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1
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Wilhelm Wundt

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Considered the father of psychology

psychophysics lab in Germany

structuralism

Edward Titchner (introspection)

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Structuralism

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Structure of the brain

“atoms of the mind”

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William James

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Functionalism, ideas based on Charles Darwin, adaptation

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John Locke

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Tabula Rasa

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Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalytic

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Psychoanalytic theory

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Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung

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Applied research

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Applying knowledge collected through basic research

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Basic research

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Research to collect data

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Hypothesis

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Testable question

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Dependent variable

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Outcome

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Independent variable

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Variable that is manipulated

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Confound variable

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A factor that could accidentally affect the dependent variable

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Theory

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Something that has yet to be proven

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Operational definition

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Descriptive measure, replicate research

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Validity vs reliability

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Validity: credibility (internal- does it measure what it is supposed to, external- generalized)

Reliability: repeatability

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Sampling

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A group of people used to represent a population

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Population

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Group of people

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Representative sample

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A sample that is representative of a population

Generalizable

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Random sample

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Randomly picking people to represent a population

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Random assignment

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Randomly assigning to control or experimental groups

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Control Group

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a group to compare the experimental group to

No independent variable

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22
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Experimenter bias

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Experimenter suggest something that affects the outcome of the experiment

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23
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Single – blind procedure

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Only the subject doesn’t know which is the placebo

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Double – blind procedure

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Both the experimenter and subject don’t know which group has the placebo

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Hawthorne effect

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People act differently when they know they are being watched

Naturalistic observation

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26
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Positive correlation

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Muscle size and exercise

The chart of a positive correlation would be going from the bottom left-hand corner to the top right-hand corner

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Negative correlation

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Smoking and health

The chart of a negative correlation would start in the upper left-hand corner and go down to the bottom right-hand corner

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No correlation

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Random points scattered all over the graph

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29
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Pearson’s r

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-1 to +1

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30
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Survey

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Series of questions

Problems: People lie, vocabulary in questions can affect outcome

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Naturalistic observation

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Observation of the subject in their natural environment

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32
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Case study

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In-depth study of one person over a long period of time

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33
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Case study

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An in-depth analysis of a person, group or phenomenon

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34
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Mean

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Average

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35
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Median

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Middle

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36
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Mode

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Appears the most

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37
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Range

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Highest - lowest

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38
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Standard deviation

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How much they vary

Difference between the number and the mean

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39
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Statistically significant

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If the results did not occur by chance

P

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40
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Z score

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Also known as a standard score

Where a score lies in relation to the populations mean

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41
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Agonist

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Mimics and excites neuron

Heroin

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42
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Antagonist

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Blocks and inhibits neuron

Botox

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43
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Central nervous system

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Brain and spinal cord

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44
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Peripheral nervous system

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Autonomic and somatic

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45
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Myelin sheath

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Covers axon, speeds neural impulse

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46
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Axon

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Passes messages away from cell body to other neurons

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47
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Sensory neurons (afferent)

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Sensory
Afferent
Motor
Efferent

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48
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Interneuron

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Found in central nervous system

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49
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Motor neurons(efferent)

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S
A
M
E

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50
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Neurotransmitter

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A chemical messenger that carries signals between neurons and other cells in the body.

neurotransmitter is released from the axon terminal after an action potential has reached the synapse.

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51
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Somatic nervous system

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Voluntary control of body movements

Afferent and efferent neurons

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52
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Autonomic nervous system

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Involuntary and unconscious actions

Divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Rest and digest

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54
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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight or flight

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55
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Pituitary gland

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Hormone control center, controlled by the hypothalamus

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56
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EEG

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Sleep studies, brainwave activity

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57
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PET

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Injected with glucose, determines function

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58
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MRI

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Magnets, determines brain structure

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59
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fMRI

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Combines MRI and PET

Measures brain activity by blood flow

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60
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Medulla

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Breathing and heart rate

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61
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Reticular formation

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Located in the brainstem, consciousness, keeps cortex alert and attentive

