Basics of Psychology
The scientific study of how people think, act, read, and interact
Psychology
Structure is most associated with forming new memories
Hippocampus
Founded the study of Structuralism ( study of the mind’s structure)
Edward Bradford Titchene
The variable that is manipulated in an experiment
Independent Variable
What principle explains why a neuron either fires completely or not at all?
All-or-none response
Scientific attitude components
Curiosity, skepticism and humility
This portion of the brain helps with decision making
Frontal Lobe
Studied anti-Black prejudice and whose research helped desegregate U.S. schools?
Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark
When every member of a population has an equal chance of being selected
Random sample
Tiny gap between neurons allows them to communicate
Synapse
Critical thinking
Thinking that examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions
Part of the brain is located by the brainstem and two key functions are arousal and consciousness?
The reticular formation
Animal behavior researcher and first woman to get a PhD in psychology.
Margret Floy Washburn
The tendency to believe that you knew something all along after learning the outcome
Hindsight Bias or Armchair Quarterbacking
Chemical messengers cross the synapse to transmit signals between neurons
Neurotransmitters
Psychologist with first lab
Wilhelm Wundt
Portion of the brain that is located around the crown of the head and interprets and sorts information from the senses?
Parietal lobe
Founded the study of Functionalism
William James
double blind procedure
Both participants and researcher don't know which condition a group is part of
Norepinephrine plays a major role in what response
Fight-or-flight response (arousal/alertness)
4 main aspects of APA code of ethics
Informed consent, Protection from harm/discomfort, Confidentiality, Debrief
3 structures make up the brainstem
The medulla, pons and midbrain
Developed theories of personality that focused on the unconscious mind and founded a therapy called Psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud
What percent of the data should be inside 1 standard deviation in a normal curve
68%
Long, cable-like structure carries electrical impulses away from the cell body
Axon