The Brain
The little brain
Cerebellum
Looks at human mind and behavior as a whole
Gestalt Psychology
Group of participants exposed to the treatment condition
Experimental Group
Founder of psychoanalysis
Freud
Neurotransmitter involved in sleep
Serotonin
Lobe of brain that processes body's sensations
Parietal lobe
Psychologist that experimented with chimps
Wolfgang Kohler
Two factors that vary in the same direction
Positive Correlation
Psychology that emphasizes each person's unique potential for psychological growth and self-direction
Humanistic Psychology
Neurotransmitter released in response to pain and stress
Endorphins
Parts of the hindbrain
Medulla, cerebellum, pons, reticular formation
Founder of Gestalt Psychology
Max Wertheimer
A research strategy for studying a variable or set of variables among a group of participants at a single point in time
Cross-sectional design
Three Scientists that developed behaviorism
Watson, Pavlov, Skinner
Neurotransmitter involved in movement, attention, learning, and pleasurable or rewarding sensations
Dopamine
Lobe of the brain that processes visual information
Occipital lobe
Psychologist that applied Gestalt to child development
Kurt Kofka
A finding in which two variables move in opposite directions, one increasing as the other decreases
Perspective of psychology that studies how mental processes influence behavior
Cognitive Psychology
Neurotransmitter implicated in the activation of neurons throughout the brain and helps the body gear up in the face of danger
Norepinephrine
Parts of Limbic System
Hippocampus, hypothalamus, thalamus, amygdala
Name 3 Gestalt Principles
Law of closure, proximity, continuation, symmetry, similarity, good figure
A research strategy that tracks a particular variable or set of variables in the same group of participants over time, sometimes for years
Longitudinal design
Two humanistic psychologists
Rogers and Maslow
Neurotransmitter that is the chemical means by which neurons communicate with muscles
Acetylcholine