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62
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Thalamus

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Signal switch board

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63
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Pons

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Sleep

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64
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Cerebellum

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Balance and movement

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65
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Limbic system

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Middle of the brain

Adrenaline, emotion, behavior, motivation, long-term memory, olfaction

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66
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Amygdala

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Emotions, in limbic system

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67
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Hypothalamus

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Hunger, thirst, fornication

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68
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Hippo campus

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Memory

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69
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Temporal lobe

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Hearing, auditory cortex

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70
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Occipital lobe

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Sight, visual cortex

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71
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Parietal lobe

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Sensation, sensory cortex

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72
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Frontal lobe

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Decision-making, contains prefrontal and motor cortex

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73
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Phineas Gage

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First case study

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74
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Brokas area

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Speaking

Damage=Broken speech

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75
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Wernickes area

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Comprehension

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76
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Plasticity

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Brain damage, other parts of brain compensate

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77
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Split brain

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Corpus callosum was cut in epileptic patients

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78
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Corpus callosum

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Combines two halves of brain

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79
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Left Hemisphere

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Logic, math, language, Reading, writing, analysis

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80
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Right hemisphere

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Personality, creativity, intuition, music, art, spatial abilities

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81
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Sensory cortex

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Located in the parietal lobe, deals with sensory information such as pain

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82
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Psychological perspectives

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  1. biological – hormones, drugs, neurotransmitters and brain structures influencing body and behaviors
  2. Cognitive- behavior is influenced by how a person thinks and remembers
  3. Humanistic – self actualization, full potential
  4. Behavioral – (John B Watson, Ivan Pavlov, BF Skinner) learn observable responses and consequences
  5. Psychoanalytic – behavior from unconscious drives and conflicts
  6. Sociocultural- how behavior and thinking vary across cultures
  7. Evolutionary – (Darwin, James) natural selection, perpetuation of genes
  8. Developmental – study of people from womb to tomb
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83
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Motor cortex

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Frontal lobe

Control of voluntary movements

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84
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Hindbrain

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Brain stem

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85
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Forebrain

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The lobes

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86
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Midbrain

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Vision, hearing, motor control, sleep, arousal, temperature

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87
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Refractory period

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Response is slowed due the previous stimulus being processed

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88
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Threshold

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Positive and negative polarization of potassium and sodium ions (salty banana)

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89
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All or none

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Reaction of nerve will be the same regardless of the strength of the stimulus

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90
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Reuptake

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Neurons take back the chemicals that were not taken by the next neuron

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91
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Acetylcholine

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Enables muscle action, learning and memory

Not enough: Alzheimer’s disease
Too much: seizures

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Dopamine

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Movement, learning, attention and emotion

Not enough: Parkinson’s
Too much: schizophrenia

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Endorphins

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Body’s natural painkillers

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94
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Serotonin

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Mood, hunger, sleep and arousal

Not enough: depression
Too much: mania

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Norepinephrine

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Helps control alertness and arousal

Not enough: can depressed mood
Too much:

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96
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Temperament

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Temperament is to baby as personality is to adult

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97
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Heritability

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Likelyhood of getting a trait from either parent

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98
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Nature VS nurture

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Biology VS environmental

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99
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FAS

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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100
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Teratogens

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Anything that can harm a Zygote, embryo, fetus

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101
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Newborn reflexes

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Rooting reflex: touch and infants cheek and they will turn toward your finger

Moro reflex: baby arches back when scared

Babinski reflex: touch a baby’s foot and they will curl their toes

Sucking reflex

Grasping reflex

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102
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Crystallized intelligence

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Accumulated knowledge, get stronger with age

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103
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Fluid intelligence

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Creativity and being able to think quickly, younger

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104
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Harry Harlow

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Contact comfort

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105
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Mary Ainsworth

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Attachment study

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106
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Secure attachment

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Explorative, happy – mom leaves = baby cries, mom returns = baby stops crying

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Avoidant attachment

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A form of insecure attachment

