psy 200 exam 1

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when was the first field of psychology established?

19th century, 1879

experimental method

A method of investigation used to demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships by purposely manipulating one factor thought to produce change in another factor.

Who is Wundt? What did he contribute?

Whilhem Wundt gets credit for being the founder of psychology, when in 1879 he established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig Germany

biological psychology

a branch of psychology that studies the links between biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes

What is perception?

an active process in which sensations are organized and interpreted to form an inner presentation of the world

occipital lobe

behind the temporal lobe and involved with vision

what is the prominent field of psychology?

clinical psychologist

temporal lobe

contains auditory area

What are kinship studies? why are they important to the topic nature and nurture

determines the role of nature and nurture

who is frued? what did he contribute?

founder of psychoanalysis witch is the thought that the individuals behavior, thoughts, feelings are determined by the unconscious

psychodynamic perspective

how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

research method - case study

information collected about individuals in small groups

ethics in research

informed consent protection from harm/discomfort maintain confidentiality debriefing

Correlation

investigates whether one observed behavior or trait is related to one another

cerebrum

largest structure of the brain

learning perspective

learning through repitition and reinforcement, intentional learning by observing others

research method- observation

naturalistic observation- record behavior of human participants or animal subjects in a a natural setting without attempting to control or influence it. laboratory observation- researchers have more control

what is meant by nature and nurture

nature is genes nurture is environment bridges the science of psychology and biology

what are the parts of the nervous system

nerve, central nervous system,peripheral nervous system

cerebral cortex

outer layer of the cerebrum 1/8 inches thick

sociocultural perspective

perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture. and socioeconomic status of behavior and mental processes are studied

parietal lobe

receives sensory input for touch and body position

Desensitization

reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus

what is meant by absolute threshold

refers to the weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can distinguish from no stimulus at all 50 %of the time

What is sensory adaptation?

sensory process of adjustment

humanisitc

stress the importance of subjective experience

research method- the survey

studies individuals who cannot be observed in the nature setting or studied scientificly

frontal lobe

tells the body to move

What is a neuron?

the nerve cells of the body the metaphoric tree

What is psychology?

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

What is sensation?

the stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system

evolutionary psychology

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection. study how humans have adapted behaviors necessary for survival uses course of evolution

cognitive

ventures into the realm of mental processes to understand human nature and study those things we refer to as the mind

What is the scientific method?

Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas

How do we study the brain?

Typically by remembering action potential, or the electrical change from ion exchange.


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