Approaches
Studies how human behaviors exist bc they helped our ancestors survive
What is evolutionary psychology?
Long-term & in-depth study of one person or group with common traits
What is a case study?
Fear and emotional center of the brain
What is the amygdala?
Psychologist that trained dogs to drool when they heard a bell ring.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Ppl are less likely to help in an emergency when there is a large crowd
What is the bystander effect?
Drug users must take increasing amounts to feel the same effects
What is tolerance?
Studies how the unconscious mind & repressed memories affect behavior
What is psychoanalysis (or psychodynamic)?
The variable that is manipulated & controlled by the researcher?
What is the independent variable?
Division of the nervous system that is activated during fight or flight
What is sympathetic?
This guy got a rod through the head and showed scientists that the brain controls personality
Who is Phineas Gage?
What is the spotlight effect?
General theory that behavior is shaped by reinforcement and punishment.
What is operant conditioning?
Branch of psychology that emphasizes the impact of strokes or disease of the brain.
What is biological (or neuro-something)?
Ppl feel a change in symptoms even though they got a fake medicine
What is the placebo effect?
Part of the brain that stores long-term memories or memories of events.
What is the hippocampus?
Outside factors that can influence the outcome of a study and skew the results:
What is a confounding variable?
Parents that are strict & expect 100% obedience.
What is permissive?
Personality tests with open-ended questions that require interpretation.
What is projective?
The scientific study of human flourishing by discovering strengths & virtues.
What is positive psychology?
Exact statement of research procedures that make the dependent variable measurable:
What is operational definition?
Photoreceptors in the retina that see colors
A timeframe during development that a skill must be acquired - if it isn't, it's not going to happen.
What is a critical period?
Erikson's 1st stage of development that sets children up for how they view ppl & the world.
What is trust v. mistrust?
The case study of a severely neglected girl who was permanently damaged by lack of interaction.
Who is Genie?
Branch of psychology that focuses on our problem solving, memory, and thought processes.
What is cognitive?
A correlation is visually represented using what type of graph?
What is a scatterplot?
Freud - part of the personality that compromises between social norms & selfishness
What is the Ego?
These drugs are prescribed for pain but they make pain worse by suppressing endorphins.
What are opioids?
Carl Roger's branch of psychology - focused on personal growth
What is humanism?
Antidepressants block the reuptake of which neurotransmitter?
What is serotonin?