Important Figures
Reform in mental institutions (Hint: Paris & the U.S.)
The Frontal Lobe doesn't fully develop until age:
25
Dendrites do what?
Receive information
What study would be best for looking at rare or unusual conditions? (Hint: Phineas Gage)
Case study
A document that participants must sign when participating in a study (explaining the risk and benefits)
Informed Consent
The Psychoanalyst who had a strange obsession with sexual desires
Freud
This area of the parietal lobe processes touch, pain, temperature, and body position
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Glia
What is a correlation of .9?
Positive correlation
Hysteria was thought to be caused by
A wandering uterus
Thorndike studied ____ in puzzle boxes (Hint: Behaviorism)
Cats
The Corpus Callosum can be cut for what disorder?
Seziure Disorder
SSRI
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter
Independent Variable
Yellow bile, Black bile, Blood, and Phlegm
The 4 Humours
The "first" psychologist (Hint: he studied reaction time)
Wilhelm Wundt
The first part of the brain to be impacted by alcohol
Cerebellum
Too much of _____ or _____ can cause anxiety
Glutamate and GABA
Confounding Variables
Something you haven't controlled for in changing your results rather than the IV
EX: Dr. LePage vs. her sexy lab partner
The "father" of psychology
William James
Empiricism (Hint: tabula rasa= born with a blank slate)
John Locke
The largest source of Serotonin and Norepinephrine (Hint: Brainstem)
Reticular Formation
The study of gene-environment interactions in the production of phenotypes
Epigenetics
This group in an experiment does not receive the treatment and is used for comparison
Control Group
An ancient practice where a portion of the skull was removed
Trepanation