Psychology 110 (Spring 2022)
Psychology Correct Answer: the scientific study of mind and behavior
Six approaches to Psychology Correct Answer: Psychoanalytic,
Behavioral,
Gestalt,
Humanistic,
Cognitive,
Biological/Medical/Physiological
Human services Correct Answer: Clinical,
Counseling,
Community,
School
Applied Correct Answer: Educational, Forensic, Sports, Industrial/Organizational, health, Engineering
Experimental(for the sake of further knowledge) Correct Answer: Social, Personality, Cognitive,
Developmental, Physiological/Medical/Biological
Charles Darwin Correct Answer: - Published origin of species
- proved that there are individual
differences between people and organisms that are genetically determined
Wilhelm Wundt and Titchener Correct Answer: - Set up lab in Germany
- Began the scientific psychology instead of philosophical psychology
- Founded school of structuralism(Titchener)
- Humans have a consciousness
Sir Francis Galton Correct Answer: - Eugenics
- thought we could improve human genetics by physical means
- Cousin of Darwin
- Anthropometric lab
William James Correct Answer: - Principles of Psychology
- School of functionalism
- stream of consciousness
Sigmund Freud Correct Answer: - born in Vienna Austria
- was a neurologist
- established the idea of the unconscious mind
- Psychoanalysis
- Says everything we do is about sex or death
Ivan Pavlov Correct Answer: - Physiologist
,- studying the digestion in dogs
- first learning theorist unintentionally
- Dog saliva Experiment
John Watson Correct Answer: - Said yofu cannot build a science around things you cannot measure
- Behaviorism
- phobia experiment
Central Tendency Correct Answer: Mean, median, mode
Measures of Variability Correct Answer: range, standard deviation, variance
Normal curves Correct Answer: Follows exact bell shape curve
Correlation coefficient Correct Answer: a statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -
1 to +1)
inferential statistics Correct Answer: numerical data that allow one to generalize- to infer from sample
data the probability of something being true of a population
inferential tests Correct Answer: z-test, t-test, F-test or ANOVA, Regression, Chi Square
The Synapse Correct Answer: A junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next.
Neurotransmitters Correct Answer: Acetylcholine, Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Serotonin, Gamma-
aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Neuromodulators Correct Answer: Natural Opioids (Endorphins), regulates pain
imaging techniques Correct Answer: CAT or CT, PET, MRI and FMRI, Lesions - stimulation - recording,
EEG
Cerebral Cortex Correct Answer: The intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral
hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information-processing center.
Broca's area Correct Answer: Speech/Language production on left frontal lobe
Broca's aphasia Correct Answer: inability to produce speech
Wernike's area Correct Answer: language comprehension, left temporal lobe
Wernike's Aphasia Correct Answer: Unable to understand language: the syntax and grammar jumbled
Primary Visual Cortex (PVC) Correct Answer: everything we see is being recorded, damage can cause
blind spots in peripheral vision (outer layer of occipital lobe)
Visual Association Cortex (VAC) Correct Answer: visual association (inner layer of occipital lobe)
, Visual Agnosia Correct Answer: Can see stuff but not recognize what it is
Central Fissure Correct Answer: Motor and sensory regions
Brain plasticity Correct Answer: The capacity for the brain to alter its structure and function.
Split brain and lateralization Correct Answer: Left and right hemispheres do different things
Left Hemisphere Correct Answer: controls the right side of the body; analytical, language, math
Right Hemisphere Correct Answer: controls the left side of the body; creative, intuitive, spacial
corpus callosum Correct Answer: the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres
and carrying messages between them
contralateral connections Correct Answer: Right side of cortex is connected to the left side of the body
and vice versa.
Cerebellum Correct Answer: A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
Figure ground Correct Answer: You cannot see anything if you cannot distinguish the object from the
background
Illusory contours Correct Answer: visual illusions that evoke the perception on an edge without a
luminescence or color change across the edge.
Law of Proximity Correct Answer: objects that are close together are perceived as belonging together.
Law of similarity Correct Answer: objects that are similar are grouped together
Law of good continuity Correct Answer: perceive each of two objects as different, singular, and
uninterrupted objects.
