Summary: The Science Of Psychology
Chapter One: The Science of Psychology
Chapter Overview
Experiencing Psychology: The Mystery that Is You
King discusses how people view others and how everyone, including you, can be an everyday hero.
Psychology is considered a science, but it is different from the other sciences with which students are familiar. Psychology, as a science, focuses on the many facets that make everyone who they are.
Psychology as a Science of All Human Behavior
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
As a science, psychology uses the scientific method to observe, describe, and predict behavior.
Behavior is everything that a person does that can be directly observed.
Mental processes are the internal …show more content…
2. Integration
The brain integrates information from the environment so that people can function in the world.
Each nerve cell in the brain communicates with some 10,000 other nerve cells.
3. Adaptation
As the world constantly changes, the brain and nervous system allow a person to adjust to those changes.
The brain has a lot of plasticity, meaning it has a vast capacity for modification and change.
4. Electrochemical Transmission
Electrical impulses and chemical messenger systems allow the brain and nervous system to work as an information-processing system.
B. Pathways in the Nervous System
As people interact with and adapt to the world around them, the brain and nervous system receive and transmit incoming sensory information. The brain and nervous new skills, this process is creating new pathways in the brain.
B. Characteristics of the Nervous System
5. Complexity
The brain is made up of billions of nerve cells, the orchestration of which allows a person to carry out a variety of activities.
6. Integration
The brain integrates information from the environment so that people can function in the …show more content…
Neurons
Neurons are the nerve cells that control the information-processing function.
Mirror neurons play a role in imitation. They are activated when we perform an action or observe others in action. These neurons are implicated in empathy and understanding others.
Glial cells provide support and nutrition to the nervous system.
B. Specialized Cell Structures
Not all neurons are alike, but they all have a cell body, dendrites, and an axon.
The cell body contains the nucleus that manufactures what neurons need for growth and maintenance.
Dendrites receive information and send it on to the cell body.
The axon carries information away from the cell body and on to other cells.
A myelin sheath, which covers the axon, is semipermeable, meaning that certain substances can pass into and out of the axon. The nerve disorder called multiple sclerosis occurs when there is a breakdown of the myelin sheath.
C. The Neural Impulse
In order for a neuron to send information to another neuron, the source neuron first sends an electrical charge.
Positive and negative ions float inside and outside the axon. The positive ions are sodium and potassium. The negative ions are
Chapter Overview
Experiencing Psychology: The Mystery that Is You
King discusses how people view others and how everyone, including you, can be an everyday hero.
Psychology is considered a science, but it is different from the other sciences with which students are familiar. Psychology, as a science, focuses on the many facets that make everyone who they are.
Psychology as a Science of All Human Behavior
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
As a science, psychology uses the scientific method to observe, describe, and predict behavior.
Behavior is everything that a person does that can be directly observed.
Mental processes are the internal …show more content…
2. Integration
The brain integrates information from the environment so that people can function in the world.
Each nerve cell in the brain communicates with some 10,000 other nerve cells.
3. Adaptation
As the world constantly changes, the brain and nervous system allow a person to adjust to those changes.
The brain has a lot of plasticity, meaning it has a vast capacity for modification and change.
4. Electrochemical Transmission
Electrical impulses and chemical messenger systems allow the brain and nervous system to work as an information-processing system.
B. Pathways in the Nervous System
As people interact with and adapt to the world around them, the brain and nervous system receive and transmit incoming sensory information. The brain and nervous new skills, this process is creating new pathways in the brain.
B. Characteristics of the Nervous System
5. Complexity
The brain is made up of billions of nerve cells, the orchestration of which allows a person to carry out a variety of activities.
6. Integration
The brain integrates information from the environment so that people can function in the …show more content…
Neurons
Neurons are the nerve cells that control the information-processing function.
Mirror neurons play a role in imitation. They are activated when we perform an action or observe others in action. These neurons are implicated in empathy and understanding others.
Glial cells provide support and nutrition to the nervous system.
B. Specialized Cell Structures
Not all neurons are alike, but they all have a cell body, dendrites, and an axon.
The cell body contains the nucleus that manufactures what neurons need for growth and maintenance.
Dendrites receive information and send it on to the cell body.
The axon carries information away from the cell body and on to other cells.
A myelin sheath, which covers the axon, is semipermeable, meaning that certain substances can pass into and out of the axon. The nerve disorder called multiple sclerosis occurs when there is a breakdown of the myelin sheath.
C. The Neural Impulse
In order for a neuron to send information to another neuron, the source neuron first sends an electrical charge.
Positive and negative ions float inside and outside the axon. The positive ions are sodium and potassium. The negative ions are