(Early) School of Thought
Emphasized the ways our unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect behavior
Psychoanalytic (Freudian)
Testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Hypothesis
This structure sends a signal away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Axon
Receives signals & conducts impulses toward the cell body
Dendrite
True or False:
The Central Nervous System is the body’s decision maker
Focused on growth potential, needs for love & acceptance, and the environment
Humanistic
True or False:
A positive correlation is one that indicates a direct relationship
True
The junction between the axon tip (send neuron) and the dendrite (receiving neuron)
Synapse or Synaptic gap
Brief period of time when the neuron cannot fire again
Refractory period
What are the two components of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
This school of thought used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Structuralism
An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant to whether or not the participants have received the treatment or a placebo.
Double-blind Procedure
Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons
Neurotransmitters
dendrites/axons:
_____ listens; _____ speaks
Dendrites listen, axons speak
When triggered, your heartbeat will accelerate, blood pressure will raise, start to sweat to cool you down; making you alert and ready for action
Sympathetic Nervous System
Believed psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Behaviorism
Term used in research, anything that can vary and is feasible and ethical to measure
Variable
Layer of fatty tissues that encase the axons of some neurons; enables transmission speed
Myelin Sheath
Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons; also play a role in learning, thinking, and memory
Glial Cells
Calms the body & conserves energy; allows routine maintenance activity and controls involuntary muscles and glands
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Explored how mental and behavioral processes enable organisms to adapt, survive, and flourish
Functionalism
The process of testing ideas about the world; a self-correcting process for asking questions & observing nature’s answers
Scientific Method
A brief electrical charge that travels down its axon; a neural impulse
Action Potential
“Morphine within”; natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control & pleasure
Endorphins
The autonomic nervous system controls internal functions such as heart rate & glandular activity. The word autonomic means _______.
Self-regulating