Psych119_test_1 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
What marked founding of psych and who	Wilhelm Wundt , 1879 – FOUNDING OF PSYCHOLOGY
basic premise of behaviorism-what motivates us	emphasizes choice, self-direction, actualizing tendency
basic premise of humanism-what motivates us	Emphasized choice, free will, drive to fulfill potential
Difference of clinical psychology and psychiartrists	psychiatrists are medical doctors and psychologists are notreplication
difference between hypothesis and theory	theory be broad. hypo be narrow and measurable
difference between descriptive and experimental methods	Descriptive – Who what where when – Association. Experimental – CAUSE AND EFFECT
why random selection is used	selection—every member of larger group has equal chance of being selected for the study sample
know how to interpret a correlation coefficient strength and direction	Numerical indication of magnitude and direction of the relationship between two variables
be able to find an independent variable and dependent varible experimental study	the controlled factor in an experiment. dependent- the measured facts
know what random assignment is	assignment—every subject in the study should have an equal chance of being placed in either the experimental or control group
what is operational definition	n terms of the specific process or set of validation tests used to determine its presence and quantity
what is free association	psychoanalytic patients are invited to relate whatever comes into their minds during the analytic session, and not to censor their thoughts
what is the id	the unconscious, impulsive part of brain
what is libido	sex drive
ego defense mechanism	Repression—keeping anxiety-producing thoughts out of the conscious mind – the most fundamental ego defense mechanism. Reaction formation—replacing an unacceptable wish with its opposite. Displacement—when a drive directed to one activity by the id is redi
role of ego in personality	makes rational descisions
freuds of stages of psychosexual development	oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital
what carl roger believed motivates human actions	Actualizing tendency—innate drive to maintain and enhance the human organism.
bandura's ideas of reciprocal development	cognitive <->enviromental factors <-> behavioral factors
self-efficacy	one's capablities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations
demension of eysenick's model of personality	Introversion-extraversion, Neuroticism-emotional stability, Psychoticism
what is most widely accept trait thoery	Five Factor Model
projective tests	evaluating self
three types of nuerons	sensory-From sensory organs to the brain and spinal cord. motor-From the brain and spinal cord, to the muscles and glands. interneurons-carry information between other neurons only found in the brain and spinal cord.
process of which an action potentional is perpetuated down the axon	Before stimulation, a neuron or muscle cell has a slightly negative electric polarization; that is, its interior has a negative charge compared with the extracellular fluid. This polarized state is created by a high concentration of positively charged sod
synaptic vesicles and what they carry	neurotransmitters
neurotransmitter	open receptor sites to allow communication between neurons
what is runner's high	feeling of pleasure after a long run is due in part to heavy endorphin release
to main divisions of nervous system	Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the nervous system
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems symp- arouse body to spend energy. para- calms the body
how the endocrine system communicates	HORMONES
lesion	damage on the brain
when is the cerebellum is impaired	neurotranmitters not working
job of hippocampus	formation of new memories
symptoms of damages to broca's area and wernicke's area	broca's plays role in speech production. Wernike’s area—plays role in plays role in understanding and meaningful speech “Don’t glow glover. Yes, umm, bick bo chipickers the dallydoe mick more work mittle”
what is absolute threshold	threshold—smallest strength of a stimulus that can be detected 1/2 of the time
lens of the eye and accommodation	– lens gets thicker or thinner to change how light falls on retina
fovea of the eye	center of eye (fovea)
difference between nerve and conduction deafness	nerve- permanit. condition- can be helped
sensory adaptation	getting used to a sense
pain and substance p	transfer pain signal
moon illusion	People perceive objects on the horizon as being farther away than stuff in the sky, because there’s all this stuff between them and the horizon.
gesalt laws	LAW OF SIMPLICITY – we tend to group things into the most simple arrangement.Proximity Similarity Closure Good Continuation
psychoanalysis	Psychoanalytic—importance of unconscious processes and childhood experiences
behavorism	Emphasis on the role of the environment in determining behavior
humanism	importance of self and fulfillment of potential
biological	Study the physiological mechanisms in the brain and nervous system that organize and control behavior
evolutionary	– psychological processes that promote success in environment = more likely to survive and pass on genes = why we do what we do today

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