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Came up with the Hierarchy of needs and idea of self-actualization
Abraham Maslow
Emphasizes behavior is determined by past experiences that are in the subconscious mind
Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic
Describe Nature v Nurture
Genetics v environment
Contains the brain and the spine
Central Nervous System
responsible to vision in low light levels (black and white vision)
Rods
association between 2 stimuli that results in a learned response
classical conditioning
being able to access the information without being cued
recall
Pyramid of things that must be met before a human can be all that they can be
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
conducted by John Watson. Displayed generalization in fear responses
Little Albert experiment
Classical Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
Focuses on society and culture in terms of behavior
Sociocultural
Variable that is being manipulated
Independent variable
Fear center of the brain
amygdala
process of converting physical energy into electrical signals
transduction
learning through rewards and punishments
identifying information after being prompted
recognition
behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame, or praise
extrinsic motivation
Harry Harlow's experiment on monkeys demonstrated ________________________.
importance of contact and comfort
Father of psychoanalysis; id, ego, superego
Sigmund Frued
Humanistic
Variable that is a factor other than the factor being studied that might influence the study's results
Confounding variables
Made up of the dendrites, somas, myelin sheath, axons, and axon terminals
Neurons
ability to focus on a particular sound while filtering others out
Cocktail party effect
adding something good which increases the behavior
positive reinforcement
process of putting information into the memory system
proposed by Freud; ego uses these to protect itself by reducing anxiety
Defense mechanisms
Purpose of the skinner box
continuous vs fixed reinforcement; rewards vs punishments
Psychosocial development stages
Erik Erikson
Focuses on internal processes of the mind
Cognitive
Seems to be a real medical treatment but isn't
Placebo Effect
chemical messages
neurotransmitters
Gate control theory
conditioned response decreases or disappears (no longer paired with the stimulus)
extinction
process of taking pieces of information and grouping them into larger units.
chunking
theory that facial expressions are connected to experiencing emotions
facial feedback hypothesis
Describe the Asch Conformity Study
Investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform
Father of modern psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Combines approaches that focus both on genetics and environment
Biopsychosocial
When neither the researcher or participants know who received the treatment or placebo
Double Blind Procedure
24 hour body cycle; body's internal clock
Circadian Rhythm
Our human ability to sense movement
kinesthesia
Timing of how often a desired response will be reinforced
schedules of reinforcement
auditory memory
echoic memory
Part of the human personality that is made up of all biological urges ; seeks out immediate pleasure
Id
Describe the Milgram experiment
The study found that a big majority of the participants were willing to obey an authority figure even when they were being instructed to do something that they believed was morally wrong