Nervous System
Branch of the nervous system associated with Decreased alertness, constricted pupils, decreased heart rate, stimulate digestion, decrease muscle tone, slow and deep breathing.
What is Parasympathtic?
The approach is interested in studying thinking, motivations, memory, attention.
What is cognitive psychology?
This neurotransmitter is associated with pleasure and rewards.
What is Dopamine?
A specific and testable prediction derived from a theory. Must be able to prove falsifiable.
What is a hypothesis?
The idea that we all become who we become because of experiences.
What is empiricism? (nurture is acceptable too)
Branch of the nervous system associated with Fight or Flight
What is sympathetic?
The approach is interested in studying the unconscious mind and how it might influence our behavior.
What is the psychodynamic approach?
This neurotransmitters play a role in transmitting pain signals to the brain.
What is Substance P?
A developmental psychologist is interested in how children develop problem-solving skills. She follows a single child from age 4 to 18, documenting their progress with detailed notes, interviews, and standardized tests each year.
What is case study?
The idea of examining one's own conscious thoughts and emotions.
What is introspection?
Branch of the peripheral nervous system that includes voluntary movement and actions
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
The approach has a more "positive" approach in the sense that it believes that we are all capable of reaching fulfillment.
What is the humanistic approach?
This stimulant is used to increase wakefulness and enhance cognitive performance. It works by increasing the concentration of dopamine in brain synapses
What is Amphetamine (Adderal)?
What does the p value indicate in this scenario? Researchers want to investigate if the amount of sleep a person gets affects their short term memory. After the experiment, the p value is .04
What is statistically significant; given that the p-value is below 0.05. This means that the results are NOT likely due to chance.
The concept that behavioral psychologists use to describe the process of associated learning.
What is conditioning?
The rapid automatic neural pathway that controls involuntary actions; allows the body to react instantly to a stimulus without conscious brain processing.
What is the reflex arc?
The approach focuses entirely on consequences, such as rewards and punishments, in order to mold people.
What is the behavioral approach?
This class of psychoactive drug works to reduce GABA (which works to reduce Dopamine), THUS so much dopamine is released, one feels euphoric! There are legal prescribed forms as well as illegal forms.
What are Opiods?
Researchers take notes for 2 weeks on what they see occurring on two separate playgrounds. They compare the amounts of friendly behavior with the presence of an adult to the amounts of friendly behavior without the presence of an adult to see if there is a relationship. What type of research method is this?
What is correlational research?
The concept that all parts of our minds serve a purpose. W. James popularized this concept and it became the early root for evolutionary psychology.
What is functionalism?
Describe what the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system do before a game and after the game
Responses vary
The approach is based on Charles Darwin's theories. Survival of the fittest, adaptation, and mating.
What is evolutionary psychology?
This Neurotranmitter calms and relaxes peple. It increases sleppiness and decreases anxiety. Our body naturally produces it, but it is also availble to buy.
Too Much = functions imapired and overly sleepy
Too little = anxious and insomnia
What is GABA?
What are the 6 Ethical Guidelines considered in an AAQ.
What are IRB, informed consent, informed assent, confidentiality, protection from harm, and debriefing?
The three parts and basic functions of the conscious and unconscious mind that Freud introduced.
What is the id, ego, and superego? The id is the impulsive component (our immediate wants). The ego is the mediator between the id and the superego, and it helps us make proper decisions. The superego is the moral component.