Brain
Which language center is responsible for speech production? Which is responsible for language comprehension?
1. Broca's area
2. Wernicke's area
First psych lab: When, Where, Who?
1879
Leitzig, Germany
Wilhelm Wundt
Place where neurons meet to transmit information
Synapse
This research method gathers data to describe behaviors and processes
Descriptive research
Who developed the psychoanalytic perspective of psychology?
What did it emphasize?
1. Sigmund Freud
2. Unconscious behavior and effects of childhood
This bundle of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
The first psychologists used this method to study patients
Introspection (metacognition)
Synaptic vesicles store:
Neurotransmitters
Research can be conducted in a ____ or ____ setting
Naturalistic or laboratory
___ notes are more effective at engaging in active learning
Handwritten
This side of the brain specializes in language and logic.
This side of the brain specializes in reading emotions and spatial awareness
1. Left side
2. Right side
Who was the first woman to qualify for a PhD in psychology? Who was the first woman to actually receive one?
2. Margaret Floy Washburn
The brain functions with _____ control (one side of brain controls opposite side of body)
Contralateral
The correlation coefficient (between -1 and 1) describes the ____ of a relationship between variables
_____ samples are important in research to apply findings to the population
This part of the neuron receives new information
This part of the neuron sends out information
1. Dendrites
2. Axon
Name two psychologists of the 1920s. How did the field evolve during this time?
John Watson and B.F. Skinner. Psychology became a study of observable behavior/behaviorism
Under stress, the body uses which nervous system
Sympathetic
Positive correlations mean variables travel in ___ direction. Negative correlations mean variables travel in ___ direction.
1. Same
2. Opposite
This research method examines naturally occurring relationships
Correlational
Some axons are covered in this substance to speed up transmission
Myelin sheath
In the 1960s, psychology shifted focus to:
Cognitive and humanistic studies
Communication within a neuron
Communication between neurons
1. Electrical
2. Chemical
Experimental research uses manipulated variables to determine ____ relationships
Causal
This variable is manipulated by researcher
This variable is not manipulated
1. Independent
2. Dependent