Sem 1 Final Flashcards
Origin of psychology
Germany, 1879
Milgram
unethical shocking experiment
sociology
study of group behavior
anthropology
culutre
social psychology
effect of group on individual
structuralism
all about experiences
functionalism
about perception and behavioral patterns
psychodynamic
about subconsciousness and past experiences
behaviorism
only focused on behavior
Gestalt pschology
stuyding ithe whole brain
cognative psychology
mental processes
clinical death vs biological death
clinical: no pulse, reversible
biological: brain damage due to no oxygen
types of nerurons
sensory/afferent, motor/efferent, interneurons
Ach
neurotransmitter for motion and attention
dopamine
reward center; pleasure
seratonin
sleep cycles, happiness; mood molecule
norepinephrine
increases efficiency of signaling
endorphins
blocks pain
hindbrain
oldest. basic survival
medulla
involuntary functions, transmits stuff to upper brain
pons
sleep, attention
forebrain
thinking and logic
thalamus
senses - post office
hypothalamus
motivation, bloodpressure, etc.