Intro to Psych
Psychology is
what is scientific study of the mind and behavior?
type of study that typically an extreme case or unique psychological circumstance
What is a case/clinical study?
the space between two neurons
awareness of internal and external stimuli such as feelings of hunger and pain or detection of light.
what is consciousness?
process by which our sensory organs receive and detect stimuli.
what is sensation?
psychologists focus on the function of behavior and focused on how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment.
What are Functionalist Psychologists?
a hypothesis need to be capable of being shown to be incorrect, this is called
What is falsifiability?
an electrical signal
what is action potential?
morning person vs night person, what is this called
what is a chronotype?
Converting sensory stimuli into electrical & chemical signals for your brain
what is transduction?
This psychologist is known for proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior
Who is Abraham Moslow?
this type of study Compares multiple segments of a population at a single time (such as different age groups).
what is a cross-sectional study?
bundle of neurons that allows communication between the brain and the peripheral nervous system.
what is the spinal cord?
Non-REM
Light Sleep
Alpha Waves
This sleep stage is ___
what is stage 1?
taking basic info about sensory stimuli and processing it for further interpretation.
what is bottom-up processing ?
is the scientific study of development, changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, social behavior, and other psychological attributes.
What is Developmental Psychology?
in a correlational study it was found that, the amount of sleep decreases as the feelings of tiredness increase, this is a ___ correlation
what is a negative correlation?
hick band of nerve fibers that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
what is the Corpus Callosum?
Drugs that slow bodily functions.
what are depressants?
minimum amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 50% of the time.
what is absolute threshold ?
this field focuses on how we interact with and relate to others. These psychologists have also sought to determine how being among other people changes our own behavior and patterns of thinking.
What is Social Psychology?
experiment in which both the researchers and the participants are blind to group assignments.
what is a double blind study?
The ________ nervous system is responsible for responses such as pupil dilation, increased heart rate, and increased respiration.
what is the sympathetic nervous system?
Rapid eye movement (REM)
Dreaming
Body Paralysis
What is REM Sleep?
detect color and details; best during the day.
what are cones?