history of psych
the belief that the mind and body are inseparable
Monism
The type of evidence relies on subjective personal stories rather than objective scientific measurement
anecdotal evidence
The purpose of the terminal buttons
The structure that does most of the focusing in your eye
Cornea
Which structure of the ear does sound first interact with and how does the structure respond to sound?
tympanic membrane (eardrum), vibrate
The belief that knowledge grows from experience and observation is called...
Tabula rasa / blank slate
A method to remove third variables that can affect the relationship of experimental variables
random assignment
You nearly fall down a flight of stairs, your heart rate quickens. The part of the nervous system that is making these changes is
sympathetic
rods are primarily responsible for
night and peripheral vision
what do the 3 smallest bones in your body do
vibrate in the middle ear to transmit soundwave vibrations from eardrum to cochlea
Definition of Psychology after the Cognitive Revolution in 1960
Science of behavior and mental processes
generalize findings to population
A patient suffers from severe damage to their medulla. What will most likely happen to the patient
death (because heart rate and breathing doesn't work anymore)
An artist paints a fence where distant posts look smaller (A), parallel railings meet at a point (B), and closer trees block trees behind them (C). Respectively the depth cues here for A, B and C are
relative size, linear perspective, occlusion (interposition)
name 2 chemical senses and its receptor cells (eyes receptor cells are photoreceptors like rods and cones)
smell (olfactory cells), taste (taste receptors)
Psychologist who opened the first official psychology laboratory?
Wilhelm Wundt
A study finds that kids who play outside more have higher test scores (r = +0.85). The researcher is able to say which of the following
A. playing outside affects kids tests scores
B playing outside is associated with higher test scores in kids
B
If you close your right eye, where does visual information go to?
Both hemisphere occipital lobe
The condition that occurs when the eyeball is too short, causing light to focus behind the retina
Hyperopia (farsightedness)
How are pain receptors distributed in finger vs on calf
more dense on finger than calf
Major perspective dominated psychology from the 1920s to the 1960s by rejecting the study of the unobservable mind in favor of observable behavior?
Behaviorism
What is the median number of errors for this set of numbers: 8, 2, 9, 3, 2, 7, 5.
5
What a split brain patient can do to show they saw the object you flashed in their left visual field
draw it with their LEFT hand
the explanation for why color doesn't exist outside of our brain
colors are waves emitted that hits our eyes, they aren't actual properties of objects. if we didn't have eyes there wouldn't be color
explain why some people have motion sickness when reading in a car
eyes see still object, vestibular sense we are moving