Chapter 1
The father of psychology. He was the one who developed structuralism.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
This is a testable prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
These alleles are always expressed if they are present.
What are dominant alleles?
This is the activation of sensory neurons in various sense organs.
What is Sensation?
The psychological theory that focuses on the unconscious and dominated clinical psychology for decades.
What is the psychodynamic theory?
The study that involves watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment.
What is naturalistic observation?
This part of the neuron receives the messages from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
The absolute threshold for vision.
What is a candle flame 30 miles away?
This type of psychology focuses on physical and mental attributes throughout life.
What is the Developmental Psychology?
This is a a series of questions to which
participants respond about the topic under
study
What is a survey?
This neurotransmitter has been linked to psychosis and Parkinson's disease and is related to mood, sleep as well as learning.
What is dopamine?
This sensory neuron allows us to see in color.
What are cones?
This person developed the hierarchy of needs and is a founder of Humanism.
Who was Abraham Maslow?
This is the phenomenon in which the
expectations of the participants in a study can
influence their behavior
What is the placebo affect?
This part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response.
What is the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system (sympathetic nervous system)?
These are the 5 confirmed basic tastes.
What are sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami?
This theory focused on how the mind allows people to “function” in the real world—how people work, play, and adapt to their surroundings.
What is functionalism?
This study did not follow ethical guidelines as the people involved were not informed they tested positive for syphilis and when the cure was found they were not administered the cure.
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
This person was was involved in a railroad
construction accident during which time an iron rod
penetrated his skull.
Who was Phineas Gage?
This principle states that we are more likely to perceive continuous, smooth flowing lines rather than jagged, broken lines.
What is the gestalt principle of continuity?