Psych Ep. 1-4

What is the formal definition of psychology?

The study of behavior and mental processes

Which philosopher “planted the seed” of human conciousness?

Aristotle

Who ran the world’s first psychological exams on public officals?

Chinese explorers

Who described mental illness and treated patients in an early psych ward?

Muhammad bin Zakariya al-Rhazes….or just Rhazes

What did Wilhelm Wundt establish in 1879?

Scientific psychology

Structuralism was about studying the ___ of conciousness

Structure

Functionalism (William James) was inspired by whose theory of evolution?

Darwin

Freud’s theory of unconscious used what therapeutic methods?

Dream analysis, free association and projections

What’s the “I- knew-it-all-along” phenomenon called?

Hindsight Bias

A Theory explains and organizes ___ and predicts ___

Different observations, predict outcomes

Why can case studies sometimes be misleading?

Because they cannot be replicated

What’s the main limitation of naturalistic observation?

They cna’t explain behaviors

Who interviewed people about sexual history and wrote “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male”?

Alfred Kinsley

Correlation does NOT prove ___

The possibility of cause and effect relationships

What’s the difference between an experimental group and a control group?

Experimental is gonna get tested while control won’t

What’s a double-blind procedure?

The researchers don’t know which group is which

What are the 3 main parts of a neuron?

Soma, dendrites and axon

What does the myelin sheath do?

Speeds up transmission

What disease damages myelin sheaths in the brain/spinal cord?

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

The gap between neurons is called a ___

Synaptic gap

Endorphins are neurotransmitters linked to What two things?

Pain control and pleasure

Excitatory vs inhibitory neurotransmitters—what’s the difference?

Excitatory revs up the neuron while the inhibitory chills out

Dopamine imbalances are linked to which two disorders?

Alzhiemer’s and Schizophrenia

nervous system vs endocrine system—which is faster?

Nervous

Who founded phrenology (the pseudoscience of head shape = character)?

Frank Joseph Gall

What did Phineas Gage’s injury reveal about the brain?

The brain control personality and behavior

Tour brain makes up only 2% of your body weight but uses __% of your body’s energy

20%

What does the brain stem/“old brain” keep doing for you?

keeps the body running smoothly

Which hemisphere is more logical/language based? Which is more creative?

Left is more language based and right is more creative

List the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex and their MAIN jobs.

1. Frontal; speaking, planning, judging and abstract thinking

2. Parietal lobe: sense of touch

3. Occipital lobe; information from sight

4. Temporal lobe; comprehension, sound and speech

Which cortex controls voluntary movement?

Morton

Which cortex processes incoming sensations?

Somatosensory