In different

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108
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Anxious attachment

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A type of insecure attachment

Baby does not stop crying when mother returns

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109
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Authoritarian

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Strict and does not involve communication

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110
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Permissive

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Give into all child’s desires

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111
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Authoritative

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Considered to be the best type of parenting

Involves communication

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112
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Eric Erickson

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Eight stages of psychosocial development

each stage has a crisis

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113
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Trust vs mistrust

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Infancy
Birth to one year
If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust

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Autonomy VS shame and doubt

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Toddler hood
1 to 3 years
Toddlers learn to exercise their will and do things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities

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Initiative VS guilt

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Preschool
3 to 6 years
Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans, or they feel guilty about their efforts to be independent

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Industry VS inferiority

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Elementary school
Six years to puberty

Children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior

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Identity vs role confusion

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Adolescence
Teen years into 20s

Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by testing rolls and then integrating them to form a single identity, or they become confused about who they are

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118
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Intimacy vs isolation

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Young adulthood
20s to early 40s

Young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity for intimate love, or they feel isolated

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119
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Generativity VS stagnation

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Middle adulthood
40s to 60s

In middle age, people discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack of purpose

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120
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Integrity VS despair

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Late adulthood
Late 60s and up

Reflecting on his or her life, and older adults may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure

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121
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Kübler-Ross

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Stages of grief
DABDA

Denial, anger, bargain, depression, acceptance

122
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Jean Piaget

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Cognitive development

Sensorimotor – (0-2) habituation, object permanence

Preoperational – (2-6) egocentrism, mirror neurons, animism

Concrete operational – (6-11) conservation

Formal operational - (11-adulthood) abstract thinking

123
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Kohlberg

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Carol Gilligan thought he was sexist

Preconventional- (1) value external events, punishment avoidance

Conventional – (2) preforming right roles, obedience because of norms, rules or laws

Postconventional- (3) shared standards, rights and duties, seeking past a written law or rules

124
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Top – down processing

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Fast, processing based on prior knowledge, whole before individual

125
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Bottom – up processing

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Slow, no prior knowledge, individual before whole

126
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Gate control theory

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Spinal cord contains a neurological gate that can either allow or block pain signals to the brain

127
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Just noticeable difference (JND)

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Also known as difference threshold

Minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50% of the time

128
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Signal detection theory (SDT)

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The ability to differentiate between different stimulations

129
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Olfaction

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Smell

130
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Cocktail party effect

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Picking out one sound out of many

131
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Retinal disparity

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(Binocular cues) difference between two eyes – 3D

132
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Transduction

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Light being made into neural impulses

133
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Retina

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Transduction occurs

Multilayered tissue on the eyeballs sensitive inner surface

134
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Cornea

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Transparent lens in front of the eye

Begins refraction (bending the light)

135
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Lens

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Accommodates

136
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Iris

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Colored portion

Dilation
Regulates amount of light entering the pupil

137
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Pupil

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Black part through which light passes

138
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Blind spot

A

(Optic disk)

