Types of Psych
These psychologists argued that a true and objective science of psychology should only deal with observable events: stimuli from the environment and the organism’s response to that stimuli.
Behaviorists
He was a behaviorist,
Used experimentation on rats with food/rewards
B.F. Skinner
A statement predicting the outcome of a scientific study or describing the relationship among variables is called this
The Hypothesis
Center of nerve functions, relaying messages from the central nervous system
Brain Stem
A horse who was thought could do math
Clever Hans
This type of psychology looked at how the brain works by studying perception and perceptual thinking
Gestalt Psychology
American Psychologist to first argue that a true and objective science of psychology should only deal with observable events: stimuli from the environment and the organism’s response to that stimuli.
*Founder of Behaviorism
John B. Watson
This is the stimulus or cause of an experiment
Dependent Variable
Located behind the forehead
Frontal Lobe
Psychology that practices careful observation and scientifically based research
Empirical Approach
A false or fake type of psychology, like palm reading or astrology
Pseudo Psychology
Within the biological view is the theory of evolutionary psychology. This theory arises from the ideas of this man
Charles Darwin
This is the response or effect of an experiment
Independent variable
Processes and receives auditory information
Temporal Lobe
This is also known as the “I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon"
Hindsight Bias
emphasizes changes that occur across our lifespan.
This is the question of nature vs. nurture. What has a bigger impact on us, heredity or environment
Developmental
This person invented Psychoanalysis, declaring that our minds were made up of the Id, Ego, and Superego
Sigmund Freud
The description of how the concepts are to be measured, Who is being measured, and what procedures are being used is called this
Operational Definition
Damage to this part of the brain would result in loss of vision
Occipital Lobe
Taking individual parts and making them a whole (e.g., unified shape, object or creature) is known as what type of psychology
Structuralism
This type of psychology states that behavior comes from unconscious drives, conflicts and experience that we may not even have a memory of.
Psychoanalysis
He was the first person to declare themselves a Psychologist
William Wundt
A variable that will have an unwanted influence on the results of an experiment
Confounding Variable
Helps judge time and regulate our emotions
Cerebellum
Center of Alligator aggression, because they have all them teeth but no toothbrush
Medulla Oblongata