Foundations
Psychology
A systematic approach used to investigate phenomena, acquire new knowledge, and test hypotheses about human behaviors.
Scientific Method
The "rear" of the brain: includes things such as the medulla and cerebellum.
Hindbrain
Process of receiving a stimulus and transforming those energies into neural energies.
Sensation
This psychological concept refers to an ongoing state, in which there is changing sensations, thoughts, and feelings.
Consciousness
Thoughts, feelings and motives that cannot be directly observed.
Mental Processes
Commonly referred to as the body's electrocommunication system
Nervous System
The area between the hindbrain and forebrain.
Midbrain
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that it makes sense.
Perception
Concepts such as thinking, planning, and problem-solving are considered to be _________ levels of consciousness.
Everything that we do that can be directly observed
Behavior
Phenomena that psychologists use that may impact the outcome of a study.
Variables
The upper-most part of your brain, which consists of several lobes to carry out functions.
Forebrain
Within sensation and perception, the minimum amount of stimulus energy a person can detect.
Absolute Threshold
Concepts that are automatically done and require little thought are considered to be __________ levels of consciousness.
An early school of psychological thought that focused on identifying the structures of the mind.
Structuralism
Nerve cells that handle information processing
Neurons
Lobes
Nerves that carry information to the brain and spinal cord
Afferent/Sensory Nerves
Stage W, Non-REM 1, Non-REM 2, Non-REM 3, and REM are all considered stages of ____________
Sleep
Introspection
Where most information processing occurs between nerves
Neural Networks
The area of the brain where the most complex mental functions take place.
Cerebral Cortex
Nerves that carry information OUT of the brain and spinal cord
Efferent/Motor Nerves
REM sleep is where most _____________ take place.
Dreams