No rods or cones

Retina becomes optic nerve

139
Q

Optic nerve

A

Carries nerve impulse to thalamus > occipital lobe

Fovea, bipolar cells, ganglion c Los, form optic nerve, thalamus, occipital lobe

140
Q

Rods

A

Black and white

141
Q

Cones

A

Color

142
Q

Fovea

A

Center of retina

Focus

Made of cones

143
Q

Feature detectors

A

(Hubel and Wiesel)
Attached electrodes to a cats occipital lobe

Detect different things like edges and shape

144
Q

Parallel processing

A

The ability do multiple things at once

145
Q

Young-Helmhoptz Theory

A

Cones see in red, blue, green

Helps explain blindness

146
Q

Opponent process theory

A

Opponent cells get stimulations after exposure to opposite colors

147
Q

Afterimage

A

Image continues to appear even after the image has been removed

148
Q

Visual cliff

A

Test given to infants to see if they have developed depth perception

149
Q

Hearing intensity

A

Amplitude

150
Q

Frequency

A 
High = blue
Low = red
151
Q

Place theory

A

The place in the cochlea where hairs are situated determines pitch

152
Q

Frequency theory

A

The number of times per second the hair cells are stimulated determines pitch

153
Q

Outer ear

A

Protection

Transforms sound into vibration

154
Q

Ear canal

A

Connects outer ear to eardrum

Amplifies sound waves

155
Q

Eardrum

A

Separated outer and middle ear

156
Q

Middle ear

A

Perceives sound waves

157
Q

Hammer/Anvil/Stirrup

A

Ossicles

Hammer: pass vibrations from eardrum
Anvil: pass vibrations to stirrup
Stirrup: pass vibrations to cochlea

158
Q

Oval window

A

?

159
Q

Cochlea

A

Coiled, fluid filled tunnel

Place which sound triggers nerve impulses

160
Q

Auditory nerve

A

Passes electrical impulses to brain

161
Q

Sensory deprivation

A

Deliberate reduction/removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses

162
Q

Sensory adaptation

A

Changes to sensitivity of sensory receptors

163
Q

Vestibular sense

A

Balance

164
Q

Perceptual set

A

Person sees or preview something based on prior experience

165
Q

Gestalt

A

Mind tends to view whole and patterns instead of bits and pieces

166
Q

Proximity

A

The grouping of items that are close together

167
Q

Similarity

A

Grouping items that look alike

168
Q

Continuity

A

Principle that we organize stimuli into smooth, continuous patterns

169
Q

Closure

A

Principle that we fill in gaps to create a complete, while object

170
Q

Constancy

A

Ability to recognize that an object didn’t change even if other stimuli did change

