Paper 2 Topics Flashcards
Origins of Psychology
Wundt
Introspection
Structuralism
Question (Watson)
Watson and Skinner Behaviourism
Learning Approaches
Behaviourist Approach
Social Learning Theory
The Behaviourist Approach
Environmental
Skinner
Pavlov
Classical / Operant Conditioning
Social Learning Theory
Observation + imitation
Mediational processes
Vicarious Reinforcement
Environmental
Bandura Bobo Dolls
The Cognitive Approach
Schema
Inferences
Theoretical Models
Computer Models
Cognitive Neuroscience
The Biological Approach
Neurochemical basis of behaviour
Genetic basis of behaviour
Innate
Genotype and Phenotype
Evolution (Darwin)
The Psychodynamic Approach
Freud
Tripartite Personality
Psychosexual Stages / Fixation
Defence Mechanisms
Unconscious
The Humanistic Approach
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Free Will
Self Actualisation
Carl Rogers
Rogerian Therapy
Congruence and Incongruence
Conditions of Worth
Unconditional Positive Regard
The Nervous System
CNS
PNS
ANS
Sympathetic/Parasympathetic
SNS
The Endocrine System
Glands/Hormones
Pituitary gland
Adrenal Glands
Adrenal Cortex/Medulla
Ovaries
Testes
Neurons
Structure
Function
Sensory
Relay
Motor
Synaptic Transmission
Action Potential
Summation
Excitation and Inhibition
Synaptic Vesicle
Neurotransmitters
Fight or Flight
Endocrine system
Process
Parasympathetic to Sympathetic
Localisation of Function
Holistic view to Localisation Theory
Phineas Gage
Broca’s Area
Wernicke’s Area
Parts of brain (Broca’s Area, Motor Cortex, Somatosensory Centre, Visual Cortex, Wernicke’s Area, Auditory Centre) Areas of brain (Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, Temporal Lobe)
Damage to areas
Hemispheric Lateralisation and Split Brain research
2 hemispheres
Localised function (right and left)
Corpus Callosum
Sperry’s Split Brain Research (epilepsy)
