Test 1 Flashcards
Psychology
scientific study of mental process and behavior
Wilhelm Wundt
Introspection. responsible for the “first lab”
Educutionary
newest inhereted IQ orientation
cognitive
computer thinking
humanistic
free will/choice
Sigmund Freud
Psychodynamic
TAT
Thematic Apperception Test
Defense Mechanism
reduce anxiety
Neo-Freudians
less sex more society
Psychoanalytic dreams
unknown desires
REM (rapid eye movement)
muscles move uncontrollably
Manifest dream
Disguised meaning
Latent
hidden meaning
Hypnosis
trancelike
CNS
Central Nervous System
Peripheral
all neurons other than brain and spinal cord
Endorphin
opiate. reduces pain.
Neurotransmitter
chemical produced by brain
Frontal
part of the brain responsible for thinking/reasoning
Parietal
part of the brain responsible for senses
Optical
part of the brain responsible for sight
Temperal lobe
part of the brain responsible for hearing
Left hemisphere of the brain responsible for?
speech
right hemisphere of the brain responsible for?
emotional inititive
drug problems
all the time thinking
meditation
altered state
gestalt
perceptions/wholes
archival research
research in which existing data such as census documents, college records, and newspaper clipings are examined to test a hypothesis. (divorce)
case study
an in depth intensive investigation of an individual or small group of people
dependent variable
the variable that is measured in an experiment. it is expected to change as a result of the independent variable.
independent variable
the variable that is manipulated by an experiment
ID
the raw, unorganized, unborn part of the personality whose sole purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives to hunger, sex, aggression and irrational impulses.
experiment
the investigation of the relationship between two variables by deliberately producing a change in one variable in a situation and observing the effects of that change on other aspects of that situation
super ego
the personality structure that harshly judges the morality of our behavior (concience)
naturalistic observation
research in which an investigator simply observes some naturally occurring behavior and does not make a change in the situation.
scientific method
how psychologists systematically acquire knowledge and understanding about behavior and other pehnomenia of interest.
biopsychologists
psychologists who specialize in considering the ways in which biological structures and functions of the body affect behavior
consciousness
the awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings being experienced at a given moment.
neurons
nerve cells, the basic elements of the nervous system
Oedipal Complex
is a child’s desire, that the mind keeps in the unconscious via dynamic repression, to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex
electroencephalogram (EEG)
test used to detect abnormalities related to electrical activity of the brain. This procedure tracks and records brain wave patterns. Small metal discs with thin wires (electrodes) are placed on the scalp, and then send signals to a computer to record the results.
extrasensory perception
The term was adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and clairvoyance, and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition.
