Researchers
Found classical conditioning by using dogs
who is Ivan Pavlov?
Zimbardo conducted a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors.
Stanford Prison Experiment
A type of photoreceptor found mostly in the foveal region of the retina that is responsible for color vision
What are Cones
a distinct developmental period between adolescence and full adulthood, typically from ages 18 to 25
Emerging adulthood
One of parenting styles, parents impose strict rules and expect absolute obedience
Authoritarian parenting style
Developer of Psychodynamic theory
who is Sigmund Freud?
an authority figure ordered participants to deliver what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to another person
Milgram’s obedience Experiment
is concerned primarily with basic visual processing at the back of the brain
What is Occipital lobe
previously neutral stimulus that begins to elicit the unconditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus
the factor in an experiment that is deliberately manipulated to observe its effect on variables
Independent variable
Humanistic psychologists suggesting the right environment (genuineness, acceptance, empathy)
who is Carl Rogers?
neither the participants nor the researchers know who is receiving the treatment or the placebo, to prevent bias in the results
double-blind experiment
Part of a neuron, receive electrical signals from other neurons
what are Dendrites
a detailed observation of a single individual or group of individuals
case study
the consistency or stability of a measurement, meaning it yields the same results under consistent conditions
Reliability
the father of American psychology
who is William James?
people often conform to group opinions—even when they are clearly incorrect—due to social pressure
Asch’s line experiment
The fluid-filled portion of the middle ear that transforms sound into an electrical signal to be sent to the brain
what is Cochlea
the full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities. The top tier of Maslow’s hierarchy
self-actualization
the degree to which findings from the study can be applied to situations and participants outside the original group of participants
External validity
argued that rather than focusing on private mental events, psychology needed to change its focus to the external behaviors that could be studied through direct observation
who is John Watson?
Most people chose Plan A (200 will be saved) than Plan B (1/3 chance of saving everyone and 2/3 chance of saving no one)
Framing experiment
a midbrain structure that receives incoming sensory information and passes the information on to the limbic system and the cortex
what is Thalamus
A stimulus or event that is produced by the behavior and causes a decrease in the probability of the behavior occurring in the future
Positive punisher
the ability to test a hypothesis with an objective, empirical observation that could demonstrate the hypothesis to be incorrect
Falsifiability