Famous People In Psychology
Created functionalism.
What is William James?
Controls complex thought processes.
What is cerebral cortex?
Theory proposing that there are three color cones: red, blue, and green.
What is trichromatic theory?
Contains photoreceptor cells.
What is retina?
The short tunnel that runs down to the eardrum.
What is the ear canal?
Created behaviorism.
What is John B. Watson?
Regulates other endocrine glands.
What is pituitary glands?
Tendency of sensory receptor cells to become less responsive to a stimulus that is unchanging.
What is sensory adaption?
Changes shape to bring objects into focus.
What is lens?
One of three tiny bones in the middle ear known as the malleus.
What is the hammer?
Believed in conditioning to train animal's minds to think a certain way when something is done.
What is Ivan Palov?
Left frontal lobe of most people in an area of the brain devoted to the production of speech.
What is broca's area?
Theory of pitch stating different pitches are heard by stimulation of hair cells in different locations on the organ of Corti.
What is place theory?
What is vitreous humor?
One of three tiny bones in the middle ear known as the incus.
What is the anvil?
Student of Wundt. Expanded off on Wundt's beliefs. Used his beliefs as a structure.
What is Edward Titchener?
A system of nerves running from the hindbrain and through the midbrain to the cerebral cortex, controlling arousal and attention.
What is reticular formation?
Theory of pitch that states that pitch is related to the speed of vibrations in the basilar membrane.
What is frequency theory?
Iris opening that changes size depending on amount of light in the movement.
What is the pupil?
One of three tiny bones in the middle ear known as the stapes.
what is the stirrup?
Believed consciousness, could be broken down into thoughts, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements. He was the father of psychology.
What is Wilhelm Wundt?
Area of cortex at the front of the parietal lobes responsible for processing information from the skin and internal body receptors for touch, temperature, and body position.
What is somatosensory cortex?
The brain's use of information about the changing thickness of the lens of the eye in response to looking at objects that are close or far away.
What is visual accommodation?
Bends light waves so image can be focused on retina. Like a corner. Two things bend to create image.
What is cornea?
The visible, external part of the ear that serves as a kind of concentrator, funneling the sound waves from the outside into the structure of the ear.
What is the pinna?