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01:830:101 Lecture 2: 01:830:101 Lecture 1: Psychology 101- 09.05.2018 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phineas Gage, Hindsight Bias, Naturalistic Observation

Introspection: focus inwards and self report their own thoughts and mental processes. The study of how the mind works. After knowing the outcome, it se

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wilhelm Wundt, Hindsight Bias, Edward B. Titchener

Introspection- asking someone to think inward & then describe (how do we know what"s in someone"s mind?) E. b. titchener- structuralism- the analysis o

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Myelin, Neuroglia, Dendrite

Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can be traced to electrical and chemical signals traveling through the brain and body; all behaviors/sensations origi

01:830:101 Lecture 3: Psychology 101 Lecture 3

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Central Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System, Spinal Cord

Neuron: specialized cell that transmits neural messages to other neurons, glands, and muscles. Dendrite: receives neural messages from other neurons. A

01:830:101 Lecture 4: Psychology 101 Lecture 4 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frontal Lobe, Auditory Cortex, Visual Cortex

Lesion method: damaging or removing sections of the brain. Electroencephalogram (eeg): detect electrical activity of neurons in particular regions of b

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Muscle Memory, Reticular Formation, Cerebral Cortex

Electroencephalogram (eeg)- measures electrical activity of brain close to scalp (to see what area of the brain is active while doing certain activitie

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Reticular Formation, Cerebral Cortex, Positron Emission Tomography

Lesion method damaging or removing sections of the brain. Do this to see what happens/changes about behavior. Detect electrical activity of neurons in

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cerebral Cortex, Frontal Lobe, Mirror Neuron

Cerebral cortex- responsible for abstract thinking or higher forms of thinking (sets us apart from other mammals) Frontal lobes- at front of brain; tie

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Twin Study, Evolutionary Psychology, Parental Investment

Nature view: human enter the world with an inborn store of knowledge. Nurture view: knowledge is acquired through experiences and interactions with the

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frontal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, Auditory Cortex

Smoother when born, becomes more wrinkled when older. 2 hemispheres of cerebral cortex left and right. Frontal lobes-front(personality) sets us most ap

01:830:101 Lecture 5: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Behavioural Genetics, Heredity, Parental Investment

Nature view humans enter the world with an inborn store of knowledge. Nurture view - knowledge is acquired through experiences and interactions with th

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Pineal Gland

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Behavioural Genetics, Primitive Reflexes, Heredity

*the concepts of genetics, evolutionary psychology and behavior make statements about people in general not individuals. Blueprint for how we turn out

01:830:101 Lecture 6: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture 7: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hypnagogia, Circadian Rhythm, Seasonal Affective Disorder

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Twin, Schizophrenia, Parental Investment

Genes: the basic unit of heredity (nature) Also, include what mothers eat and feel when in the womb. Anything outside of us and has an effect on us tha

01:830:101 Lecture 7: Sleep and Dreams

Gets darker scn tells pineal gland to secrete melatonin. Gets lighter scn tells pineal gland to stop secreting melatonin. Depression that occurs during

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Primitive Reflexes, Parenting Styles, Social Change

Scientific study of patterns of change and stability in humans. The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the h

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stuffed Toy, Animism, Lev Vygotsky

Lecture notes on 10. 5. 2018 (continuation of lecture 8) Produce more oxytocin (hormone for social bonding) Stimulates release of hormones and brain de

01:830:101 Lecture 8: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Romanian Orphans, Rhesus Macaque, Moral Development

Attachment: enduring, emotional bond between infant and another person. The attachments made in infancy predict the attachments made in the future and

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Kangaroo Care, Birth Weight, Rhesus Macaque

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Brainstem, Cortisol, Information Processing

By the end of the chapter, will be able to answer: Circadian rhythm: our biological clock (controlled by hypothalamus) It provides an approximate sched

01:830:101 Lecture 9: End of Sleep Psych Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Animism, Object Permanence, Depth Perception

01:830:101 Lecture 9: Some of Sleep Psych Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Midlife Crisis, Acculturation

4 ways of balancing ethnic identity and acculturation (depends experience and on people pushing you more towards one side or the other) Assimilation- w

01:830:101 Lecture 9: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture 9: Beginning of Infancy and Childhood Psych Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Moral Development, Social Change, Acculturation

Moral development- understanding of right, wrong and in-between. Rests on kids cognitive development (we have to be able to take someone else"s perspec

01:830:101 Lecture 10: Psychology 101- 10.08.2018 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture 10: middle of psych lecture 10 (infancy and childhood)

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kangaroo Care, Depth Perception, Jean Piaget

01:830:101 Lecture 10: beginning of psych lecture 10 (infancy and childhood)

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Depth Perception, Object Permanence, Animism

Scientific study of patterns of change and stability in humans. Development: the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues

01:830:101 Lecture 10: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rhesus Macaque, Parenting Styles, Psych

Attachment: ensuring, emotional bond between infant and another person. Food is not the primary reason for attachment. Rhesus monkeys cloths (no food)

01:830:101 Lecture 10: end of psych lecture 10 (infancy and childhood)

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ambivalent Sexism, Mental Rotation, Gender Role

Sex- biological indicators of male or femaleness (x and y chromosomes, levels of testosterone or estrogen) Gender- society"s idea or definition of male

01:830:101 Lecture 10: Gen Pysch

01:830:101 Lecture 11: pysch 11

01:830:101 Lecture 11: psych 3 infancy and childhood/adolescence and adu

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Romanian Orphans, Parenting Styles, Social Change

01:830:101 lecture #11 infancy and childhood (cont. ) Corresponding powerpoint: (cid:1688)lecture 8 infancy and childhood(cid:1689) by professor brynil

01:830:101 Lecture 11: psych 2 infancy and childhood

01:830:101 Lecture 11: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Absolute Threshold, Sensory System

We perceive things as brain interprets it. Sensation- using sensory system to take in information about the environment (seeing color, hearing sound) P

01:830:101 Lecture 11: psych infancy and childhood

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acculturation, Moral Development, Absolute Threshold

Understanding of right and wrong (and in-between) Initially, the child"s behavior results from external factors. Kids don"t fight not b/c it"s bad, but

01:830:101 Lecture 12: adolescence and adulthood

01:830:101 Lecture 12: gender development/basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing

01:830:101 Lecture 12: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture 12: basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Classical Conditioning, Learning, Observational Learning

Relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience. Ex. from the office; dwight wanted a mint every time he heard a certain

01:830:101 Lecture 12: pysch 12

01:830:101 Lecture 12: adolescence and adulthood/gender development

01:830:101 Lecture 13: Basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing

01:830:101 Lecture 13: Basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing / Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning

01:830:101 Lecture 13: Basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing

01:830:101 Lecture 13: Basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing

01:830:101 Lecture 13: Basic concepts of sensation and perception and vision: sensory and perceptual processing / Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning

01:830:101 Lecture 13: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Operant Conditioning Chamber, Operant Conditioning, Puzzle Box

Certain responses are learned because they operate on, or affect, the environment. Behavior is first, then reward is given. The tendency of an organism

01:830:101 Lecture 14: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture 14: Classical Conditioning

01:830:101 Lecture 14: Classical Conditioning

01:830:101 Lecture 15: Psychology 101 Notes

01:830:101 Lecture 16: operant conditioning

01:830:101 Lecture 16: classical conditioning

01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Presing

01:830:101 Lecture 17: memory

01:830:101 Lecture 17: operant conditioning, cognition, memory