Early Psychology & Major Perspectives
Who is the psychologist that opened the first psychology laboratory, making psychology a science.
Wilhelm Wundt
This part of the neuron receives incoming messages from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
The process of your senses detecting stimuli like light, sound, or smell.
What is sensation?
Being aware of yourself and your surroundings is called this.
What is consciousness?
The process of taking in new information is called this.
What is encoding?
This perspective focuses on how rewards and punishments shape behavior.
behavioral perspective
This brain lobe is responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
Your brain interpreting and making sense of sensory information.
What is perception?
The sleep stage where dreaming occurs and brain activity is high.
What is REM sleep?
Knowing something still exists even when you can’t see it is called:
What is object permanence?
He believed psychology should focus only on observable behavior, not thoughts.
Who is John B. Watson?
This structure helps messages travel faster down the axon.
What is the myelin sheath?
This type of processing starts with raw sensory data and builds up to recognition.
What is bottom-up processing?
This sleep disorder causes a person to stop breathing repeatedly during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
This problem-solving method uses step-by-step rules and guarantees a solution.
What is an algorithm?
This approach emphasizes free will, personal growth, and becoming your best self.
What is the humanistic perspective?
Damage to this brain area would most likely cause problems with speaking words.
What is Broca’s area?
Seeing shapes or animals in clouds is an example of this type of processing.
What is top-down processing?
This neurotransmitter is linked to pleasure, motivation, and reward.
What is dopamine?
The inability to see new uses for familiar objects is called this.
What is functional fixedness?
This psychologist emphasized the unconscious mind, dreams, and childhood experiences.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
When you stop noticing a smell or the feeling of your clothes after a while, this is called:
What is sensory adaptation?
Caffeine and nicotine fall into this category of drugs.
What are stimulants?
A sudden “aha!” moment when solving a problem.
What is insight?