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5 Goals of Psychology |
observe, describe, explain, predict, control |
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Psychiatry specialty area: |
hospitals..theories about behaviors and mental processes |
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Clinical specialty area: |
Evaluate psychological issues through tests to identify problems in workplaces (prisons, hospitals, and colleges) |
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School specialty area: |
Identify problems by talking to parents, students, and teachers |
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Wundt |
Father of modern psychology---structuralism |
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James |
Functionalism |
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Watson |
Radical man, behaviorism |
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Freud |
Unconscious-mind: motivators are sex and aggression |
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Maslow |
Created hierarchy of needs-self actualization |
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Structuralism is known as: |
How to figure out underlying thoughts and feelings |
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Behaviorism is known as: |
Focuses only on observable behavior |
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Functionalism is known as: |
Understanding mental processes by understanding the purpose |
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Temporal lobe: |
Responsible for hearing, memory, and meaning of language |
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Parietal lobe: |
Processes the 5 senses and pressure and temperature |
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Occipital lobe: |
Brain's ability to recognize objects and use vision |
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Frontal lobe: |
Emotions, reasoning, decisions and planning |
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Nucleus |
Contains DNA |
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Dendrites |
Receive chemical messages |
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Soma |
Produces energy and chemicals |
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Myelin |
Speeds up signals |
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Axon |
Transmits electric signals |
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Axon terminals |
Stores and releases chemicals |
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Thyroid gland: |
Affects metabolism |
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Adrenal gland: |
Resistant to stress and increases muscle development |
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Pituitary gland: |
Regulates growth and produces growth hormones with oxytocin |
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Testes and ovaries: |
Male and female sex hormones |
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What are altered states of consciousness? |
Any state differing from normal waking state. |
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What are examples of altered states? |
Sleep, dreams, alcohol, daydreams, and drugs |
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Meditation: |
Narrowing of consciousness |
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Hypnosis: |
Highly responsive to direction under altered states |
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Drug induced states: |
Alcohol and drugs |
