Schools of Psych
The scientific study of the mind and behavior
What is Psychology?
The set of assumptions, rules, and procedures scientist use to conduct research.
What is the scientific method?
Contain's the cell's nucleus and keeps the cell alive
What is the Soma (cell body)?
Provides humans with excellent memory, outstanding cognitive skills, and the ability to experience complex emotions.
Involuntary, nearly instantaneous movements in response to stimulus
A school of psychology whose goal was to identify the basic elements or "structures" of psychological experience.
What is Structuralism?
Depicts the current state of affairs, provides a detailed picture, inspires further research
Collects information from other cells & sends that information to the Soma
What are dendrites?
Coordinates voluntary movement, associated with balance and posture.
What is the Cerebellum?
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
A school of psychology whose goal was to understand why animals and humans have developed the particular psychological aspects that they currently possess.
What is functionalism?
Utilized to assess relationships among variables, allowing for predictions to be made.
Does NOT allow cause-and-effect conclusions.
What is Correlational research?
Transmits information away from the cell body, toward other neurons or muscles and glands
Axon
Filters sensory information from spinal cord, relays information to cortex
What is the Thalamus?
Calms the body, slows heart rate and respiration, allows the body to recover from action
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous System?
A field of psychology that studies mental processes, including perception, thinking, memory and judgement
What is Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic psychology?
Used to assess the effect of manipulations on a dependent variable which allows for cause-and-effect conclusions.
Some variables cannot be manipulated.
What is Experimental research?
Following an action potential, a neuron cannot fire again for a brief time
What is the Refractory Period?
Links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland
What is the Hypothalamus?
Master control center of the endocrine system
What is the pituitary gland?
Founder of the approach to understanding human behavior that focuses on the role of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories.
(Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Psychology)
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter
What is the independent variable?
The action potential travels from node to node until it traverses the entire axon.
What is the all-in-one principle?
Includes the amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland
What is the limbic system?
Secretes hormones to supply body with energy
What is the pancreas?