### == Founding Fathers == William James - Functionalism - "How do we function" Wilhelm Wundt - Structuralism - Objective - Sight/sound - Subjective - Mental images John B Watson - Behaviorism BF Skinner - Reinforcement - When you recieve a reward, you are more likely to repeat a behavior Gestalt School - Learning by insight rather than repetition Sigmund Freud - Unconscious motive shape behavior ### == Research == Hypothesis - An educated guess - If/then logic Analyzing results - A lot of data is needed for analysis Conclusion - Useful in development of theories Replication - The ability for an experiment to be repeated with a similar outcome Bias - Predisposition to a point of view Circumstances of replication - Sometimes slightly different circumstances skew results Surveys - People are asked a series of questions - Not necessarily accurate Populations - Whole group you want to study Samples - One part of the target population Random Sample - Individuals from target population chosen by chance Stratified Sample - Subgroups in population are represented proportionally Case Study Method - In depth investigation of an individual or small group Longitudinal Method - Select group, then observe group for period of time Cross Sectional Method - Select sample that includes people of different ages Naturalistic Observation - Observe people in their natural habitats (home, school, work) ### == Nervous System == Frontal Lobe - Voluntary movement and languages Occipital Lobe - Sight Parietal Lobe - Senses Temporal - Memory Medulla - Lowest part of brain stem - hearbeat Pons - Above the medulla - Regulates breathing Midbrain - Eyeball movement Thalamus - Relay center Hypothalamus - Body processes