Psychology Perspectives
Psychological Definitions
Psychologists and Experiment Procedures
The Brain
The Body
100
the perspective that is interested in the influence of the nervous system, hormones, and genetics
What is biological?
100
a controlled setting (lab or room) that studies the effect of variables
What is an experiment?
100
Psychologist that established the first psychology laboratory, father of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
100
hemisphere of brain that controls spatial behavior and artistic efforts
What is right hemisphere?
100
a nerve cell
What are neurons?
200
perspective that supports the idea of an individual's potential for personal growth and responsibility
What is humanistic?
200
a prediction or statement of likelihood that a certain event will occur or that a relationship will be found between variables
What is a hypothesis?
200
research method that studies a topic in great detail
What is a case study?
200
area of left hemisphere of brain that controls speech muscles
What is Broca's area?
200
chemical messages that cross over to the next nerve cell
What are neurotransmitters?
300
perspective founded by Watson that is more scientific and studies behavior without reference to mental processes
What is behaviorism?
300
a medical doctor that can treat patients with prescription drugs for abnormal physical or neurological behavior
What is a psychologist?
300
procedure used when neither participants nor researchers who work directly with the participants know which group is receiving which treatment
What is double blind?
300
lobe of brain that controls hearing or auditory processing
What is temporal lobe?
300
located at the end of a nerve cell and receive messages from other nerve cells
What are dendrites?
400
perspective that focuses on processing, storing, and retrieving information
What is cognitive?
400
science that scientifically studies behavior and mental processes
What is psychology?
400
tendency for any bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present
What is the bystander effect?
400
the brain and spinal chord
What is central nervous system?
400
nervous system including all the nerve cells that send and receive messages from all parts of the body to central nervous system
What is the peripheral nervous system?
500
perspective associated with Freud and emphasizes importance of unconscious motives and internal/childhood conflicts
What is psychoanalysis?
500
in an experiment when a researcher studies the impact of variables on this group
What is the experimental group?
500
psychologist who did the famous "shock" experiment to test a person's obedience
Who is Stanley Milgrim?
500
lobe of brain that receives and processes messages from skin senses; warmth, cold, touch, pain
What is the parietal lobe?
500
the gap between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite of the receiving neuron
What is the synapse?
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