Psychology terms quiz
Absolute threshold - -Lowest level of light, touch and sense an organism
can detect
- Activation synthesis theory - -Brain produces random electrical energy
during R.E.M. and then turns random memories into a storyline
- Adaptation - -Senses adjust to different levels of light and dark
- Addictive drugs - -Produce biological or psychological dependence
- All or none law - -Either transmits electrical impulse or doesnt
- Archival research - -Exsisting data that has been tested before
- Axon - -Carried messages received by dendrites to other neurons
- Behavioral - -Behavior that can be measured objectively
- Blind spot - -Point of entry of optic nerve on the retina
- Case study - -Long term investigation about single individual or group
- Central core - -Passes through midbrain and forebrain, activates parts
to produce bodily arousal (brainstem)
- Central nervous system - -Consists of brain and spinal cord
- Cerebral cortex - -Outer layer of the brain
- Circadian rhythms - -Biological process that occurs on a 24 hour life
cycle
- Cochlea - -Nerve impulses in response to sound vibrations
- Cognitive - -How people think, understand and process info
- Cones - -Receptor cells that help see fine details and when there is lgjt
- Control group vs experimental group - -Experiment group receives
variable being tested and control group stays the same to compare the
results
- Cornea - -Protects eye and refracts light
, - Correlational research - -2 variables examined to see if they correlate
- Dendrite - -Clusters of fibers ghat received messages
- Dependent variable - -Only changes if the dependent does
- Depressants: alcohol, opiates, opioids, benzos - -Alcohol: memory
problems, #1 depressant, heartbeat
Opioids: relieve pain and cause euphoria
(Opiates include opium, morphine, codeine)
- Difference threshold - -Smallest change in stimulation that you can
detect 50% of the time (noticeable difference)
- Dopamine - -Deals with movement, pleasure and reward
- Eardrum - -Middle ear that vibrates in response to sound waves
- Ethics - -Informed consent which is a document stating consent to
experiment without creating bias
- Excitatory vs inhibitory messages - -Excitatory messages help neuron
fire.
Inhibitory messages stop neuron from firing
- Experiment - -How psychologists try theories
- Experimental bias - -Factors that effect the variables negatively
- Fovea - -Center of eye in fovea and small hole where visuals are the
sharpest
- Free will vs Determinism - -Determinism is behavior is determined by
external and internal forces acting on person.
Free will is having some choice in how we act
- Freud's dream analysis - -Made up of latent and manifest content of
the dream which is the reasons for your dream
- Functionalism - -What the mind does and how behavior functions
- Gestalt Psychology - -Focused on how perception is organized
(The whole is different than the sum of its parts)
- Hallucinogens: marijuana, MDMA, LSD, PCP - -Marijuana: extreme
relaxation, time distortion
PCP: hallucinations, masking of pain, seizures
LSD: short term memory loss, violent outbursts
Absolute threshold - -Lowest level of light, touch and sense an organism
can detect
- Activation synthesis theory - -Brain produces random electrical energy
during R.E.M. and then turns random memories into a storyline
- Adaptation - -Senses adjust to different levels of light and dark
- Addictive drugs - -Produce biological or psychological dependence
- All or none law - -Either transmits electrical impulse or doesnt
- Archival research - -Exsisting data that has been tested before
- Axon - -Carried messages received by dendrites to other neurons
- Behavioral - -Behavior that can be measured objectively
- Blind spot - -Point of entry of optic nerve on the retina
- Case study - -Long term investigation about single individual or group
- Central core - -Passes through midbrain and forebrain, activates parts
to produce bodily arousal (brainstem)
- Central nervous system - -Consists of brain and spinal cord
- Cerebral cortex - -Outer layer of the brain
- Circadian rhythms - -Biological process that occurs on a 24 hour life
cycle
- Cochlea - -Nerve impulses in response to sound vibrations
- Cognitive - -How people think, understand and process info
- Cones - -Receptor cells that help see fine details and when there is lgjt
- Control group vs experimental group - -Experiment group receives
variable being tested and control group stays the same to compare the
results
- Cornea - -Protects eye and refracts light
, - Correlational research - -2 variables examined to see if they correlate
- Dendrite - -Clusters of fibers ghat received messages
- Dependent variable - -Only changes if the dependent does
- Depressants: alcohol, opiates, opioids, benzos - -Alcohol: memory
problems, #1 depressant, heartbeat
Opioids: relieve pain and cause euphoria
(Opiates include opium, morphine, codeine)
- Difference threshold - -Smallest change in stimulation that you can
detect 50% of the time (noticeable difference)
- Dopamine - -Deals with movement, pleasure and reward
- Eardrum - -Middle ear that vibrates in response to sound waves
- Ethics - -Informed consent which is a document stating consent to
experiment without creating bias
- Excitatory vs inhibitory messages - -Excitatory messages help neuron
fire.
Inhibitory messages stop neuron from firing
- Experiment - -How psychologists try theories
- Experimental bias - -Factors that effect the variables negatively
- Fovea - -Center of eye in fovea and small hole where visuals are the
sharpest
- Free will vs Determinism - -Determinism is behavior is determined by
external and internal forces acting on person.
Free will is having some choice in how we act
- Freud's dream analysis - -Made up of latent and manifest content of
the dream which is the reasons for your dream
- Functionalism - -What the mind does and how behavior functions
- Gestalt Psychology - -Focused on how perception is organized
(The whole is different than the sum of its parts)
- Hallucinogens: marijuana, MDMA, LSD, PCP - -Marijuana: extreme
relaxation, time distortion
PCP: hallucinations, masking of pain, seizures
LSD: short term memory loss, violent outbursts
