Unit 1
What is psychology?
The study of the mind
What system is responsible for sending information throughout our body?
Nervous system
What type of processing involves seeing something without context.
Bottom up processing
What does it mean to learn?
To acquire new information or behaviors.
Why is the idea of intelligence so controversial?
Psychologist are unable to measure or agree on what factors make someone intelligent.
What famous psychologist put a emphasis on the unconscious mind?
Sigmund Freud
What is plasticity?
What effect allows you to focus on what someone is saying while in the middle of a loud party?
The cocktail party effect
What would be an example of a fixed ratio?
Anything involving scheduled reinforcers
What's one type of short term memory?
Sensory memory
Iconic memory
Echoic memory
Is a dependent variable constant? True or False
True
What are two of the primary drug groups?
Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens
What is kinesthesia?
The sense of knowing your bodies position, motion, and balance
What is modeling?
Imitating observed behavior
What is the hippocampus largely responsible for?
What are three of the 6 types of experiments or studies?
Correlational study
Cross-sectional study
Longitudinal study
Surveys
Naturalistic observation
Case study
What type of aphasia makes it difficult to say words?
Brocas aphasia
What are three of five of the main parts of the eye?
Lens
Retina
Cornea
Pupil
Iris
Who is largely responsible for developing classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
Who is responsible for the concept of general factor of intelligence?
Charles Spearman
What are 4 of the 7 major approaches to psychology?
Psychodynamics
Cognitive
Behavioral
Humanistic
Biological
Sociocultural
Evolutionary
What are 3 parts of a nueron?
Dendrites
Soma
Nucleus
Axon
Myelin
What are 4 of the 6 main parts of the Ear?
Canal
Inner ear
Eustacnian tube
Middle ear
Ear drum
Outer ear
Who was responsible for the Bobo Doll experiment?
Albert Bandura
What are two of the three basic components of language
Phonemes, morphemes, and syntax