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Key Topics Covered
• Schools of Thought: Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, and cognitive psychology.
• Research Methods: Experiments, case studies, correlations, and independent/dependent
variables.
• Biological Psychology: Neurons, synapses, the central nervous system, and brain
hemispheres.
• Scientific Foundations: The history of psychology and the scientific method.
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1
, Quiz_________________?
Acetylcholine -
ANSWER✅
It is involved with voluntary motor control. (Alzheimers)
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Aristotle -
ANSWER✅
He believes in philosophical empiricism which states that knowledge is gained through
experience.
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Autonomic Subdivisions -
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ANS:
Sympathetic are the group of nerves that prepares the body for action in threatening
situations. Parasympathetic helps the body return to normal settings.
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B.F. Skinner -
ANSWER✅
He was another behaviorist that believed in Pavlov's experiments and Watson's theories. He
studied how behavior was learned according to circumstance.
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Behaviorism -
ANSWER✅
an approach that advocates that psychologists restrict themselves to the scientific study
objectively observable behavior
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Case study -
ANSWER✅
A method of gathering scientific knowledge through studying an individual.
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Central Nervous System -
ANSWER✅
It is composed of the brain and the spinal cord
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Change blindness -
ANSWER✅
The phenomenon that people are unable to keep track of all information in a complex scene
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Cognitive Psychology -
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