Things to know for test

Textbook definition of psychology

Difference between

Founders of psychology and the different facets who goes with what

Characteristics and Correlations with experiments

Independent and dependent variables

Functions and parts of the neuron

Terminals, dendrites (see picture in text)

Nervous system makeup and function

Parts and functions of the brain

Brain scans

Naturalist observation

Case history

Survey’s

Short Answer

What happens vernices and Brookes areas are damaged

What is psychology

Determinism- Life has a point no freewill predictability of behavior

Biopsychology- Studies brain functions and activity e.g., Brain damage

Functionalism – *William James*

Developmental Psychology – Study of people from birth to death

Clinical Psychology – mental disorders fetishes

Psychiatrist – is MD can prescribe

IO Psychatrist – Study people at work productivity

Ergonomist – Make machinery more user-friendly for people

Wilhelm Wundt

***Freud***

Structuralism – Titchner (structure of the mind)

Social Psychology- the effects of society on people

Psychomatrician – Making tests fair easy and useable develop and improve tests

Dalton – into IQ he thought it dealt with physical ability and whether or not to reproduce

Applied vs. Basic Psychology

Freud and psychoanalysis

Humanistic psychology – definition

Double Blind Study- nobody knows anything experimenters and survery or experimenter

Naturalistic Observation – watching the apes

Case History – about 1 person, takes a long time, smallest # of subjects

Surevey – get lots of info real quick, people lie, don’t understand questions

4 or 5 ?’s on Correlation – shows relationship between two variables when one can’t do an experiment. Doesn’t show cause and effect. –1 to +1 No relationship = 0

Experiment – gives cause and effect has independent variable; manipulating something;

Know how to pick out independent and dependent variables

Control group – the same as experimental without independent variable

Placebo – sugar pill

Representitiviness – definition

Random Assignments- people picked for experimental and control group randomly

Demand Characteristics – clues that experimenters give subjects that tells subjects what they are looking for

Informed Consent – experimenters know what is going down

Axon – covered myelin sheath speeds up transmission

Gila – def and location

Dendrites – receive the message (tree branches)

Synapse- space where message is sent between two neurons

Synaptic vesicles – where neurotransmitters are stored before release

Central Nervous System – brain and spinal cord

Peripheral Nervous System – everything else made of Somatic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System

Sympathetic Nervous System – times of stress “flight or flight”

Parasympathetic Nervous System – times of peace, calming down

Endocrine System – Releases Hormones

Reticular Formation – wakes up brain hit back of neck

Cerebellum – coordinates voluntary muscle movements (walking)

Cerebral Cortex – outer surface of the forebrain (wrinkly part)

Right Hemisphere – visual and special

Left Hemisphere – math and logic

Occipital Lobe – vision

Temporal Lobe – hearing, auditory

Prefrontal Motor Cortex – planning and organization

Corpus Callosum – connects left and right hemispheres (media clip) says what is on right draws what is on left

Hypothalamus – motivation and emotion eating drinking and sex

Short Answers

Basic and applied psychology

Psychoanalysis and humanism

Cat Scan and MRI, PET (!!!know what they do!!!)

CAT = x-ray PET = detects radioactive tracer MRI = studies magnetic field of brain

Brooke and vernicke

Brooke is damaged can understand speech but not produce it

Vernicke is damaged can speak but not understand anyone else

Neurons

Different stages that a neuron goes through to send a message 3 stages

electrochemical transmission explain about ions