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psychology is the study of

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scientific study of behavior and mental processes (mind)

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behavior

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can be observed by others

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mental processes

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can’t be directly seen

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William Wundt
-what year?

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founded the first psychology laboratory, in Germany at University of Leipzig
-1879

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William James

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first American psychologist

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structuralism (1880s)
-who
-goal

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-Wilhelm Wundt
-goal: identify the most basic elements of psychological experience
-trained observers, aimed to be objective

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functionalism (1880s)
-who, influenced by
-what it is

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-William James, influenced by Darwin
-how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment
-how are characteristics adaptive?
-focus on the whole of behavior, not the smaller concepts

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psychoanalytic theory (1910s)
-who
-what it is

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-Sigmund Freud
-unconscious experiences and childhood experiences have lasting influence
-found of psychoanalysis and major influence on early clinical psychology

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behaviorism (1920s-40s)
-major figures
-what it is

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-Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner
-general laws of learning; only observable behavior is of interest

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Mary Calkins

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-like many women, was blocked from PhD and academia
-wrote a foundational textbook on animal behavior

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Dr. Kenneth and Dr. Mamie Clark

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-famous doll study
-children offered black and white dolls to play with would choose the white dolls most of the time
demonstrated internalized racism even in children of color
-influential for Brown v.s Board decision

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current trends in psychology

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-advances in brain imaging
-open science and data sharing
-administering tests via computer and to larger groups
-emphasis on genes as well as experience in shaping behavior

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operational definition

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defining our constructs

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inter-rate reliability

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having multiple observers

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deductive reasoning

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start with general premise and see if empirical observations match

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inductive reasoning

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start with observations about the world and develop theory from there

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longitudinal research

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follow the same people over some length of time

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cross-sectional

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compare different groups at the same time

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correlational studies

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-looks at how variables are related in everyday life
-variables are measured but not manipulated
-statistic: correlation coefficient (range from -1 to 0 to 1)
-“correlation does not equal causation”

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experiment subjects require two things

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random sample and random assignment

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Tuskegee Study (1932-1872)

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-ethical issue in research design
-African American men in rural Alabama with syphilis
-researchers never informed, or treated, the men (despite penicillin being available)
-merely studied course of disease
-men died, had related complications, infected others

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ethics includes what?

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-strict rules govern psychological research
-institutional review boards (IRB)
-informed consent
-right to withdraw
-rules about use of deception

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human genetics: environment

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all the non-biological factors that can impact development

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two types of cells in nervous system
-multiple sclerosis

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-neurons: receive and transmit information
-glial cells: support functions
-multiple sclerosis: myelin sheath damaged

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action potential travels to ___
terminal buttons
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agonists v.s antagonists
agonist = mimic a NT antagonist = block NT activity
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serotonin
-mood, appetite, sleep -lowered levels linked to depression
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Phineas Gage
-injury completely changed his personality -personality has a neural (physical) basis -brain is a system and can recover from serious injury
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brain plasticity
the idea that our brain can rewire after injury, stroke, surgery
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PNS: somatic v.s autonomic
somatic = sensory and motor (voluntary) autonomic = internal organs (involuntary)
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parts of brain -cerebral cortex -bumpy -hemispheres -lobes
-cerebral cortex: largest part of brain -bumpy: gyri (folds) and sulci (grooves) -hemispheres: control opposite side of body and connected by corpus callosum -lobes: different specializations
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frontal lobe -motor cortex -broca's area
frontal lobe: reasoning, motor control, language -motor cortex: planning movement -broca's area: language production
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pariteal lobe -somatosensory cortex
pariteal lobe: processing sensory information -somatosensory cortex: processing touch, temperature, pain
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temporal lobe -auditory cortex -Wernicke's area
temporal lobe: hearing, memory, some language -auditory cortex -Wernicke's area: speech comprehension
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forebrain: thalamus and limbic system -thalamus -limbic system -hypothalamus -amygdala -hippocampus
-thalamus: sensory relay station -limbic system: controls emotion and memory -hypothalamus: regulator -amygdala: emotion, plus emotional memory -hippocampus: learning and memory (case study of H.M)
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hind brain structures and functions
-aka brainstem -medulla, pons, cerebellum -heart rate, breathing -sleep, arousal -coordination
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EEG
-brain waves -measure of brain's electrical activity -has excellent time precision
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fMRI
-functional magnetic resonance imaging -shows changes in brain activity by tracking bloodflow -can compare activation patterns in those with disorders
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absolute threshold
-what it takes to detect a stimulus -minimum amount of energy an organism can detect 50% of the time
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perception -bottom up -top down
-bottom up: putting together different parts of what we experience to make a conclusion -top down: perceptions are affected by our expectations
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rods v.s cones
rods: detect movement and black and white cones: detect color, need bright light
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binocular v.s monocular cues
-binocular: require two working eyes for binocular disparity -monocular: size constancy, linear perspective
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Psyche
your mind and your deepest feelings and attitudes Id, Ego, and Super- Ego
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Gestalt psychology
-rejected the analytical approach to the study of mental events and instead focused on the constructive nature of internal expertness
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APA
American Psychological Association
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forensic psychology
area of psychology that applies that science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
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developmental psychology
scientific study of development across a lifespan
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cognitive psychology
study of conditions, or thoughts, and their relationship to experiences and actions
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social/personality psychology
study of patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique
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theory
broad explanation or group of explanations for some aspect of the natural world that is consistency supported by evidence over time
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hypothesis
tentative explanation of a phenomenon -should fit into context of theory
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PKU
Irreversible brain damage and marked intellectual disability beginning within the first few months of life.
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reticular formation
TEXTBOOK
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MRI
magnetic fields used to produce a picture of the tissue being imaged
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substantia nigra
hb
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ventral tegmental area (VTA)
dopamine

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