Chapter 1
Systematically evaluating information to reach conclusions supported by evidence.
What is critical thinking?
Fatty material covering surfaces.
What is myelin sheath?
Psychoactive drugs reduce pain
What are opioids?
Groupings of taste buds
What are papillae?
The variable measured
What is the DV?
Believes conscious experience can be broken down into basic underlying parts.
What is structuralism?
Way neurons communicate.
What are action potentials?
90% of dreams found here
What is REM sleep?
Detect light waves & assc.w/ color vision
What are cones?
What are descriptive methods?
Father of Psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Lobe of brain associated with hearing
What is temporal lobe?
Most common altered state of consciousness
What is sleep?
Three cones responsible for color.
Chemical substances carrying signals.
What are neurotransmitters?
Focus on function of behavior
What is functionalism?
Chemical substances released from endocrine glands.
What are hormones?
K-complexes and sleep spindles found
What is stage 2 sleep?
Brain structure processing smell information
What is the olfactory bulb?
Tests causal hypotheses
What is Experimental method?
The variable manipulated
What is the IV?
Brain changing through experience
What is plasticity?
Stage 3 & 4 sleep
What is slow-wave sleep?
Smallest amount of sensory stimulation required
What is absolute threshold?
What is correlational method?