PSY 111 Midterm: Psych Exam 1 Study Guide
28 Sep 2017
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Important people: aristotle is credited with the start of psych but we"ve all been thinking, wilhem wundt, 1879 the first psych lab first experimental apparatus psychometrics studies mental processes, titchener, structuralism search for mind"s structural elements. Module 3 research strategies: scientific method process of testing, case studies: observing individual cases in hopes of revealing universal principles. Can be misleading if person is very atypical: naturalistic observation: unobtrusively observing behavior in naturally occurring settings without controlling the situation with out controlling the situation. Random sampling: data can often be presented in a misleading way. Inhibitory (ipsps) says stop, remove positive ions and makes the cell more negative. Module 6 the brain: scientists can selectively destroy, lesions or stimulation, tissue destruction, electrode implantation (raise neurons to action potential, chemical stimulation, hm (case study, temporal lobe and hippocampus removed because of insane seizures. Damage results in loss of memories and inability to create new memories (hm)
