History of Psychology
Research
Sense and Perception
Memory and Thought
Sports
100
Completed the first psychology lab in 1879
Who is Wilhem Wundt
100
1. Identify the problem 2. Brainstorm possible solutions 3. Select the solution that is best for all individuals involved
What are the three steps to problem solving
100
Part of the environment that w respond to
What is a stimulus
100
The storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced
What is memory
100
Two football players collide head on during a game. One player suffers from severe memory loss
What is amnesia
200
Created the first psychology textook
Who is William James
200
The first step in conducting research
What is the research question
200
psychological process in which we interpret sensory stimulation
What is perception
200
Encoding Storage Retrieval
What are the three processes of memory
200
To remember plays and tricks, athletes use device that help code information in a fun way
What is a mnemonic
300
The psychological approach taken by Sigmund Freud
What is psychoanalysis
300
For the findings of a study to be confirmed, the study must be
What is replicated
300
the weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed
What is absolute threshold
300
The processing of transferring information into the memory system
What is encoding
300
The basketball player forgets everything leading up to the flagrant foul that sent him out on a stretcher
What is retrograde amnesia
400
The idea of Abraham Maslow that emphasized the ability of the individual to achieve and be successful
What is humanistic approach
400
An educated guess that a relationship exists between two conditions
What is an hypothesis
400
The minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli
What is difference threshold
400
Retention of encoded information over time
What is storage
400
Players of all sports need the ability of their brain to change with learning
What is neuroplasticity
500
John B Watson's psychological approach
What is behaviorism
500
Survey Naturalistic Observation Case Study Experimental Methods Longitudinal Method
What are the methods used to test hypotheses
500
The ability to focus awareness on a single stimulus to the exclusion of the other stimuli
What is selective attention
500
The process of getting the information out of memory storage
What is retrieval
500
An athlete remembers the object on the court or field
What is Loci Method
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