171
Q

Meta cognition

A

Thinking about thinking

172
Q

Consciousness

A

Awareness of ourselves and surroundings

173
Q

Circadian rhythm

A

Bodies 24 hour cycle

174
Q

Non-conscious level

A

Bodies processes such as breathing

175
Q

Preconscious level

A

Information you are not thinking about but is in long-term memory

176
Q

Subconscious level

A

Information we are not completely aware of

behavior suggests there are there

177
Q

Unconscious level

A

ID

Unacceptable urges

178
Q

Sleep cycle

A

90 minutes, five stages

179
Q

REM sleep

A

Rapid eye movement sleep, dreams, paradoxical, last stage

180
Q

Stage one

A

Alpha waves

End=theta

feeling of falling

181
Q

Stage two

A

Theta waves, sleep spindles

182
Q

Stage three

A

Delta waves

restores body functionality

75% theta 25% Delta

183
Q

Stage four

A

50% theta, 50% delta

184
Q

Theta waves

A

Awake but relaxed and drowsy

185
Q

Alpha waves

A

Light sleep

186
Q

Beta waves

A

EEG

Similar to waking waves

187
Q

Delta waves

A

Slow

188
Q

Sleep spindles

A

Rapid bursts of activity

189
Q

Nightmare

A

Bad dream

REM sleep

190
Q

Night terror

A

Physiological response, common in children

191
Q

Insomnia

A

Inability to get to, fall or stay asleep

192
Q

Narcolepsy

A

Falling asleep randomly, stimulants can help

193
Q

Sleep apnea

A

Inability to breath while asleep

194
Q

Somnambulism

A

Sleepwalking, stage two

195
Q

Manifest content

A

Storyline

196
Q

Latent content

A

Meaning

197
Q

Hypnosis

A

Openness to suggestion, pain control

198
Q

Stimulants

A

Nicotine, cocaine, caffeine

Excite, stimulate central nervous system

199
Q

Depressants

A

Depress central nervous system

Alcohol, opiates, tranquilizers/barbiturates

200
Q

Hallucinogens

A

Shrooms, ecstasy, marijuana, LSD

201
Q

Opiates

A

Type of depressant

Relieve pain

Heroin, morphine

202
Q

Tolerance

A

More usage, more it takes to achieve high

203
Q

Withdrawal

A

Psychological/physiological response to absence of drug

204
Q

Pavlov

A

Dog salivation study

205
Q

Classical conditioning

A

No thinking, associations

206
Q

NS/UCS/UCR/CS/CR

A 
Neutral stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
207
Q

Acquisition

A

Stage where neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are paired

208
Q

Generalization

A

Tendency to respond to a similar stimuli

Example of this would be a little Albert, Watson

209
Q

Discrimination

A

Opposite of generalization

210
Q

Spontaneous recovery

A

Random re association

211
Q

Extinction

A

De association

212
Q

James Garcia

A

The Garcia effect: stimuli + sickness = taste aversion

213
Q

Operant conditioning

A

Thinking is involved

214
Q

Skinner

A

Rats and pigeons

Reinforcement and punishment

215
Q

Shaping

A

Giving reinforcement when I desired behavior is achieved over and over until the overall goal is met

216
Q

Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement

A

Reinforcement is used to increase a behavior

Positive is giving a good stimulus for desired behavior

Negative is removing an aversive stimulus

An example of negative would be taking medicine to make a headache go away

217
Q

Positive punishment and negative punishment

A

Punishment is used to decrease a behavior

Positive is adding an unwanted stimulus

Negative is removing a wanted stimulus

218
Q

E.C. Tolman

A

Latent learning, cognitive maps

219
Q

Primary reinforcers

A

Biological requirements: survival

Occur naturally, no learning needed

220
Q

Secondary reinforcers

A

Used to reinforce primary reinforcers

Money

221
Q

Continuous reinforcement schedule

A

Rewarded every single time that organism provides the appropriate response

222
Q

variable ratio

A

Slot machines

223
Q

Fixed ratio

A

Buy one get one free

224
Q

Variable interval

A

Fishing

225
Q

Fixed interval

A

Job/paycheck

226
Q

Social learning

A

Social behavior is learned primarily through observation and imitation

227
Q

Bandura

A

Bobo doll experiment

Aggressiveness is learned

Mirror neurons

228
Q

Flashbulb memory

A

Clear memory of an emotionally significant event

229
Q

Encoding

A

Committing information to long-term memory

230
Q

Proactive and retroactive encoding failures

A

P: proactive
O: old interferes with new
R: retroactive
N: new interferes with old

231
Q

Ebbinghaus

A

Serial position of fact, forgetting curve, primacy and recency

232
Q

Serial position effect

A

Tendency to remember the first and last pieces of information

233
Q

Primacy effect

A

First piece of information

234
Q

Recency effect

A

Last piece of information

235
Q

Mnemonic device

A

Play on words

236
Q

Chunking

A

Splitting up information into bits and pieces

237
Q

Sensory memory

A

Initial contact for stimuli

Short term

238
Q

Loftus

A

Misinformation effect, videotaped two cars crashing and ask people questions by changing the vocabulary words used

239
Q

Concept

A

General category – bird

240
Q

Prototype

A

Specific representation – blue bird

241
Q

Iconic

A

Visual information/memory

242
Q

Echoic

A

Auditory information/memory

243
Q

Short term memory – STM

A

7+/-2

244
Q

Long term memory

A

LTM

245
Q

Implicit

A

Procedural: cerebellum, riding a bike

246
Q

Explicit

A

Declarative: hippocampus, semantic memory, information – episodic memory

247
Q

Anterograde amnesia

A

Associate A in anterograde and A in after – after the accident

Happens because of damage

No new memories

248
Q

Retrograde amnesia

A

Associate retro with old – old memories

249
Q

Source amnesia

A

Getting where you saw or acquired the information

250
Q

Infantile amnesia

A

No memory from birth to three years of age

New neurons developing

251
Q

Recall vs recognition

A

Recall: fill in the blank

Recognition: multiple-choice

252
Q

Repression

A

Pushing a memory into the subconscious

Myth

253
Q

Representative heuristics

A

Whatever best fits a previously made schema

254
Q

Availability heuristic

A

Whatever comes quickest and most frequently to the mind

255
Q

Functional fixedness

A

Cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object of earth and its traditional usage

