The Discipline of Psych
define psychology
the scientific study of behavior, mental process, and brain functions
The only way to determine cause.
Conducting a true experiment.
Identify the lobes of the cerebral cortex.
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital
Correlation does not equal _____.
causation
Nodes of Ranvier
sometimes called behavioral neuroscience, what is the psychological perspective concerned with the relationship between the mind and behavior, as well as their underlying biological processes?
biological psychology
pros:
•Can gather a lot of data quickly and inexpensively
•Ethical issues can be avoided
•Ability to predict one variable from another
cons
•Often relies on self report
•CANNOT identify which variable is causing which
Studying for an exam is an exercise for this brain structure.
Hippocampus
describe a negative correlation
anything when an increase of one variable correlates with a decrease in another variable.
axon
Psychological discipline that that examines the impact of the social environment on an individuals behavior. (For the sake of this class, I'm looking for TWO different disciplines.)
Social/ personality psychology
Cultural psychology
Researchers can increase internal validity by incorporating ______ and ________.
random assignment, controlling the IV
•Medulla
Bp
Heart rate
•Pons
Sleep
Arousal
•Midbrain
Perception of pain
Movement
which r is considered impossible?
anything >1 or <-1
Function of Na+ and K+ in neurons.
Action Potential!!!
•Sodium (Na+) comes into the neuron and creates a POSITIVE charge
•Potassium (K+) leaves the cell and restores it to its resting state
Using a perspective adopted by this discipline, a psychologist might look at how memory functions as an individual ages.
developmental psychology
The IRB allows for certain types of _____ in experimental design ONLY if a _____ is provident for participants following the study.
deception, debriefing
You are walking through a haunted house with your friends. One of the characters chases you with a chainsaw. You notice your pulse raises, you begin to sweat, and you are very fearful of it happening again. Now, every time you hear the sound of a chainsaw you remember this experience and experience similar physical reactions. Which parts of the brain were most active during this experience?
1. pulse raising and sweating - Medulla
2. fear - amygdala
3. memory of the event - hippocampus
example of a positive correlation, negative correlation, and a zero correlation.
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Disease associated with a variety of symptoms (both temporary and permanent) caused by the disintegration of myelin.
the branch of psychology that focuses on the treatment of abnormal behaviors through a variety of methods.
clinical psychology
What makes Psychology a science?
Psychological researchers use the scientific method to come to their conclusions about the world around them.
Lobe of the brain that is associated with the disease that causes an inability to produce speech AND understand written and spoken language.
Temporal lobe.
As more ice cream is sold, the rate of people dying in drowning accidents also increases. Which type of correlation is this? Which variable causes the other? Could there be a confounding factor?
positive
correlation research does NOT determine cause
summertime, the weather is warmer so people eat more ice cream and go swimming more often.
Order of structures that an Action Potential passes through before releasing neurotransmitters.
dendrites, cell body, axon hillock, axon, axon terminal, synapse