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eric pysch
pyschology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Psychology | The science of behavior and cognitive processes. |
| Describe Structuralism | Eraly view of Psychology suggesting the field should focus on identifing the basic structures of the humabn mind. |
| Describe Behaviorism | The view that only observable overt activities that can be measured scientifically should be studied by psychology. |
| Three major themes of Psychology | 1. Stability vs. Change 2. Nature vs Nurture 3. Rationality vs. Irrationality |
| What are the 7 major perspectives in modern Psychology? | 1. Behavioral 2.Cognitive 3. Biological 4. Evolutionary 5. Developmental 6. Psycodynamic 7. Cultural/multi cultural/social |
| Define Evolutionary Psychology | A new branch of psychology that because of evolution humans pocess a number of evolved psychological mechanisms that help or once help us deal with important problems relating to survial. |
| Descibe David Buss research on jealousy? | Emotional cheatimg is more upseting to women. Sexual cheating is more upseting to men. |
| Explain Multi Cultural Perspective | A prespective that clearly recognizes the potential importance of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic status, relgious orientation and many other social and cultural dimensions. |
| Steps of scientific methods | accuracy / objectivity / sceptisim / open mindedness |
| Define confermation bias | The tendency to notice and remember primarily information that lends support to our views. |
| Define Critical Thinking | Thinking that is purposeful, reasoned and goal directed. |
| Describe Systematic Observation | A basic method of sceince in which the natural world of various events or processes in it are observed and measured in a very careful manor. |
| Decribe Case Method | A method of research in which detailed information about individuals is used to develop general principles about behavior. |
| Define Natualistic Observation | A research method whefre behavior is studied in the setting where it usually occurs. It is useful mainly for formulating new ideas about some form of behavior. |
| Survey Methods | A research method in which large numbers of people answers question about aspects of their views or behavior. |
| correlational research method | A method in wich researchers attempt to determine whether and to what extent differtent variables are related to each other |
| strong vs weak correlatations is defined as | The occurance of correlations between variables allow us to meake such predictions...In fact the stronger such correlations are, the more accurate the predictions that can be made. |
| what is hypothesis | A testable prediction dirived from a theory |
| what is a (IV) Independant Variable | its whats going to change in your study.....How one studies (silent) (music) (or TV on) |
| what is (DV) Dependant variable | what you are measuring....ex..quiz score, exam score |
| define random assignment of participants | Assuring that all research participants have and equal chance of being exposed to each level of the independent variable (that is being assigned to each experimental condition) |
| what are confounding vairables | Variables that you didnt control for that interfered |
| what is a double blind study | participants doesnt know wich group they are in and does not know the experimentor |
| what is median | the measure of central tendency is the data point with 50% of all observations (score) above it and 50% below |
| what is mode | The measure of central tendency that is the most frequently observed data point |
| what is mean | calculated by dividing the sums of cores by the total number of sucess /average measure of central |
| Name two types of Neurons? | Sensory and Motor |
| How neurons does a human brain contain? | ??????? |
| Main parts of a neuron? | Cell body, axon and dendrite |
| Define Neurotransmitters | Chemical released by neurons that carry information across the synapse. |
| Parts of the Central Nervous System (CNS) | Brain and spinal cord. |
| Peripheral Nervious System (PNS) | The portion of the nervious system that connects enternal organs and glands as well as voluntary and involuntry muscles to the Central Nevious System. |
| Define Autonomic Nervious System | Part of the Periphial nervious system that connect connets enternal organs and glands and involuntray muscles to the central nervious system. |
| What does the somatic Nervious System do? | The portion of the Nervious system that connects the brain and spinal cord to voluntray muscles. |
| Sympathetic Nervious System | The portion of the autonomic Nervious system that readys the body for expenditure of energy (Fight or flight) |
| Parasympathetic Nervious System. | {Portion of the autonomic nervious sytem that readys the body for restoration of energy (rest and digest) |
| Endocrine System | The system for comminucation within our bodies. It consist of serval glands that scerete hormones directly into the blood stream. |
| Hormones | Substance screted by endocrine gland that regulate a wide rang of bodily processes. |
| Pituitary Gland | Edocrine gland that releases hormones to regulate other glands and several basic biological processes. |
| Phineas Gage | First person studied with a brain injury. |
| Describe the three layers on the brain. | Brain stem and Cerebellum, Limic System and Cerebrum. |
| Define Medulla | A structure in the brain conerned with the regulation of vital bodily functions - example: Breathing and heart beat. |
| Cerebellum | A part of the brain concerned with the regulation of basic motor functions. |
| Thalmus | Stucture deep within the brain that receive sensory input form other portions of the nervious system and transmits the information to the Cereberal hemosphere and other parts of the brain. |
| hypothamlus | small structure deep with the brain that plays a key role in the regulation of the autonomic nervious system and of serval forms of motivated behavior such as eating and aggression. |
| Amygdala | limbic system structure involved in aspects of emotional control and formation of emotional memories. |
| Cerebral Hemosphere | Two walnut shaped halfs of the cerebrum connected by the corpose callousum. |
| Frontal Lobe | Has memory centers, controls some movement/judgement, descision making and personality. |
| Parietal Lobe | interputs sensory information / touch contains motor cneter |
| Occipital Lobe | Visual |
| Temporal Lobes | hearing is processed / some language |
| Cerebral Dominance | Tendency of each brain hemosphere to excert control over different functions.. |
| plasticity | how your brain changes when you learn something or when you have an injury |
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ericmlee
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