Psychology 2000 LSU Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Psychology 2000 LSU Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Psychology - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Wilheim Wundt - father of psychology, first attempt to bring objectivity/measurements in psychology, physical world connection to our mental experiences Edward Titchener - student of Wundt, founder of structuralism structuralism - study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic elements William James - founder of functionalism Functionalism - study consciousness & how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt, to new circumstances.." Max Wertheimer - founder of Gestalt Psychology Gestalt Psychology - how we experience the world , "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" 2Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Sigmund Freud - worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical cause, focused on the role of the unconscious,focus on early childhood developments Psychoanalysis - psychology based on Freud's ideas John B. Watson - conducted the Little Albert Study John Watson - founder of behaviorism Behaviorism - study of observable behaviors and actions Psychodynamic - Modern version of psychoanalysis, development of a sense of self Behavioral Perspective - How to manipulate voluntary behaviors by changing the consequences of behavior Human perspective - Emphasis on conscious and immediate experiences and the empowerment of the individual to become self-actualize Humanists - held the view that people have free will: the freedom to choose/shape their own destiny Cognitive perspective - How people think, remember, and store information Cognitive neuroscience - brain and cognitive processing. Can do this by MRI too much dopamine - What is the cause of Parkinson's disease? 3Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 too little dopamine - What is the cause of Schizophrenia? autonomic and somatic - What are the subdivisions of the PNS? sulcus - depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex; fissure gyrus - A _______ refers to a bulge of tissue located between the adjacent grooves in the surface of the human cortex. ventricle - Where is cerebrospinal fluid formed? parietal, occipital, temporal, and frontal - What are the 4 lobes of the cortex? split-brain research - surgical cutting of the corpus callosum to study the effects of disconnecting the right and left brain hemispheres, specifically the independent functioning of the 2 hemispheres lesion studies - Methodology used to examine the effects of brain damage Broca's aphasia - When a person can form words in there heads, but get them out of their mouths. They know they are having a problem speaking.