Psych Chap 1-4 but im screaming into my hands the entire time im making this

the parklane movie theater incident

Darley and Latane

The science of mental processes and behavior

Everything you do and react to

the first second

first; last

to describe, predict, or control behavior

explain the same behavior in multiple ways

behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.

a research degree that requires a dissertation based on an original investigation

a degree that focuses more on the clinical aspect of psychology, it centers on the treatment of psychological disorders

4 or 5 years

they have a medical degree and specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders, often using treatments that involve the prescription of drugs.

the ancient Greeks, who considered the mind to be a suitable topic for scholarly contemplation

Wundt's approach, which focuses on understanding the fundamental mental components of consciousness, thinking, emotions, and other kinds of mental states and activities.

a procedure where people are presented with a stimulus and asked to describe in as much detail as possible what they were experiencing

a theory that concentrates on what the mind does and how behavior functions.

an approach to psychology that focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" sense rather than on the individual elements of perception.

views behavior from the perspective of biological functioning

examines how people understand and think about the world

focuses on observable behavior

contends that people can control their behavior and that they naturally try to reach their full potential

believes behavior is motivated by inner, unconscious forces over which a person has little control

choices made freely by an individual

the notion that behavior is largely produced by factors beyond people's willful control

1. identifying questions of interest

2. formulating an explanation

3. conducting an experiment/research

4. communicating findings

broad explanations and predictions concerning observations of interest.

a testable prediction that predicts the effect the independent variable will have on the dependent one.

the scientific method or experimental research

the translation of a hypothesis into specific, testable procedures that can be measured and observed in an experiment

theory; hypothesis

research based off of prior recorded findings and studies to test a hypothesis. (census documents, online databases, newspaper articles...)

the investigator observes some naturally occurring behavior and does not make a change in the situation

research conducted by analyzing and comparing cases, though suffers from small sample sizes.

one variable affects the other (ex given in class: more churches = more alcoholics)

a sample of people chosen to represent a larger group of interest (a population) is asked a series of questions about their behavior, thoughts, or attitudes.

indicates that as the value of one variable increases, we can predict that the value of the other variable also increases

indicates that as the value of one variable increases, we can predict that the value of the other variable decreases

any group that receives a treatment

a group that receives no treatment

the condition that is manipulated by an experimenter

the variable that is measured in a study that's expected to undergo change.

an unaccounted variable that is related to both the cause and effect in an experiment.

participants are assigned to different experimental groups, or conditions, on the basis of chance and chance alone.

indicates that the findings of a research study are statistically meaningful, there is a large enough difference between the conditions

a document signed by participants that tells them what the study entails and how it'll involve them

factors that distort the way an independent variable affects the dependent variable in an experiment

A false treatment

Nerve cells, the basic elements of the nervous system. They are the fundamental unit of the central nervous system.

the part of the neuron that receives messages from other neurons.

carries messages received by dendrites to the other neurons.

the small bulges at the end of an axon that send messages to other neurons.

a protective coating of fat and protein that wraps around the axon

states that neurons are either on or off and when there is enough of a force to pull the trigger, a neuron fires.

negative charge

an electric nerve impulse that travels through the axon when it is set off by a trigger. it changes the neuron's charge from (-) to (+).

neurons that fire when a person observes another individual carrying out the same behavior

when people are aware of their actions and its consequences, they are given choice.

space between neurons

electrical

chemical

one system

the brain and spinal cord

transmit information from the perimeter of the body to the central nervous system and the brain

send messages from the brain and nervous system to the muscles and glands

the part of the nervous system that's made of long axons and dendrites that branch out from the spinal court and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. it contains our automatic and somatic subdivisions.

specializes in the control of voluntary movements

controls the part of your body that automatically functions to keep us alive (ex. breathing)

our body's fight or flight

calms down the body after an emergency has ended

chemical communication network that sends messages through the body through the bloodstream.

controls the functioning of the rest of the endocrine system. hormones secreted from this gland control growth

records electrical activity in the brain through electrodes placed on the outside of the skull

provide a detailed 3D image of the brain by aiming a powerful magnetic field at the brain

show biochemical activity within the brain at a given moment

uses magnetic fields to produce an understanding of the functioning of the brain by briefly interrupting normal brain activity.

the "old brain" it decides what's important to you as a trigger

the part of our brain that controls bodily balance

produces general arousal of our body. (ex: heightened state of awareness when we're startled to see if it's necessary to respond.)

relay station for information about the senses to be sorted out to be sent to the cerebellum and medulla

the center of the limbic system, it maintains homeostasis and the 4 basic survival functions, feeding, fighting, fleeing, and f@cking.

the part of the brain that controls eating, aggression, and reproduction. our "animal brain"

the "new brain" responsible for the most sophisticated information processing in the brain; it contains 4 lobes

Parietal, temporal, occipital, and frontal

Largely responsible for the body's voluntary movement

includes 3 regions: body sensations, sight, and sound

the brain's ability to change throughout the life span through the addition of new neurons

the symmetrical left and right halves of the brain that control motion in and receive sensation from the side of the body opposite their location.

the fibers that connect the brain hemisphere and allow them to communicate

it doesn't make a sound, rather it makes a vibration

because of Gestalt, our brains take shortcuts

linked rings

refers to the activation of the sense organs (a physical response)

refers to how stimuli are interpreted (a psychological response)

Energy that produces a response in a sense organ

the study of the relationship between the actual physical aspects of a stimulus and our psychological experience of that stimulus

the lowest intensity of stimulus that an organism can detect

the smallest level of added or reduced stimulation required to sense that a change in stimulation has occurred

our perception of change in a stimulus is based on what the stimulus is

an adjustment in sensory capacity after prolonged exposure to unchanging stimuli