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Define psychology |
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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Science |
Use of systematic methods to observe the natural world |
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Behavior |
Things we do that can be directly observed |
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Mental processes |
Thoughts, feelings and motives |
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Wilhelm Wundt |
Structuralism-1st psychologist-labratory |
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Structuralism |
Elements of structure |
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William James |
Functionalism-first US corse of psych |
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Functionalism |
Organisms adapt of fall into catagories |
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Stream of conciousness |
Mind is flexable and fluid due to constant change in response to info |
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Introspection |
"Looking inside" sensation perception, memory attention emotion, thinking |
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Charles Darwin |
Darwinism natural selection- survival of the fittest |
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Biological approch |
Scientific study of the structure, function and development. How brain creates thoughts feelings motives conciousness memories |
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Behavioral approach |
Emphasis on observable behavior and their environment detrament |
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Psychoanalysis |
Decoding unconscious conflict memories oreans thoughts and feelings |
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Humanistic approach |
Empasizes a person's positive qualities the capacity for positive growth freedom to choose ones destiny |
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Cognitive approch |
Mental processes involved in knowing how we direct attention, precieve remember think and solve problems |
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Evolutionary approach |
Empasizes ideas such as adaptations, perception and natural selection, explanation of human behaviors |
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Social cultural approach |
Influences of social and cultural environment on behavior |
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Scientific method |
Makes psychology a science |
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Theory |
Thought or idea of how to do something |
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Hypothesis |
If I do this then this will happen |
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Descriptive research |
Intended to describe some phenomanon Observational surveys interviews and case studies |
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Correlation research |
Research that examines the relationship between variables ex positive, zero, negitive correlations third variable problem |
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Afferent nerves |
Carry info about external inviroment |
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Efferent nerves |
Cary info out to the brain and spinal cord to other areas in the body |
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Correlation is not |
Causation |
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Experamental research |
Regulated procedures that manipulates one or more variable, random assignment, independent variables, dependent variables |
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Independent variable |
Manipulated (drug or placebo) |
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Dependent variable |
Outcome that is measured |
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Cns |
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Pns |
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Neurons |
Cells that handle info |
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Glial cells |
Provide support facilitates the production of myelin sheath |
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Cell body |
Where the nucleus is |
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Dendrites |
Extentions of the cell body that tansport info |
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Axons |
The middle part that transports info |
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Myelin sheath |
Where action potential takes place |
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Terminal buttons |
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Resting potential |
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Action potential |
Brief wave of positive electrical charge that sweeps down the axon |
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All or nothing principal |
Flight or fight response |
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Synapse |
Where neurotransmitters get transmitted to other neurons |
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Acetylcholine |
Stimulates the firing of effect neurons carying message from cns |
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Gaba |
Most prevalent inhibitors associated with anxiety and epilepsy with low levels of Gaba |
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Hindbrain |
Medulla cerebellum pons brainstem |
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Midbrain |
Reticular formation |
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Forebrain |
Cerebral cortex limbic system amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, basil ganglia hypothalamus |
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Bocas area |
Processes speech |
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Wernick's area |
Processes language |
