1.identify issue 2.formulate hypothesis 3.collect data 4.test hypothesis 5.if data did not support hyp rethink hyp
mental processes
thought mapping
founder/partner
wilhelm wundt/ william james
bahaviorism
focuses on behavior under consideration (ineffective behavior)
psycho-dynamic approach
views much of behavior as coming from unconscious motives or influences
psychoanalysis (sigmund freud)
believed parients prob was in unconscious mind 1.hypnosis 2.dream analysis 3.interpreting resistance 4.3 parts to personality// ID-ego-super ego 5.toliet training 6.formatic years-early childhood-birth-6yrs
humanistic
free will/ must accept consequences of choice
cognitive process
thoughts/beliefs
neurobiological
boost. seratonine
data collection
oberservation
naturalistic vs laboratory
surveys/questionaires
research strategies
correlational-attempts to measure strength of relationship
expiremental/treatment group
control-ind. variable
exp.-dependant variable
brain has convolutions
wrinkles, increase surface area of brain and allow for more storage space
medulia
bodies physical rhythm that sustain life(heartbeat,respiration) automatic/uncouncious contains reflex center(coughing,sneezing)
brain stem
first to develop, last to die
ras(reticular activation system)
structure that regulates arousal
hypothalamos-lepton/grellin
low/below thalmus-structure regulates activities we engage in daily-sleep deprivation disrupts lepton
cerebellum
body positioning/balance coordination
cerebral cortex
thinking park of the brain. plan organize. remember. senses. analyzing. smell. taste.