6588233374 | psychology | the study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
6588233375 | biological approach | genetics, close-relatives, body functions (approach) | 1 | |
6588233376 | evolutionary approach | species - helped with survival (ancestors) (approach) | 2 | |
6588233377 | psychodynamic approach | (Freud) subconscious, repressed feelings, unfulfilled wishes (approach) | 3 | |
6588233378 | behavioral approach | learning (classical and operant) observed (approach) | 4 | |
6588233379 | cognitive approach | thinking affects behavior (approach) | 5 | |
6588233380 | humanistic approach | becoming a better human (behavior, acceptance) (approach) | 6 | |
6588233381 | descriptive, correlational, and experimental | types of research methods | 7 | |
6588233382 | case study | studies one person in depth may not be typical of population | 8 | |
6588233383 | survey | studies lots of people not in depth | 9 | |
6588233384 | naturalistic observation | observe + write facts without interference | 10 | |
6588233385 | correlational method | shows relation, but not cause/effect scatterplots show research | 11 | |
6588233386 | experimental method | does show cause and effect | 12 | |
6588233387 | sample | actual people who will be used (randomness reduces bias) | 13 | |
6588233388 | random assignment | chance selection between experimental and control groups | 14 | |
6588233389 | control group | not receiving experimental treatment receives placebo | 15 | |
6588233390 | experimental group | receiving treatment/drug | 16 | |
6588233391 | independent variable | drug/procedure/treatment | 17 | |
6588233392 | dependent variable | outcome of using the drug/treatment | 18 | |
6588233393 | confounding variable | can affect dependent variable beyond experiment's control | 19 | |
6588233394 | scientific method | theory hypothesis operational definition revision | 20 | |
6588233395 | theory | general idea being tested | 21 | |
6588233396 | hypothesis | measurable/specific statement | 22 | |
6588233397 | sensory neurons | travel from sensory receptors to brain | 23 | |
6588233398 | motor neurons | travel from brain to "motor" workings | 24 | |
6588233399 | interneurons | (in brain and spinal cord) connecting motor and sensory neurons | 25 | |
6588233400 | neuron | 26 | ||
6588233401 | neurotransmitters | chemical messengers | 27 | |
6588233402 | excitatory charge | "Let's do it!" | 28 | |
6588233403 | inhibitory charge | "Let's not do it!" | 29 | |
6588233404 | central nervous system | brain and spinal cord are part of the | 30 | |
6588233405 | peripheral nervous system | somatic nervous system autonomic nervous system | 31 | |
6588233406 | somatic nervous system | voluntary movements are controlled by | 32 | |
6588233407 | autonomic nervous system | involuntary movements (sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems) | 33 | |
6588233408 | sympathetic nervous system | arousing | 34 | |
6588233409 | parasympathetic nervous system | calming | 35 | |
6588233410 | endocrine system | slow uses hormones in the blood system | 36 | |
6588233411 | master gland | pituitary gland | 37 | |
6588233412 | frontal lobe | judgement, personality, processing (Phineas Gage accident) (part of brain) | 38 | |
6588233413 | parietal lobe | math and spatial reasoning (part of brain) | 39 | |
6588233414 | temporal lobe | audition and recognizing faces (part of brain) | 40 | |
6588233415 | occipital lobe | vision (part of brain) | 41 | |
6588233416 | corpus callosum | split in the brain to stop hyper-communication (eliminate epileptic seizures) | 42 |
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