Unit 1
Who is the known as the father of Psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
The variable in an experiment that is being manipulated
Independent Variable
Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain to muscles
Motor neurons
Minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
Absolute Threshold
Rapid eye movement sleep where muscles are relaxed but other body systems are active
REM sleep
Who was the first American psychologist known for introspection?
William James
The outcome variable in an experiment
Dependent Variable
Division of autonomic nervous system that calms the body down
Parasympathetic nervous system
Principal that 2 stimulus must differ by a constant minimum percentage
Webers Law
Slow brain waves of a relaxed and awake state
Alpha waves
Who was the founder of Gestalt psychology?
Max Wertheimer
Study where one individual or group is studied in depth
Case Study
A simple automatic response
Reflex
Laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants
Visual Cliff
Large slow moving waves associated with deep sleep
Delta waves
Evolutionary psychologists know for survival of the fittest
Charles Darwin
Graphed cluster of dots which can show a correlation
Scatterplot
The master gland of the endocrine system
Pituitary gland
A depth cue that requires the use of both eyes
Binocular cues
Bizarre experiences suck as jerking or a feeling of falling or floating weightlessly
Hypnagogic sensations
Sigmund Freud
A testable prediction
Hypothesis
A brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
Action potential
A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
Perceptual set
Uncontrollable sleep attacks directly going into REM sleep
Narcolepsy