Exam 1 Flashcards
(39 cards)
Humanistic
Rogers and Maslow- capacity of positive growth
psychodynamic
Freud- unconscious thought driven by impulse
Wilhelm Wundt
Father of Psychology- founded structuralism and opened 1st psychology lab
Behavioral
pavlov, watson, skinner
Reliability
consistent results every time
Validity
accurate results across experiments
Longitude Studies
Same group of people studied over a longer period of time
Cross-sectional studies
different groups at the same point in time
Descriptive Research
Case studies, survey, observing natural habitat
Confounding Variables
other variables that could effect the dependent variable
Ethical Protocol
Informed consent, protection from harm, confidentiality, debriefing, no deception
Central Nervous System
brain and spinal chord
Sympathetic NS
fight or flight/ percieved threat
Parasympathetic NS
calms body and reserves energy
Afferent Neurons
transmits info from spinal chord to brain (sensory)
Efferent Neurons
transmits from brain to muscles (motor)
Reflex Arc
action potential bypasses brain processing–dedicated pathways for faster processing
Reuptake
neurotransmitters not absorbed go back to presynaptic neurons
Cerebral Cortex
highly folded outer surface area of the brain
Corpus Callosum
connects left and right hemisphere of the brain
Broca’s Area
speech production (frontal)
Wernicke’s Area
critical to language COMPREHENSION (temporal)
Frontal Lobe
primary motor cortex, higher level thinking, working memory
Parietal Lobe
Processes touch and memory integration