Test 1 Subjects

Question 1

Ablation

Answer 1

Cutting out piece of brain to see what happens

Question 2

Action propre & action commune

Answer 2

Pierre Florens
Localization of function
Each general area of the brain has an action propre
Eg. Cerebellum is cordination
Eg. Cerebral cortex will and motivation
Action commune: The whole system really works as a community, destroy one and hurt it all

Question 3

Allegory of the cave

Answer 3

Plato

You only know what you have seen

Question 4

Apperception

Answer 4

When your perceiving intentionally (Focus)

Wundt

Question 5

Basic (Pure) v Applied Research

Answer 5

Basic= studying for the sake of knowledge
Applied= studying for a purpose

Question 6

Bell-Magendie Law

Answer 6

Spinal Cord: Pupose for ventral vs Dorsal
Bell: ventral = voluntary Dorsal = involuntary
Mag: ventral=motor dorsal=sensory
Mag was way better but whatevs….

Question 7

Binocular convergence

Answer 7

George Berkeley

More eyes point together the closer and object is

Question 8

British Empiricism/Associationism

Answer 8

Empiricism= experience, blank slate, figured out early ideas of thoughts
Associationism= built off empiricism dealt with how thoughts were related to each other

Question 9

Broca’s & Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 9

Brocas= speech problems
Wernicke= comprehension problems

Question 10

Cogito ergo sum, esse est percipi

Answer 10

“I think therefore I am”
Rene Descarte
“To be is to be percieved”
George Berkely

Question 11

Determinism v Free Will

Answer 11

Determinism= something determines our actions

Free Will= we chose our actions

Question 12

Dualism v Monism

Answer 12

Dualism= separate mind and body
Monism= mind and body are one in the same

Question 13

Epistemology

Answer 13

The study of knowledge and how it is aquired

-used by empirisists

Question 14

Equipotentiality

Answer 14

Karl Lashley

one part of cortex can take over function of another part

Question 15

Fechner’s Law

Answer 15

S=KlogR
S=Mental sensation
K=Weber's ratio
R= Physical Intenstity
Dealt with percievable differences

Question 16

Geocentrism v Heliocentrism

Answer 16

Geo- earth centered
Aristotle
Helio- sun centered
galileo
Rene Descartes

Question 17

Immaterialism

Answer 17

Spin on anti-materialism that there is no proof that matter even exists

Question 18

Innate v Derived ideas

Answer 18

Rene Descartes
Innate: Born with
Eg. god perfection infinity and self
Derived: Things you learn

Question 19

Jnd

Answer 19

Just noticeable differences

relates to Weber’s difference thresshold

Question 20

Law of mass action

Answer 20

Karl Lashley

learning, and memory depend on amount of cortex available

Question 21

Localization of function

Answer 21

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Question 22

Materialism v Antimaterialism

Answer 22

Materialism= things are made out of a finite set of ingredients and are understandable
-Reductionists= things are made out of finite set of ingredients
-Elementist= things are made out of elements
-Atomist= things are made out of atoms
Antimaterialism= vitalism, free will

Question 23

Mental chronometry

Answer 23

reaction time
Helmholtz discovered nerve impulse to be slow
Know as mental chronometry in Wundt’s lab

Question 24

Nature v Nurture

Answer 24

genes v. environment

Question 25

Neuron theory

Answer 25

Cajal | Discrete cells

Question 26

Nonsense syllable

Answer 26

CVC | Ebinghaus

Question 27

Personal equation

Answer 27

Bessel Equation for latitude with Jupiters moons Enabled personalization for formula And way more accurate

Question 28

Phrenology

Answer 28

personality by shape of skull | poorly researched and innacurate

Question 29

Pineal gland

Answer 29

Rene Descartes Dualism believed brain and mind connect at pineal gland

Question 30

Pneumatic philosophy

Answer 30

a name for metaphysics or psychology

Question 31

Primary v Secondary qualities

Answer 31

``` Primary= What it is: Form, motion and size Secondary= what we perceive: smell, temperature, color ```

Question 32

Psychophysical parallelism

Answer 32

mind and body event occur together with no cause effect relationship

Question 33

Psychophysics

Answer 33

Helmholtz | Psychology that deals with external stimuli and mental phenomena

Question 34

Rationalism v Empiricism

Answer 34

Reason v. Experience

Question 35

Reticular doctrine

Answer 35

Golgi Reticular theory everything in nervous system is single network

Question 36

Specific Nerve Energies

Answer 36

Sensory neurons pick up specific things like taste touch etc... Muller Difference is from pathways

Question 37

Tabula rasa

Answer 37

"Clean Slate" You are born with no knowledge No innate ideas

Question 38

Thresholds (3)

Answer 38

Weber 2pt = two pokes, 4 cm on back, 1mm on tip of finger Absolute threshold= minimum detectable Difference = minimal detectable difference

Question 39

Trust v Reason v Experience

Answer 39

Trust= God/gut

Question 40

Vitalism v Mechanism

Answer 40

``` Vitalism= life has some mystical element Galvani Mechanism= everything can be explained like a machine Harvey Helmholtz The Mills ```

Question 41

Völkerpsychologie

Answer 41

Wundt Mix of developmental psych and anthropology Theory higher difficulty of native language = greater upper level intelligence Didnt think upper level thought could be quantified

Question 42

Voluntary v Involuntary movement

Answer 42

Robert Whytt | Spinal cord reflexes v decisions to move

Question 43

Weber’s Ratio

Answer 43

Difference threshold is a proportion not a fixed value | JND/S=K

Question 44

1860

Answer 44

Fechner started psycho-physics

Question 45

1879

Answer 45

Wundt started teaching psychology at Leipzig