Understanding Psychology
Psychology is a combination of ____________ and ___________________.
Philosophy, physiology
Type of observation that has very low return.
Surveys
Drug addiction happens in the ___________.
Synapse
Name the 6 senses
Vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste, proprioception
Name that perspective:
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Gestalt
Name that study:
Only the participants don't know what they're getting
Single blind study
There are ______ types of neurons.
3
Sensory, inter, motor
When light hits the retina, it is ________ and _________.
Upside down, backwards
Name that perspective:
Behavior is the product of conflict between the id and superego and is unconsciously driven
Psychodynamic
To perform an experiment, it must be approved by _________________.
Internal Review Board (IRB)
_____ and __________ looks like dopamine.
Meth, cocaine
An area in the eye without any photoreceptors because of the optic nerve
Blind spot
Name that occupation:
I test people and provide a diagnosis.
Psychologist
A fake group
Placebo group
_________ increase in our body when we exercise.
Endorphins
The process of collecting sensory information from the outside world through the five sense
Sensation
The father of psychology
William Wundt
Name that study:
to identify and quantify the relationship between 2 or more variables that cannot be manipulated due to being unethical, impractical, or impossible
Correlational Studies
The 2 hemispheres of the brain are tied together by the ___________________.
Corpus callosum
The subjective mental experience of sensory information
Perception