What Is...
What It Is, cont'd
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Da Brain
More Brains
100
Study of behavior and mental processes
What is Psychology
100
Thinking that is logical, supported by scientific theory and observations, challenging conventional wisdom, popular beliefs.
What is Critical Thinking
100
brain, genetics, neuroscience
What is Biological Perspective
100
Brain and Spinal Cord
What is Central Nervous System
100
where the two sides compete rather than work together
What is Split Brain
200
state the cause; why does it occur
What is Understand
200
a form of critical thinking based on careful measurement, without bias, controlled and repeatable, consisting of:
What is Scientific Method
200
role culture plays
What is Sociocultural Perspective
200
controlling voluntary muscles….
What is Somatic Nervous System
200
responsible for complex behaviors, reason, planning, remembering, imagining.
What is Prefrontal Cortex
300
name and classify; what is the nature of behavior
What is Describe
300
view systems as a whole (basis of family therapy)
What is Gestalt Therapy
300
Medical doctor treats mental illness
What is Psychiatrist
300
controlling involuntary muscles…
What is Autonomic Nervous System
300
(hindbrain); handles critical life functions
What is Brainstem
400
forecast accurately; when will it occur
What is Predict
400
Sigmund Freud, subconscious mind
What is Psychoanalytic Psychology
400
epicenter, ground zero for all mental, physical and psychological processes
What is the Brain
400
insulates neurons
What is Myelin
400
controls movement, speech, (affected by alcohol consumption)
What is Cerebellum
500
alter conditions which affect behavior
What is Control
500
Abraham Maslow, determinism, idealism
What is Humanistic Personality
500
the brain ability to be altered by experience (and substances)
What is (Neuro) Plasticity
500
chemicals released by neurons that carry information:
What is Neurotransmitter
500
relays motor messages, influences sleep and dreaming, facial movement
What is Pons
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