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Psychology Review
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Critical Thought | looking pass the superficial layer & asking fairly |
| Psychology | the study of the brain & interaction of the body |
| Bias | anything that affects the way we think or believe |
| Hindsight Bias | We take new information and apply it to the whole situation |
| Over Confidence | not open minded; dismissive certain oppotunities |
| Case Study | psychologist study a small group of people in small amount of timeadvantage: you figure out how the mind worksdis: personal bias and & screw up the results |
| Survey | questionaire to figure out about what alot of people thinkdis: wording - some words have emotion or connotation; representive sample - isn't precise. |
| Natural Observation | study people without their knowledgedis: psychologist doesn't have control |
| Correlations | relationship between 2 or more things-positive/negative-predict behavior but doesn't explain causes |
| Illusory Correlations | we think there's relationship but it doesn't exist. |
| Nervous System | survival - hunter/gatherer-body control itself |
| Central Nervous System | brain - where decisions are madespinal cord - information super high way (getting info to & from the brain) |
| Somatic Nervous System | controls voluntary movements; ex:joints, muscles, tendons [Pheripheral Nervous System] |
| Autonomic Nervous System | controls involuntary movements; ex: breathing, heart, blinking [Pheripheral Nervous System] |
| Sympathetic Branch | (under the autonomic nervous system) - fight or flight mechanism [extends energy] |
| Parasympthatic Branch | (under the autonomic nervous system) - mend or restore the body's energy; sleep |
| Neuron | basic unit of your brain |
| Nucleolus | is the brain (process) of the neuron |
| Dendrites | recieve the information from other neurons |
| Axon | sends the information |
| Terminal Buttons | sending the signal to other neurons |
| Myelin Sheath | fatty tissue that protects & covers the axon |
| Synapse | the gap between neurons |
| Neurotransmitters | flow back & forth through synapses that allows neurons communicate |
| Receptor Sites | these receieve neurotransmitters (located on dentrite) |
| Vesicles | the mini circle in terminal buttons - sacs that holds neurotransmitters |
| Threshold | in order of neuron has certain number of neurotransmitter must recieve before its send a message |
| Electrical Impulse | once threshold is reached, it sends the "impulse" down the neuron to release all transmitters |
| Fissure Serval Indentions/Creaves | that seperate the lobs |
| logitudinal (corpus callosum) | connects the two hemisphere in our brain |
| Frontal Lobe | voluntary movement, speech, decision making- last part of the brain to form- alcohol/speed greatly affect this area |
| Motor Cortex | its where voluntary movement is controlled |
| Parietal Lobe | contains sensory cortex-process the info. from the sense of touch |
| Occipital Lobe | vision care, safety precaution-sends info. from the opposite eye to occipital lobe |
| Temporal Lobe | auditory/hearing center-process info. from the opposite ear |
| Cerebral Cortex | out covering of the brain |
| Nature | is the idea of biology/genetics affects the way our behavior. [DNA] |
| Identical Twins | identical - share the same embryoOnce seperated at birth - live in different environment; remarkly have same personality. |
| Fraternal Twins | don't share the same embryo |
| Adopted Kids | have more common with their biological parents than their adopted parents |
| Temperament | how intense and how long you're going to be mad-little changes over time |
| Nuture | the idea of environment affects the behavior |
| Peer Group | friends can affect your behavior more than parents |
| Alcoholism, Drug, Smoking | affects from the family; more affect by peer group. |
| Cultural Norm | accept behavior ex: arranged marriage, body lang, yes/no, moral things |
| Personal Space | prefer buffer zone |
| Gender Roles | we have accepted behaviors for each gender |
| Language | re-enforce gender roles some words are masculine & some words are feminine |
| Social Learning Theory | we learn gender roles by watching and imitating |
| Gender Schema Theory | gender acts as a lens through which we look at the world |
| Physical Development [Infancy & Childhood] | ~childhood - starts from birth to puberty~growth is rapid through infancy to toddlers - significant pace~3-12 yrs. growth is slow |
| Jean Piaget | Swiss Psychologist; studied on his boys to see how our mind grows in stages; four stages; Cognitive Growth |
| Sensorimontor Stage | -birth to age 2-experience the world by their senses-any senses that triggers takes all their attention |
| Object Permance | is the idea of cant see something, its still there; develops around 8 months ex: peek-a-boo |
| PreOperational Stage | -age 2 to 6/7-the ability to verbalize but cant think logically |
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