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| 57045962 | Wilhelm Wundt | Established the first formal laboratory for research | 0 | |
| 643292376 | Sigmund Freud | Emphasized the subconscious, developed Psychoanalytic theory | 1 | |
| 175897998 | John B. Watson | Founded behaviorism, believed that environment was the most important key to success | 2 | |
| 160119085 | Cognition | mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge | 3 | |
| 202331654 | Physiology | Biological basis of behavior | 4 | |
| 42767411 | 1st Three themes of Psychology | Psychology is empirical, theoretically diverse, evolves in a sociohistorical context. | 5 | |
| 647598207 | Last Four Themes of Psychology | Behavior is determined by multiple causes, behavior is shaped by cultural heritage, heredity and environment jointly influence behavior, people's experience of the world is highly subjective. | 6 | |
| 895448695 | Hypothesis | prediction about the relationship between two variables | 7 | |
| 630813190 | Theory | explains data | 8 | |
| 340189451 | Experimental Research | Manipulating one variable to see how it affects another variable | 9 | |
| 434155287 | Descriptive/Correlational Research methods | Study the relationship between two variables | 10 | |
| 868095760 | Independent Variable | Condition Varied by experimenter | 11 | |
| 695164080 | Dependent Variable | Variable that is affected by manipulation(What is being measured) | 12 | |
| 443089711 | Artificial environment, ethical issues | Disadvantages of the experimental method | 13 | |
| 181996052 | Naturalistic observation, survey, case studies | Types of Correlational method research | 14 | |
| 335203721 | Sampling Bias | when your sample doesn't look like your population | 15 | |
| 554320311 | Double blind solution | Solution to experimenter bias | 16 | |
| 706517143 | Soma | cell body(nucleus) | 17 | |
| 854002995 | dendrites | receive info from other nuerons | 18 | |
| 412979602 | axon | sends info from nuerons | 19 | |
| 144695128 | Terminal buttons | release chemicals | 20 | |
| 867713514 | synapse | gaps between nuerons | 21 | |
| 23458477 | Glia | provide support & insulation for rain, make myelin for myelin sheath, gets rid of toxins | 22 | |
| 434099445 | Action Potentional | shift in electrical charge that travels on the axon | 23 | |
| 128084315 | Neurotransmitters | binds at receptor sites, respond to specific transmitters | 24 | |
| 419259909 | PSP(Postsynaptic Potential) | voltage change at a receptor site on a postsynaptic cell membrane | 25 | |
| 601084899 | Acetylcholine | controls movement, attention, memory (alzheimers) | 26 | |
| 203622310 | Serotonin | sleep/wakefulness, depression, eating | 27 | |
| 212449281 | Norepinephrine | mood, arousal | 28 | |
| 453844212 | Dopamine | voluntary movement, reward pathway (addiction to things like gambling) | 29 | |
| 955452493 | GABA | always inhibitory | 30 | |
| 701626354 | Endorphins | pain modulation, stress response, runners high | 31 | |
| 339250797 | Hindbrain | Oldest section of the brain, composed of the medulla, pons, and cerebellum | 32 | |
| 267372778 | Medulla | part of the brain that controls respiration, cardiac function, monitors toxins in blood | 33 | |
| 344809026 | Pons | Part of brain that bridges upper and lower portions, controls facial expressions | 34 | |
| 819344097 | Cerebellum | balance and muscle coordination, motor learning(mirror neurons) | 35 | |
| 291450058 | Midbrain | section of the brain involved in vision hearing and movement, pain management, composed of many small parts | 36 | |
| 48729470 | Reticular Formation | part of the brain that controls mood, arousal, and sleep (releases serotonin to the brain) | 37 | |
| 836465609 | Forebrain | Section of the brain that contains the thalmus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex | 38 | |
| 412364576 | Thalmus | part of the brain that relays sensory info(not smell) | 39 | |
| 801870298 | Hypothalmus | part of the brain that regulates body temperature, 4F's (feeding,fighting,fleeing,&fornicating) | 40 | |
| 1034412229 | Hippocampus, Amygdala | Composes the limbic system | 41 | |
| 926613822 | Hippocampus | part of brain that controls the formation of new memories, spatial navigation, vulnerable to stress(memory loss) | 42 | |
| 274530941 | Amygdala | part of brain that controls the processing of memory and emotions, emotional learning, fear conditioning | 43 | |
| 138750810 | Limbic System | pleasure center of the brain | 44 | |
| 39544324 | Cerebrum | also called the cerebral cortex or cortex, controls complex mental activities | 45 | |
| 525223120 | Occipital lobe | lobe that controls vision | 46 | |
| 933920927 | Parietal lobe | lobe that controls somatosensory(touch) aspects | 47 | |
| 200989182 | Temporal Lobe | lobe that controls auditory senses | 48 | |
| 318501314 | Frontal Lobe | lobe that controls motor system | 49 | |
| 142176378 | Prefrontal cortex | executive control system(CEO of the brain) not developed until the mid 20's, planning & personality | 50 | |
| 240403172 | Sensation | stimulation of a sense organ | 51 | |
| 682094626 | Perception | interpretation of sensory input | 52 | |
| 446408761 | Amplitude | perception of brightness | 53 | |
| 446408762 | Wavelength | perception of color | 54 | |
| 351633055 | Retina | part of the eye that sends messages to the brain | 55 | |
| 85535472 | Lens | part of the eye with muscles to help focus | 56 | |
| 58386114 | Trichromatic theory | explains types of cones in retina | 57 | |
| 886323677 | Opponent Process theory | stimulation of one type of receptor influences the opponent receptor | 58 | |
| 26003964 | Binocular cues | depth perception involving one eye | 59 | |
| 657920925 | Monocular cues | depth perception involving both eyes | 60 | |
| 188238189 | Amplitude | loudness of a sound | 61 | |
| 233618498 | Wavelength | pitch of a sound | 62 | |
| 603897248 | Purity | timbre of a sound | 63 | |
| 820513398 | Left hemisphere | part of brain involved controlling verbal memory, speech, sounds | 64 | |
| 634054358 | Right hemisphere | part of brain involved in speech that controls nonverbal memory | 65 | |
| 500261925 | 10 days | taste buds renew every____ | 66 | |
| 876805101 | Temporal Lobe | olfactory bulb and cortex route through the___ | 67 |
