Carpentry Stuff
This early school of psychology, led by Edward Titchener, emphasized analyzing consciousness into basic elements.
What is structuralism?
The type of study where neither the participant nor the researcher knows which group receives the treatment.
What is a double-blind study?
The part of the neuron that receives information from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
The minimum amount of stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time.
What is the absolute threshold?
The sleep disorder characterized by sudden, unpredictable attacks of REM sleep.
What is narcolepsy?
The psychologist who founded the first psychology lab in 1879.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher.
What is the independent variable?
The neurotransmitter most associated with reward, motivation, and pleasure. Low levels are linked to Parkinson’s disease.The neurotransmitter most associated with reward, motivation, and pleasure. Low levels are linked to Parkinson’s disease.
What is dopamine?
The law stating that the size of the just noticeable difference is proportional to the size of the initial stimulus
What is Weber’s law?
A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.
What is learning?
The school of thought that emphasized the purpose of consciousness rather than its structure, heavily influenced by Darwin.
What is functionalism?
A numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables.
What is a correlation coefficient?
The brain structure responsible for regulating basic biological needs like hunger, thirst, and temperature.
What is the hypothalamus?
This theory of color vision proposes that color perception depends on three types of cones responsive to different wavelengths.
What is the trichromatic theory?
In classical conditioning, this is the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.
What is the conditioned response?
The approach that argues psychology should be studied scientifically by focusing only on observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
This ethical principle requires psychologists to fully explain the research after participation, especially if deception is used.
What is debriefing?
This part of the brain coordinates movement and balance and is affected by alcohol consumption.
What is the cerebellum?
The organizational principle stating that objects close together tend to be perceived as a group.
What is proximity?
This schedule of reinforcement produces the highest rates of responding and greatest resistance to extinction—common in gambling.
What is a variable-ratio schedule?
This modern perspective emphasizes free will, personal growth, and individual potential.
What is the humanistic perspective?
The only research method that can establish cause-and-effect relationships.
What is an experiment?
The lobe of the brain involved in executive function, planning, and decision-making.
What is the frontal lobe?
The part of the eye where rods and cones are found.
What is the retina?
The psychologist known for the Bobo doll experiment and research on observational learning.
Who is Albert Bandura?