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PSYC 1101 Exam 1
Chapters: 1,2 & 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the "Father of Psychology?" | Wilhelm Wundt |
| What was Wundt credited with? | Finding the first psychology lab Developing the technique of introspection |
| What two pillars does psychology rest on? | Philosophy and physiology |
| Who favored nativism? | Plato |
| Who favored empiricism? | Aristotle |
| "Certain forms of knowledge are Innate" | Nativism |
| "Knowlege is Learned" | Empiricism |
| The science of behavior and mental processes | Psychology |
| Focuses on contents of the mind | Structuralism |
| Focuses on the functions of the brain as well as the flow of conciousness | Functionalism |
| What are the biopsychosocial levels of analysis? | Biology, psychology, environment |
| What are the four goals of psychology? | Describe what is going on Explain why things are going on Make a prediction of what will happen Control/modify the behavior |
| The theory of personality and the therapy based on it emphasizing the revealing of unconscious thoughts | Freudian psychoanalysis |
| The science that focuses on observable behavior | Behaviorism |
| The study of groups, social roles, and rules of social actions and relationships | Social psychology |
| The study of cultural norms, values, and expectations | Cultural psychology |
| The tendency to believe after learning an outcome that you would have predicted | Hindsight biased |
| The tendency to be more confident than correct | Overconfidence |
| Variable experimenter manipulates | Independent variable |
| Variable that is affected by independent variable | Dependent variable |
| Group that does not receive treatment/manipulation | Control group |
| Group that receives treatment/manipulation | Experimental group |
| What are the major types of research design? | Naturalistic Experimental Quasi-Experimental |
| The extensive network of specialized cells that carry information to and from all parts of the body | Nervous system |
| Science that deals with the structure and function of neurons, nerves and nervous tissue | Neuroscience |
| Branch of neuroscience that focuses on the biological bases of psychological processes, behavior and learning | Biological psychology/Behavioral neuroscience |
| The basic cell that makes up the nervous system; receives/sends messages withing that system | Neuron |
| Branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons | Dendrites |
| Cell body of neuron | Soma |
| Tubleike structure that carries neural message to other cells | Axon |
| Branches at the end of the axon; communicate with other nerve cells | Axon terminals |
| Cells that provide support for the neurons to grow on/around, deliver nutrients to neurons, produce myelin to coat axons, etc | Glial cells |
| Fatty substance that coat the axons of neurons | Myelin |
| Bundles of axons coated in myelin that travel together through the body | Nerves |
| Ions moving from areas of high concentration to low concentration | Diffusion |
| The state of the neuron when not firing an impulse | Resting potential |
| The release of neural impulse consisting of a reversal of electrical charge with in the axon | Action potential |
| All or None | Neurons fire at full strength or not at all |
| Chemical found in synaptic vesicles; when released, has effect on next cell | Neurotransmitter |
| Microscopic fluid-filled space between synaptic know of one cell and dendrites of next | Synapse |
| Chemical substances that block/reduce a cell's response to the action of other chemicals or neurotransmitters | Antagonist |
| Chemical substances that mimic/enhance the effects of a neurotransmitter on the receptor sites of the next cell | Agonist |
| When neurotransmitter are taken back into synaptic vesicles | Reuptake |
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