gene for hair, and for certain diseases, we can cure anything. |
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| stimulation of sense organs |
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| selection, organization and interpretation of sensation. |
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| For what is wilhelm wundt primarily known? |
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| The establishment of the first formal laboratory for research in psychology. |
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| Leta Hollingworth is noted for: |
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| Collecting objective data on gender differences in behavior. |
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| Theories permit researches to move from: |
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| description to understanding |
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| In an experiment, a condition or event that an experimenter varies in order to see its impoct on another variable. |
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| in an experiment, the variable is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable. |
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| Personal stories about specific incidents and experiences. |
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| an in-depth investigation of an individual subject. |
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| subjects in a study who do not receive the special treatment given to the experimental group. |
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