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PSYCHOLOGY 2013/2014 MRS. KRUG [email protected] ?????????716-627-1200 ext. 484 This course is designed to assist the student in the discovery and applications of psychological principles as a science and to acquaint students with psychological terminology, theories and disorders. Students will be able to better understand the dynamics of human behavior and relationships and demonstrate how they can utilize this understanding in their own lives. ? This course is designed to prepare students for the future study of psychology and social sciences at the college level.

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Neuropsychological assessment

Behaviorism

Dream

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1 AP Psych Review 1. ablation: removal or destruction of brain tissue in a surgical procedure 2. absolute threshold: intensity level at which one can detect a stimulus 50% of the time 3. accommodation: the process of modifying a schema to account for new information; the process of the eyes lens changing shape in order to focus on distant or near objects 4. acetylcholine (ACh): a neurotransmitter involved in learning, memory and muscle movement 5. achievement test: a test that assesses what one has learned 6. acquisition: a process in classical conditioning by which the association of a neutral stimulus with a natural stimulus is first established 7. action potential: the electrical process by which information is transmitted the length of an axon

Psychology Notes CH.2

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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

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Ch. 2 Neuroscience and behavior 10 Everything psychological is simultaneously biological. It?s your brain not your heart that falls in love. (Discredited Aristotle mind in heart) Early 1800s Gall invented phrenology that bumps on head reveal our mental abilities. Biological Psychology- a branch of psychology concerned with the links btw biology and behavior. Sect. 1 Neural Communication Bio-psycho-social systems. Human brains are complex they follow principles govern all the animal world.

Chapter 1 Preview Questions pg 1-18

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Philosophy of psychology

Preview Questions: Ch 1 pg1-18 What were Wundt?s and Hall?s key ideas and accomplishments? Wundt was the ?father? of psychology in the sense that he campaigned for it to be its own school of study rather than mixed with philosophy and physiology. He also established the first formal research laboratory for psychology as well as the first journal devoted to psychology. Hall, who had studied under Wundt, established America?s first research laboratory for psychology and America?s first psychology journal. He also influenced the establishment of the American Psychological Association (APA). What were the chief tenets of structuralism and functionalism?

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*Functionalism formed as a reaction to the theories of the structuralist school of thought and was heavily influenced by the work of William James. Major functionalist thinkers included John Dewey and Harvey Carr. Instead of focusing on the mental processes themselves, functionalist thinkers were instead interested in the role that these processes play. *Behaviorism Behaviorism became a dominant school of thought during the 1950s. It was based upon the work of thinkers such as: John B. Watson Ivan Pavlov B. F. Skinner

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*Functionalism formed as a reaction to the theories of the structuralist school of thought and was heavily influenced by the work of William James. Major functionalist thinkers included John Dewey and Harvey Carr. Instead of focusing on the mental processes themselves, functionalist thinkers were instead interested in the role that these processes play. *Behaviorism Behaviorism became a dominant school of thought during the 1950s. It was based upon the work of thinkers such as: John B. Watson Ivan Pavlov B. F. Skinner

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Article Critique Corrigan, P. W., Green, A., Lundin, R., Kubiak, M. A., & Penn, D. L. (2001). Familiarity with and social distance from people who have serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 52(7), 953-958. What type of article is this? The article written by Corrigan, Green, Lundin, Kubiak & Penn (2001) is quantitative in nature and an example of a correlational study as it seeks to describe relationships between several variables?namely familiarity with mental illness, social distance and the person?s perception of dangerousness and fear. Correlational studies, while measuring a variety of variables, cannot determine whether a cause and effect relationship exists, only that one variable (or several variables) may have an association with another.

Themes & Variations: Chapter 1

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What is psychology?? ? ? ?| ? ? ?------> THE STUDY OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR!!!! Psych is a science based off of EMPIRICISM - direct observation & tested? PSYCHOLOGY = PHYSIOLOGY + PHILOSOPHY Wilhem Wundt- FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY In 1879, founded 1st formal laboratory for psychologial research at University of Leipzig, Germany 1st Lab Conscience experiment: attention memory time reaction G. Stanley Hall America's FIRST lab FIRST psych journal FIRST President of APA "Schools" - US Structuralism- ?"What" analyze ?into basic elements sensations feelings images? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?did it through INTROSPECTION - own conscious experience (APART OF FUNCTIONALISM TOO) Functionalism- "Why" William James function- purpose of consciousness mental testing sex differences dev. patterns

Themes & Variations: Chapter 3

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Autonomic nervous system

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BRAIN & NERVOUS SYSTEM Nervous System: Peripheral: Somatic Nervous System: Afferent-Goes to CNS (BRAIN) Efferent-Goes away from the CNS (BRAIN) Autonomic Nervous System: automates your heart, lungs, and glands Sympathetic-output?of energy during times of stress [GO] Parasympathetic-conserves?bodily resources [BREAK] Structure: Neurons-basic unit of the nervous system; receive, integrate, transmit Glia- support, nourish insulate? Can also transmit. VERY MINOR ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Neuron: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MAIN 3 PARTS: Dendrite-takes information TO the cell body Cell Body-maintenance-keeps it alive Axon-takes the information AWAY from the neuron (highway of the nervous system) terminal button-small knob that secrete NEURO CHEMICALS Neuro chemicals-stored by synapse

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Cellular neuroscience

Action potential

Axon

Sensory neuron

Chemical synapse