History of Psychology
Who is the father of modern psychology?
Wilhem Wundt
Which correlation has a stronger magnitude:
-.8 or .3
What determines if an action potential occurs?
the threshold
Kent is watching a video where the object on the man's desk changes every five minutes. This is an example of ____ which is a form of ___.
It is an example of change blindness which is a form of inattentional blindness.
What division of the brain controls some motor movement and transmits auditory and visual information?
midbrain
Who developed psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Freud
Is this a positive or negative correlation?
When I eat more food, I am less grumpy.
negative correlation
cocktail party effect
What part of the brain deals with balance?
cerebellum
Who worked within functionalism?
William James
If I am changing the amount of hours a group of participants gets in the sun and measuring their rates of happiness, what is the IV?
the amount of time in the sun
What is an axon?
passes messages away from cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Mike has a dream about his teeth falling out. What is the latent meaning and manifest content? And whose theory does this come from?
manifest content: teeth falling out
latent meaning: fear of losing control
Sigmund Freud
Name TWO myths discussed in class (can be from any chapter or module)
student examples
What theory and psychologist wanted to develop a periodic table of the mind?
theory: structuralism
psychologist: Wihelm Wundt
Give an example of a confounding variable
student example
(ice cream + drowning (warmer weather))(exercise + weight loss (diet))
What are the three types of neurons?
sensory neurons, interneurons, motor neurons
Define TWO sleep stages
REM sleep: Rapid eye movement sleep
N1 sleep: First stage of non-REM (NREM) sleep; hallucinations
N2 sleep: Bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain-wave activity that aid; memory processing; sleep spindles
N3 sleep: Deep, slow-wave sleep; Delta waves; large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
Name one impact of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) on Motor and Sensory Function
Motor Function: SCI can cause paralysis below the injury, affecting all four limbs (tetraplegia/quadriplegia) or just the lower body (paraplegia).
Sensory Function: SCI may result in a complete or partial loss of sensation, including touch, pain, and temperature below the injury.
Reflexes and Spasticity: SCI can lead to abnormal reflexes or muscle stiffness due to disrupted nerve signals.
What two psychologists worked within behaviorism?
BF Skinner and John B Watson
Sarah defines a smile as the corners of the mouth tilt upwards and teeth are shown. This is an example of...
operational definition
Sympathetic: arousing; fight or flight response
Parasympathetic: calming; rest and digest
a sense of panic in the sufferer and are often accompanied by screams and attempts to escape from the immediate environment.
student example
What do dendrites do?
receive messages from other neurons