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Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and Answers Rated A Wilhelm Wundt ✔✔founder of the science of psychology; formed first psychology laboratory Sigmund Freud ✔✔unconscious mind and psychoanalyt ... ic theory, people are not masters of their own minds, behavior is influenced by sexual urges; wish-fulfillment B.F. Skinner ✔✔stimulus-response approach, behavior and environmental factors Ivan Pavlov ✔✔conditioned reflexes, behaviorist stimulus-response approach William James ✔✔leader of 'functionalism', wrote Principles of Psychology, discussed the stream of consciousness Structuralism ✔✔analyzing consciousness into its basic elements and investigating how these elements are related Functionalism ✔✔psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness Psychoanalytic perspective ✔✔unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders; expectations affect our perception Behavioral perspective ✔✔Only observable events (stimulus-response) can be studied scientifically Humanistic perspective ✔✔Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth. Fundamentally different from animals. Cognitive perspective ✔✔Human behavior can't be understood without examining how people acquire, store, and process information Biological perspective ✔✔an organism's functioning can be explained through bodily structures and bio-chemical processes Evolutionary perspective ✔✔Behavior patterns have evolved to solve adaptive problems; natural selection favors behaviors that enhance reproductive success Critical (critical thinking) ✔✔being analytical and evaluating ideas Anecdotal evidence ✔✔stories, NOT reliable evidence Neurons ✔✔individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate, and transmit information Soma ✔✔cell body, contains the cell nucleus and chemical machinery Dendrites ✔✔parts of a neuron specialized to receive information Axon ✔✔fiber that transmits signals away from the soma and to other neurons, muscles, or glands Myelin sheath ✔✔insulating material that encases some axons Terminal buttons ✔✔small knobs that secrete chemicals called neurotransmitters Synapse ✔✔junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to another Glia (glue) ✔✔cells found throughout the nervous system that provide support for neurons (glue) [Show More]

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