Law of closure Correct Answer: connect dots to make simplest objects
Law of Common fate Correct Answer: objects that move together are perceived as belonging together
(camouflage is broken when something moves)
Binocular cues Correct Answer: depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two
eyes
Binocular disparity Correct Answer: the difference in the retinal images of the two eyes that provides
information about depth
Convergence Correct Answer: A binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes
converge inward when looking at an object
Psychology Correct Answer: the scientific study of mind and behavior
Six approaches to Psychology Correct Answer: Psychoanalytic,
Behavioral,
Gestalt,
Humanistic,
Cognitive,
Biological/Medical/Physiological
Human services Correct Answer: Clinical,
Counseling,
Community,
School
Applied Correct Answer: Educational, Forensic, Sports, Industrial/Organizational, health, Engineering
Experimental(for the sake of further knowledge) Correct Answer: Social, Personality, Cognitive,
Developmental, Physiological/Medical/Biological
Charles Darwin Correct Answer: - Published origin of species
- proved that there are individual
differences between people and organisms that are genetically determined
Wilhelm Wundt and Titchener Correct Answer: - Set up lab in Germany
- Began the scientific psychology instead of philosophical psychology
- Founded school of structuralism(Titchener)
- Humans have a consciousness
Sir Francis Galton Correct Answer: - Eugenics
- thought we could improve human genetics by physical means
- Cousin of Darwin
- Anthropometric lab
William James Correct Answer: - Principles of Psychology
- School of functionalism
- stream of consciousness
Sigmund Freud Correct Answer: - born in Vienna Austria
- was a neurologist
- established the idea of the unconscious mind
- Psychoanalysis
- Says everything we do is about sex or death
Ivan Pavlov Correct Answer: - Physiologist
,- studying the digestion in dogs
- first learning theorist unintentionally
- Dog saliva Experiment
John Watson Correct Answer: - Said yofu cannot build a science around things you cannot measure
- Behaviorism
- phobia experiment
Central Tendency Correct Answer: Mean, median, mode
Measures of Variability Correct Answer: range, standard deviation, variance
Normal curves Correct Answer: Follows exact bell shape curve
Correlation coefficient Correct Answer: a statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -
1 to +1)
inferential statistics Correct Answer: numerical data that allow one to generalize- to infer from sample
data the probability of something being true of a population
inferential tests Correct Answer: z-test, t-test, F-test or ANOVA, Regression, Chi Square
The Synapse Correct Answer: A junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next.
Neurotransmitters Correct Answer: Acetylcholine, Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Serotonin, Gamma-
aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Neuromodulators Correct Answer: Natural Opioids (Endorphins), regulates pain
imaging techniques Correct Answer: CAT or CT, PET, MRI and FMRI, Lesions - stimulation - recording,
EEG
Cerebral Cortex Correct Answer: The intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral
hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information-processing center.
Broca's area Correct Answer: Speech/Language production on left frontal lobe
Broca's aphasia Correct Answer: inability to produce speech
Wernike's area Correct Answer: language comprehension, left temporal lobe
Wernike's Aphasia Correct Answer: Unable to understand language: the syntax and grammar jumbled
Primary Visual Cortex (PVC) Correct Answer: everything we see is being recorded, damage can cause
blind spots in peripheral vision (outer layer of occipital lobe)
Visual Association Cortex (VAC) Correct Answer: visual association (inner layer of occipital lobe)
, Visual Agnosia Correct Answer: Can see stuff but not recognize what it is
Central Fissure Correct Answer: Motor and sensory regions
Brain plasticity Correct Answer: The capacity for the brain to alter its structure and function.
Split brain and lateralization Correct Answer: Left and right hemispheres do different things
Left Hemisphere Correct Answer: controls the right side of the body; analytical, language, math
Right Hemisphere Correct Answer: controls the left side of the body; creative, intuitive, spacial
corpus callosum Correct Answer: the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres
and carrying messages between them
contralateral connections Correct Answer: Right side of cortex is connected to the left side of the body
and vice versa.
Cerebellum Correct Answer: A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
Figure ground Correct Answer: You cannot see anything if you cannot distinguish the object from the
background
Illusory contours Correct Answer: visual illusions that evoke the perception on an edge without a
luminescence or color change across the edge.
Law of Proximity Correct Answer: objects that are close together are perceived as belonging together.
Law of similarity Correct Answer: objects that are similar are grouped together
Law of good continuity Correct Answer: perceive each of two objects as different, singular, and
uninterrupted objects.
Law of closure Correct Answer: connect dots to make simplest objects
Law of Common fate Correct Answer: objects that move together are perceived as belonging together
(camouflage is broken when something moves)
Binocular cues Correct Answer: depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two
eyes
Binocular disparity Correct Answer: the difference in the retinal images of the two eyes that provides
information about depth
Convergence Correct Answer: A binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes
converge inward when looking at an object
