History of Psychology
A researcher that is pretending to be a participant.
What is the definition of Confederate?
"This doesn't apply to me or my circle."
What is the "Not me" Fallacy?
A cell in the brain that transmits nerve impulses.
What is a neuron?
The input of the study, the variable the researcher is changing between groups.
What is the Independent Variable?
The top spinal cord to all regions of the brain.
What is the brain stem?
People who are motivated by their unconscious desires and conflicts.
Who experiences Psychoanalysis?
"The stars aren't right tonight."
What is an example of Apophenia?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Takes clear images of the brain
- Most sensitive type of imaging
What does MRI stand for and what do they do?
Reliability, Validity, Third variable problems, Correlation coefficient, Likest-type questions
What do researchers look for when conducting a study?
- Split (2016)
- Misery (1990)
- Goodwill Hunting (1997)
- Batman (2022)
What are some movies with Psychological approaches?
Focuses on the contents of the mind, the mental experience can be understood as a combination of events. Makes meaning through step by step processes, based on introspection.
What are the focuses of Structuralism and how is it learned?
Cognitive bias that prevents people from being aware of their own biases.
What is Blind Spot Bias?
Fibers that connect hemispheres and sends information to the appropriate lobe.
What is the Corpus Callosum and what is its purpose?
- A type of research that collects and analyzes numerical data, to describe characteristics and correlations, focused on quantity.
- A type of research that provides insight to problems, based on quality.
What is a Quantitive and Qualitative research designs?
What is something that began Psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt was a functionalist that opened the first Psychology lab in 1879 and was known as the "Father of Psychology".
Edward B. Titchener was a structuralist and a student of Wundt.
Sigmund Freud was a Behaviorist and was also known as the "Father of Modern Psychology".
Who were the top 3 men that impacted the early history of Psychology?
A mistaken belief in reasoning (faulty reasoning).
What is a Fallacy?
A Railroad foreman in Vermont.
Who was Phineas Gage?
1. Observe
2. Hypothesize
3. Collect data
4. Analyze
5. Communicate
What is the Scientific Method of Psychology and what is the order in which they should be preformed?
"Psychologists are all mind readers."
What is a fictional opinion about Psychology?
Biopsychology, clinical, cognitive, school, forensic, health, personality, social, developmental, Industrial Organizational (I.O.), counseling, and sports.
What are the 12 major fields of psychology?
Beliefs or practices mistakenly based in scientific thinking.
- Astrology, Buzzfeed quizzes, crystals, aroma therapy, palm readings, fortune telling
What is Pseudoscience and what are some examples of it?
Cerebral, Occipital, Parietal, Temporal, Frontal
What are the 5 lobes of the brain?
Pro: Ability to observe participants in their natural habitat. Con: Impossible to control for other variables.
Pro: A unique insight into a specific human condition. Con: Often unethical or impossible to replicate.
Pro: Establish relationships that may be previously unknown. Con: Cannot determine cause and effect.
Pro: Can determine cause and effect. Con: May not be able to control for Third variable.
What are the pros and cons of Naturalistic Observation, Case Study, Correlational Design, and Experimental Design?
- Observe and describe behavior
- Change behavior
- Explain behavior
- Predict behavior
- Address social problems
What are the 5 main reasons we should care about Psychology?