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1. psychologist who studied the quantitative measure- Ebbinghaus
ment of mental processes
2. psychologist who wrote the first psychology textbook; James
some of his observations are still valid today. Observa-
tion of his own mind.
3. system that creates mental representations of the mind
world and controls mental functions
4. mental processes involved in perception, attention, cognition
memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, and
decision making
5. scientific study of the mind and mental processes cognitive psychology
6. measurement of how long it takes to respond to pre- reaction time
sentation of a stimulus
7. measurement of how long it takes to respond to a simple reaction time
single stimulus
8. measurement of how long it takes to react to one of choice reaction time
multiple stimuli
9. approach to psychology that explained perception as structuralism
the combination of small elementary units called sen-
sations
10. procedure in which trained participants described analytic introspection
their experiences and thought processes in response
to stimuli
11. Donders
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physiologist who performed the first cognitive psy-
chology experiment
12. scientist who established the first laboratory of scien- Wundt
tific psychology
13. measure used by Ebbinghaus to determine the mag- savings
nitude of memory left from initial learning
14. plot showing the amount remembered versus the savings curve
time between initial learning and testing
15. approach by John Watson stating that observable con- behaviorism
duct provides the only valid data for psychology
16. pairing of a stimulus with a neutral stimulus changes classical conditioning
the response to the neutral stimulus
17. theory that behavior is strengthened by presentation operant conditioning
of positive reinforcers or withdrawal of negative rein-
forcers
18. mental conception of a spatial layout cognitive map
19. shift in psychology from the behaviorist approach to cognitive revolution
explaining behavior in terms of the mind
20. occurs when there is a shift in thinking from one sci- scientific revolution
entific paradigm to another
21. system of ideas that dominate science at a particular paradigm
time
22. paradigm shift
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change of a system of ideas that dominate science at
a particular time
23. concept of psychology that describes the mind as pro- information-processing
cessing data through a sequence of stages approach
24. ability of a computer to perform tasks usually associ- AI
ated with the human mind
25. study of the behavior of people with brain damage neuropsychology
26. measurement of electrical responses of the nervous electrophysiology
system
27. technique that creates pictures of the brain brain imaging
28. Rejected analytic introspection / Little Albert Experi- Watson
ment / relationship btw environment stimuli and be-
havior
29. Operant Conditioning / Pos Reinforcement Skinner
30. Introduced cognitive map by rat in a maze experiment Tolman
31. Performed attention experiment Cherry
32. Wrote 1st Cog Psych Book & emphasized info-process- Neisser
ing approach
33. 1st Flow Diagram of the mind Filter Model of Attention,
Broadbent
34. In Filter Model of Attention what blocks unattended Filter
messages?
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35. cell that is specialized to receive and transmit informa- neuron
tion in the nervous system
36. network of continuously interconnected neuron fibers nerve net
37. structure that branches out from the cell body to re- dendrites
ceive electrical signals from other neurons
38. group of interconnected neurons that are responsible neural circuit
for processing
39. specialized neural structure that responds to environ- receptor
mental stimuli, mechanical stimulation, or chemical
stimuli
40. impulse responsible for transmitting neural informa- action potential
tion and for communication between neurons
41. chemical that is released at the synapse in response neurotransmitter
to incoming action potentials
42. neurons that respond to specific stimuli such as orien- feature detectors
tation, movement, and length
43. characteristic of the brain in which its structure is experience-dependant
changed by experience plasticity
44. neural movement that occurs in a progression from hierarchical processing
lower to higher areas of the brain
45. neural representation of a stimulus by the pattern of population coding
firing of many neurons
46. localization of function
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1. psychologist who studied the quantitative measure- Ebbinghaus
ment of mental processes
2. psychologist who wrote the first psychology textbook; James
some of his observations are still valid today. Observa-
tion of his own mind.
3. system that creates mental representations of the mind
world and controls mental functions
4. mental processes involved in perception, attention, cognition
memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, and
decision making
5. scientific study of the mind and mental processes cognitive psychology
6. measurement of how long it takes to respond to pre- reaction time
sentation of a stimulus
7. measurement of how long it takes to respond to a simple reaction time
single stimulus
8. measurement of how long it takes to react to one of choice reaction time
multiple stimuli
9. approach to psychology that explained perception as structuralism
the combination of small elementary units called sen-
sations
10. procedure in which trained participants described analytic introspection
their experiences and thought processes in response
to stimuli
11. Donders
, WGU D570
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physiologist who performed the first cognitive psy-
chology experiment
12. scientist who established the first laboratory of scien- Wundt
tific psychology
13. measure used by Ebbinghaus to determine the mag- savings
nitude of memory left from initial learning
14. plot showing the amount remembered versus the savings curve
time between initial learning and testing
15. approach by John Watson stating that observable con- behaviorism
duct provides the only valid data for psychology
16. pairing of a stimulus with a neutral stimulus changes classical conditioning
the response to the neutral stimulus
17. theory that behavior is strengthened by presentation operant conditioning
of positive reinforcers or withdrawal of negative rein-
forcers
18. mental conception of a spatial layout cognitive map
19. shift in psychology from the behaviorist approach to cognitive revolution
explaining behavior in terms of the mind
20. occurs when there is a shift in thinking from one sci- scientific revolution
entific paradigm to another
21. system of ideas that dominate science at a particular paradigm
time
22. paradigm shift
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change of a system of ideas that dominate science at
a particular time
23. concept of psychology that describes the mind as pro- information-processing
cessing data through a sequence of stages approach
24. ability of a computer to perform tasks usually associ- AI
ated with the human mind
25. study of the behavior of people with brain damage neuropsychology
26. measurement of electrical responses of the nervous electrophysiology
system
27. technique that creates pictures of the brain brain imaging
28. Rejected analytic introspection / Little Albert Experi- Watson
ment / relationship btw environment stimuli and be-
havior
29. Operant Conditioning / Pos Reinforcement Skinner
30. Introduced cognitive map by rat in a maze experiment Tolman
31. Performed attention experiment Cherry
32. Wrote 1st Cog Psych Book & emphasized info-process- Neisser
ing approach
33. 1st Flow Diagram of the mind Filter Model of Attention,
Broadbent
34. In Filter Model of Attention what blocks unattended Filter
messages?
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35. cell that is specialized to receive and transmit informa- neuron
tion in the nervous system
36. network of continuously interconnected neuron fibers nerve net
37. structure that branches out from the cell body to re- dendrites
ceive electrical signals from other neurons
38. group of interconnected neurons that are responsible neural circuit
for processing
39. specialized neural structure that responds to environ- receptor
mental stimuli, mechanical stimulation, or chemical
stimuli
40. impulse responsible for transmitting neural informa- action potential
tion and for communication between neurons
41. chemical that is released at the synapse in response neurotransmitter
to incoming action potentials
42. neurons that respond to specific stimuli such as orien- feature detectors
tation, movement, and length
43. characteristic of the brain in which its structure is experience-dependant
changed by experience plasticity
44. neural movement that occurs in a progression from hierarchical processing
lower to higher areas of the brain
45. neural representation of a stimulus by the pattern of population coding
firing of many neurons
46. localization of function
