Chapter 1
What is Psychology?
What is the scientific study of observable mental processes and behaviors.
A self correcting process for evaluating ideas with observations and analysis
what is the scientific method
what are the 4 techniques for studying the brain?
what are Electroencephalography, PET tracing, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, Transcranial magnetic stimulation
is what can't attend to everything in our environment
what is selective attention
a social interaction during which a person responding to suggestions, experiences, changes in memory, perception or voluntary action
What are the 3 mental processes?
what is thinking, feeling and rationalizing
repetition of a study to confirm results
what is replication
the study of the structure and function of neurons, nerves and nervous tissue
what is neuroscience
what is sensation and perception
sensation- detection of external stimuli
perception- processing, organizing and interpreting sensory information
focus attention on an external object or a sense of awareness
What is critical thinking?
what is the ability to think in a way that systematically questions and evaluates information using well-supported evidence.
is a generalized statement that expresses a causal relationship between variables of interest
what is a theory
what are the two divisions of the nervous system
what is the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
not influenced by expectations
what is Bottom-up processing
a shift in consciousness while performing some activity
what is lose yourself or flow
He was the grandfather of psychology
studied reaction times
created first psychological lab in Germany
who is Wilhelm Wundt
controlled by the experimenter
what is the independent variable
what is somatic and autonomic nervous systems?
Autonomic- automatic, stuff that just happens
somatic- what you have to think about
what are the three difference types of wavelengths
what is short, medium and long
drug use that remains compulsive despite negative consequences
what is addiction
moved away from structuralism created functionalism
first to express ideas about a stream of consciousness
wanted to more fully investigate the functions of our thoughts and feelings
who is William James
a certain number of people taken from a population at random
what is random sampling
communicates through hormones to influence thoughts, behaviors and actions
what is the endocrine system
is the perception of balance
what is the vestibular system
decreases behavioral and mental activity
what is depressants