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humanist perspective that tries to help people reach their potential
behavioral perspective that is concerned solely with observable responses
psychodyamic perspective that focuses on the unconscious
neuroscience perspective that focuses on the interaction of brain and bdy
social-cultural perspective that focuses on the behavioral of individuals in different groups
evolutionary perspective that focuses on natural selection's effect on behavior
cognitive perspective that focuses on how we process information
behavior genetics perspective that focuses on the effect of genes and the environment on behavior
Freud developed psychoanalysis and the stages of psychosexual development
Watson considered the father of behaviorism
Skinner the master of operant conditioning
Maslow a humanist who studied the motivations of people
Rogers a humanist who described the ideal personality
Bandura found that children will imitate adult behavior, even violent behavior
temporal lobe main site in the brain for auditory processing
frontal lobe main site in the brain for cognitive functions
occipital lobe main site in the brain for visual processing
parietal lobe located at the top rear of the brain, contains the sensory cortex
amygdala responsible for emotion processing, especially fear and anger
hypothalamus important for controlling hunger, thirst, body temperature and the pituitary gland
hippocampus part of the limbic system, especially important in processing memories
corpus callosum enables the right and left hemispheres to communicate
optic chiasm directs the right and left visual fields to the proper side of the brain
thalamus contains the neurons involved in opponent-process color vision processing
medulla controls heart and breathing
reticular formation involved in filtering unneeded sensory information
neuron building block of the nervous system
dendrites receivers of information in a neuron
action potential a neural impulse
axon the sending end of a neuron through wihich the action potential travels
axon terminal the structure from which neurotransmitters are released
synapse the gap between an axon terminal and a dendrite
ACh a neurotransmitter involved in muscle movement
cerebellum brain structure that controls unconscious movement
GABA an inhibitory neurotransmitter
threshold the trigger that fires a neuron
all-or-nothing term that describes a neuron's firing
dopamine influences movement and learning, often found in excess in schizophrenics
serotonin neurotransmitter that affects mood, arousal, hunger; raising levels of this can be a treatment for depression
norepinephrine neurotransmitter that affects arousal; also a hormone
cross-sectional type of investigation that measures a variable in different age groups at the same time
longitudinal type of study that measures a variable in a single group over a long period of time
survey method of gathering data by asking a structured set of questions to many people
naturalistic observation method of gathering information by watching people act normally in their everyday lives
clinical observation method of gathering information about a person with a psychological disorder by watching him or her in a controlled, medical environment
random sample a group pof subjects chosen from a larger population in such a way that each individual has an equal chance of being chosen
twin study one way of measuring the effects of genes and environment on behavior
independent variable it is manipulated by the experimenter
dependent variable it is measured at the end of an experiment
heritability the extent to which differences within a group are the result of genes

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