psych

The view that psychology should be an objective science. studies behavior without reference to mental process.

hystorically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used persoalized methods to study personality to foster personal growth

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experiences make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

an integrated approach the incorporates biological,psycholigical, and social-cultural levels of analysis

pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it(also know as the I knew it all along phenomenom

thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions, but assesses them

assigning research participants to experimental and control conditions by chance, thus minimizing pre-existing conditions between those 2 groups

a nerve cell: the basic building block of the nervous system

the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that recieve messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body

the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands

a branch of psychology cconcerned with the links between biology and behavior...neuropsychologist

a neural impulse: a brief elecrical charge that travels down axon

the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendriteor cell body or recieveing neuron, tiny gap is the synaptic gap

chemical messengers that travers the synaptic gap between neurons.

"morphin within" natural, opiate like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure

the bodys speedy electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells, peripheral and central

the brain and spinal chord (CNS)

the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the body (PNS)

neural "cables" containing many axons connecting PNS with muscles and glands

neurons that carry incoming informaion from sensory receptors

neurons that carry outgoing information from the central nervous system to muscles and glands

controls voluntary movements

controls self regulated action of internal organs and glands

arouses the body and prepares it in stressful situations

calms the body, conserving energy

a simple automatic response to a sensory stimulas, such as the knee jerk response