Psychology

Psychology is objective while philosophy is subjective to your own opinion.

Considered the founder of psychology.

The first psychology lab was opened. Considered the birthday of philosophy.

Led Functionalism.

Structuralism analyzes the basic elements of consciousness and how they're related, while functionalism analyzes the function or purpose.

He ran an experiment with Yale tutors to see who would shock their students when asked.

She was the patient who helped develop psychoanalysis.

The founder of psychoanalysis.

Attempts to explain personality, motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior.

Founded behaviorism.

Scientific psychology should only study observable behavior and not unobservable thoughts.

He believed that there is no free will.

A group of people who believed that there is free will.

Look at them

A psychiatrist can prescribe medication.

It will help you have more desirable outcomes in decision making.

System of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations.

Formulate hypothesis, design study, collect data, analyze data and draw conclusions, report findings

Direct observation, questionnaire, interview, psychological test, physiological recording, examination of archival records

Condition or event that an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable

Affected by the manipulation of the independent variable.

Any variables other than the independent variable that seem likely to influence the dependent variable in a specific situation

Sample that is not representative of population from which it was drawn

Participants' expectations lead them to experience some change even though they receive empty, fake, or ineffectual treatment

Researcher's expectations or preferences about outcome of study influence results obtained

Use of deception and use of animals.

The cell body which contains nucleus and chemical machinery.

Parts of neuron that receive info

Long thin fibers that transmit signals away from soma to other neurons or to muscles and glands

Small knobs that secrete neurotransmitters

Provides support for neurons

Connection between two neurons.

Transmitter between motor neurons and voluntary muscles, contributes to attention, arousal, and memory

Dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin

Controls voluntary movements, reward chemical

Regulation of sleep and wakefulness

Modulation of mood and arousal

GABA, Glutamate

Only produces inhibitory psps, widely distributed, may be present at 40% of all synapses

always has excitatory effects, helps learning and memory

Internally produced chemicals that resemble opiates in structure and effect.

Made up of all those nerves that lie outside the brain and spinal cord

Bundles of neuron fibers (axons) that are routed together in the peripheral nervous system

Nerves that connect to voluntary skeletal muscles and sensory receptors

Carry info inward to central nervous system from periphery of body

Carry info outward from central to periphery

Nerves that connect to heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles, and glands

Mobilizes body's resources for emergencies

Generally conserves bodily resources

Brain and spinal cord

Monitors electrical activity of brain over time by means of recording electrodes attached to surface of scalp

Computerized tomography, only the structure of the brain, an xray

Magnetic resonance imaging, uses magnetic fields, radio waves, enhanced and better than CT

Scan brain function and activity

Monitors blood flow and oxygen consumption in brain

Cerebellum, medulla, and pons

Controls unconscious but vital functions, circulating blood, breathing, etc.

Connects brainstem with cerebellum, involved in sleep and arousal

Coordination of movement, equilibrium

Segment of brainstem that lies between hindbrain and forebrain, integrates sensory processes like seeing and hearing

Modulation of muscle reflexes, breathing, and pain perception, sleep, arousal, in midbrain

Thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, cerebrum

Center of complex thought

Outer layer of brain

Sensory info except smell passes through here to get to cortex

Regulation of basic biological needs, fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating

Loosely connected network of structures. Hippocampus, amygdala, olfactory bulb and cingulate gyrus. Regulates emotion, memory, and motivatio

Memory processes

Fear responses and processing of other basic emotional responses

It is the study of the mind.

Social psychology, educational psychology, and developmental psychology.

Wilhelm Wundt was a German professor who established the first formal laboratory forpsychology. He is considered the founder of psychology.

In 1879, the first formal psychology lab was opened. It is considered psychology's birthday.