Psychology: Themes and Variations Chapters 1-4 Flashcards

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