Scientific Foundations
This psychologist is known as the “father of psychology.”
Wilhelm Wundt
These parts of a neuron receive messages
Dendrites
The smallest amount of a stimulus you can detect
Absolute threshold
The system that briefly holds information you are using
Working memory
Learning by connecting two stimuli together
Classical conditioning
This approach focuses on what people do, not what they think
Behaviorism
This part of the brain helps breathing and your heartbeat
Medulla
This sense helps you keep your balance
Vestibular sense
Memory of facts and knowledge
Semantic memory
Learning through rewards and punishments
Operant conditioning
This type of study looks at behavior in a real-life setting
Naturalistic observation
This brain lobe helps you see
This is how we organize and interpret what we sense
Perception
Memory of personal experiences
Episodic memory
The person who is known for studying dogs and salivation
Ivan Pavlov
This is when participants agree to be in a study after knowing the risks
This chemical in the brain affects mood and happiness
Serotonin
This principle says we group things that are close together
Proximity
Retrieval
A reward that increases a behavior
Reinforcement
This type of research shows a cause-and-effect relationship
What is an experiment
This system gets your body ready for an action (fight or flight)
Sympathetic nervous system
Closure
A mental shortcut that helps you make quick decisions
Heuristic
Learning by watching others
Observational learning