General Psychology Midterm

Philosophers

100

Philosopher known as the "father" of American Psychology

What is William James?

200

In 1879, the first psychology laboratory was founded by...

What is Wilhelm Wundt?

300

This philosopher analyzed behavior from an experimental standpoint, behaviorism.

What is John B. Watson?

400

This psychologist proposed a tripartite model of personality.

What is Sigmund Freud?

500

He contributed to cognitive development by analyzing how children develop intellectually.

What is Jean Piaget?

Terms

100

A process used to examine relationship between variables.

What is Scientific Method

200

The field of study which seeks to understand how the brain affects behavior.

What is Behavioral Neuroscience?

300

Responsible for relaying information we sense to the brain.

What is Sensory Neurons?

400

A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity.

What is temperament?

500

Every non-genetic influence from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us.

What is Environment?

Miscellaneous

100

The device created by B.F. Skinner during his research with rats.

What is a Skinner Box?

200

Disorders of the brain and nervous system emphasize the importance of...

What is the biological basis of behavior?

300

An unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus.

What is extinction?

400

The first psychology laboratory was founded by ___ in _____.

What is Wilhelm Wundt and 1879?

500

How the lobes of the brain are categorized.

What is by how they receive sensory information and control muscle movement?

Theory

100

Personality is unpredictable, yet specific characteristics can be linked to a person's birth order.

What is Birth Order Theory?

200

Emphasizes the power of free-will, determination, personal growth, and fulfillment of potential.

What is humanistic Psychology?

300

How behavior works to help people function in their environment.

What is Functionalism?

400

The influential method of treating mental disorders which emphasizes unconscious mental processes.

What is Psychoanalysis?

500

The study of human consciousness using experimental methods.

What is Structuralism?

Biology of the Mind

100

The 2 categories of neurotransmitters

What is excitatory & inhibitory?

200

The 4 Lobes of the Brain

What is frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal?

300

Transmits electrical signals down the cell to the next cell.

What is an axon?

400

Neurotransmitter that regulates mood, digestion, sleep, and sexual desire.

What is Serotonin?

500

This consists of the brain and spinal cords and functions to receive, process, and respond to sensory information.

What is central nervous system?