256
Q

Noam Chomsky

A

LAD: language accusation device, language comes naturally/we have an innate ability for language

257
Q

Benjamin Whorf

A

Linguistic determinism: language before thought

258
Q

Phoneme

A

Sound

259
Q

Morpheme

A

Prefix/suffix

260
Q

Semantics

A

Meaning

261
Q

Syntax

A

Order

262
Q

Over regularization

A

I go becomes I goed when referring to the past

263
Q

Babbling stage

A

Imitating

264
Q

One-word stage

A

One word

265
Q

Two words stage

A

Two words

266
Q

Telegraphic stage

A

Full sentences

267
Q

Algorithm

A

Going through every possible outcome

268
Q

Mental set

A

Stuck in priming

269
Q

Insight

A

Kholer, insight happens in right Temporel lobe, monkeys – incubation study

Monkeys were presented with a tube with a peanut in it and had to try to figure out how to get it out

270
Q

Braddeleys working model of memory

A

There is a central executive

271
Q

Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory

A 
Environmental input
Sensory memory
Affention
Short-term memory 
Recalled or rehearsed
Long-term memory
Retrieval
272
Q

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

A

physiological – air, food

safety and security – health, job

love and belongingness – family and intimacy

self-esteem – confidence

self actualization - self fulfillment

  • transcendence

Monks propose a discrepancy

273
Q

Masters and Johnson

A

Sexual response cycle

274
Q

Homeostasis

A

Internal stability

275
Q

Type a personality

A

Always on the go – heart disease

276
Q

Type B personality

A

Mellow

277
Q

Neurotransmitters involved in stress

A

Cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine

278
Q

GAS General adaptation syndrome

A

Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

Illness is likely to occur in exhaustion

279
Q

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

A

Intrinsic: tasks are enjoyable – over justification effect diminishes this

Extrinsic: motivation caused by outside factors – reward and punishment

280
Q

Bulimia, anorexia

A

Bulimia: binging and purging

Anorexia: restriction of caloric intake plus excessive exercise

281
Q

Lateral hypothalamus

A

Stimulated: hunger

Damaged: no hunger

282
Q

Ventromedial hypothalamus

A

Stimulated: stop eating

Damaged: never stop eating

283
Q

Drive reduction theory

A

Body tries to maintain homeostasis by creating a drive

284
Q

Optimum arousal theory

A

Boredom

285
Q

James-Lange theory

A

Physiological first then emotion

286
Q

Cannon-Bard theory

A

Experience physiological and emotional response at the same time

287
Q

Schacter and singer - two factor theory

A

Physiological response followed by cognitive appraisal which leads to emotion

288
Q

Paul Eckman

A

Micro expressions, display rules, gestures differ culturally but facial expressions are universal

289
Q

Psychotherapy

A

Therapy where there’s a professional and a help seeking client

290
Q

Transference

A

Client transfer feelings they have for someone in their life to therapist

291
Q

Client centered therapy

A

Talk therapy

Humanistic/ Carl Rogers

292
Q

Behavior therapy

A

Classical and operant conditioning to treat psychological problems

293
Q

Counter conditioning

A

Replace bad responses to a stimulus with good ones

294
Q

Systematic desensitization

A

Treatment for phobias, fears and aversions

Reduce anxiety through counter conditioning

295
Q

Meta-analysis

A

Researchers examine past studies instead of doing new research

296
Q

Biomedical therapy

A

Physiological interventions that focus on reduction of symptoms of psychological disorders

297
Q

Psychopharmacology

A

Study of drugs used for psychological disorders

298
Q

Antipsychotics

A

Manage psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations)

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

299
Q

Antianxiety drugs

A

Calm people with excessive anxiety

300
Q

Antidepressant drugs

A

Depression, anxiety and OCD

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