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test 1 | PSYC - Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Class: PSYC - Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: Towson University; Term: Forever 1989;

Typology: Quizzes

2011/2012

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What is
Psychology?
DEFINITION 1
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
TERM 2
Behavior
DEFINITION 2
everything we do that can be directly observed
TERM 3
Critical
Thinking
DEFINITION 3
the process of thinking reflectively and productively and
evaluating evidence
TERM 4
Structuralists
DEFINITION 4
Wilhelm Wundt(father of psych)-mental processes could be
studied-structure of mind-introspection-conscious thought
TERM 5
Functionalists
DEFINITION 5
William James-behavior&how we adapt to our enviornment-
interaction with outside environment-mind changes and
adapts
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What is

Psychology?

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

TERM 2

Behavior

DEFINITION 2

everything we do that can be directly observed

TERM 3

Critical

Thinking

DEFINITION 3

the process of thinking reflectively and productively and

evaluating evidence

TERM 4

Structuralists

DEFINITION 4

Wilhelm Wundt(father of psych)-mental processes could be

studied-structure of mind-introspection-conscious thought

TERM 5

Functionalists

DEFINITION 5

William James-behavior&how we adapt to our enviornment-

interaction with outside environment-mind changes and

adapts

Psychodynamic

Freud-unconscious aspects of the mind-early childhood

experiences-conflict between insticts and society demands

TERM 7

Behavioralists

DEFINITION 7

Pavlov, skinner-scientific study of observable behavior-

shaped by environment-"we are what we do"

TERM 8

Cognitive

DEFINITION 8

Albert Ellis-mental processes-thinking, knowing, memory,

problem solving-"we are what we think"

TERM 9

Social Cognitive approach

DEFINITION 9

Albert Bendura-behavior is determined by how our thoughts

modify the impact of the environment on behavior

TERM 10

Behavioral Neuroscience

DEFINITION 10

-Brain and nervous system-chemical changes in the brain-

medication

experimental research

cause and effect

TERM 17

hypothesis

DEFINITION 17

an idea that is testible prediction often arrived at logically

from a theory

TERM 18

ethics

DEFINITION 18

-research is beneficial to society-informed consent-can

withdraw at anytime-debriefing-deception sometimes

necessary

TERM 19

deception

DEFINITION 19

sometimes necessary for the experiment, must not harm the

participant

TERM 20

2 parts of nervous system

DEFINITION 20

central(CNS) and peripheral

Afferent Nerves

sensory nerves-recieve info from body-carry info to brain

TERM 22

efferent nerves

DEFINITION 22

motor nerves-send commands from brain to body-controls

brains ouput

TERM 23

3 parts of neuron

DEFINITION 23

cell bodydendritesaxon

TERM 24

neurons dont

DEFINITION 24

touch

TERM 25

GABA

DEFINITION 25

low levels associated w/ anxiety

oxytocin

hormone &neurotransmitter-human bondingsurge-during

childbirthsexual orgasm

TERM 32

3 parts of brain

DEFINITION 32

1. hind brain2. midbrain3. forebrain

TERM 33

mental processes

DEFINITION 33

the thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us

experiences privately but cannot be observed directly

TERM 34

structuralism

DEFINITION 34

an early school of psychology that attempted to discover

basic elements of the human mind

TERM 35

functionalism

DEFINITION 35

an early school of psychology that emphasized the

interaction between the mind and outside environment

naturalistic observation

observations of behavior in real-world settings with no effort

made to manipulate or control the situation

TERM 37

case study

DEFINITION 37

indepth look at a single individual

TERM 38

dependent variable

DEFINITION 38

the factor that can change in an experiment in response to

changes in the independent variable

TERM 39

experiment

DEFINITION 39

carefully regulated procedure in which one or more factores

influes the behavior being studied are manipulated and all

other factors are held constant

TERM 40

independent variable

DEFINITION 40

the manipulated, influential, experimental factor in an

experiment

glial cells

provide support and nutritional benefits in the nervous

system

TERM 47

Myelin Sheath

DEFINITION 47

layer of fat cells that encases and insulates most axons-

speeds up transmission of nerve impulses

TERM 48

synapses

DEFINITION 48

tiny junctions between 2 neruons

TERM 49

neurotransmitters

DEFINITION 49

chemicals that carry info across synaptic gap from one

neuron to the next

TERM 50

hindbrain

DEFINITION 50

lowest part of brain-consisting of the medulla, cerebellum

and pons

brain stem

includes most of hindbrain (minus cerebellum) and the

midbrain

TERM 52

midbrain

DEFINITION 52

located between hindbrain and forebrain-many nervefiber

systems ascend and descend to connect higher and lower

portions of the brain

TERM 53

forebrain

DEFINITION 53

the gightest level of the brain

TERM 54

limbic system

DEFINITION 54

closely connected network of structures-including

hippocampus and amygdala-memory and emotion

TERM 55

amygdala

DEFINITION 55

key role in emotions, fear and pleasure part of limbic system

corpus callosum

large bundle of axons that connect the brains two

hemispheres

TERM 62

frontal lobe

DEFINITION 62

part of cerebral cortex behind forehead-controls voluntary

muscles, intelligence and personality

TERM 63

pariental lobe

DEFINITION 63

cerebral cortex at top of head: registers spatial location,

attention and motor control-processes info about body

sensations

TERM 64

occipital lobe

DEFINITION 64

part of cerebral cortex at back of head that is involved with

vision

TERM 65

temporal lobe

DEFINITION 65

portion of cerebral cortex just above ears that involves

hearing, language processing, and memory