AP PSYCH EXAM!!!

frontal lobe

controls motor, behavior, expressive language, judgment, and decision making

parietal lobe

helps process pressure, pain, temperature, and touch

occipital lobe

perception of visual information

temporal lobe

auditory language + understanding language

cerebellum

coordinates voluntary movement and balance + posture

brainstem

connects the brain to the spinal cord, and controls essential functions

limbic system

middle of the brain, which involves emotions and memory, contains the hypothalamus, thalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala

hypothalamus

helps regulate temperature (homeostasis), hunger, thirst, and the sleep cycle

thalamus

relays sensory information to the cerebral cortex

hippocampus

establishes long-term memories

amygdala

processes emotion, specifically fear and aggression

Eugenics

the belief in improving the genetic quality of the human population

Autonomic nervous system

(automatic) involuntary movement, like breathing and digesting

Somatic nervous system

Voluntary movement gives information to the Central nervous system

Central nervous system

processes information and makes responses

Peripheral nervous system

sends sensory information to the brain, including nerves and ganglia

Psychodynamic perspective

behavior is influenced by unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences

cognitive perspective

How people think, process, and remember information

behavioral perspective

Focuses on observable+ learned behavior, people are controlled by their environment

Humanistic perspective

one’s personal growth, free will, and reaching potential

biological perspective

how brain activity, genes, and hormones affect behavior

Evolutionary perspective

behavior based on survival and adaptations over time

Sociocultural perspective

How society and culture influence behavior and thinking

cognitive bias

error in thinking that leads to false conclusions

confirmation bias

People selectively remember information that supports their beliefs

hindsight bias

people believing they knew future events after they had occurred

Quantitative data

number-based data gathered from surveys and experiments

Qualitative data

info collected from interviews or observation, focusing on experience