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ablation

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removal or destruction of brain tissue in a surgical procedure

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acetylcholine (ACh)

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a neurotransmitter involved in learning, memory, and muscle movement

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acquisition

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a process in classical conditioning by which the association of a neutral stimulus with a natural stimulus is first established

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activation synthesis

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the idea that dreams are the result of the cerebral cortex interpreting and organizing random flashes of brain activity, originating in the lower brain structures especially the pons

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adrenal gland

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source of the hormone norepinephrine which affects arousal

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afferent

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in neurons, another name for sensory

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agonists

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drugs which mimic the activity of neurotransmitters

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alpha waves

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seen when an individual is in a relaxed, unfocused, yet still awake state

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antagonist

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drug which blocks the activity of neurotransmitters

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anterograde amnesia

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loss of memory for events that occur AFTER the onset of the amnesia

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anvil

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the middle of thee three occicles in the middle ear

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applied research

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scientific investigations intended to solve practical problems

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bipolar cells

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eye neurons that receive information from the retinal cells and distribute information to the ganglion cells

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cannon-bard

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theory of emotion that says that a stimulus causes SIMULTANEOUSLY physiological arousal and the subjective experience of an emotion

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catatonic

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a form of schizophrenia in which the patient has muscle immobility and does not move

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catharsis

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release of aggressive energy through activity or fantasy

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CAT scan

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a method of creating static images of the brain through computerized axial tomography

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client-centered

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therapy developed by Carl Rogers featuring the patient’s self-discovery and actualization” also called person-centered

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client-centered therapy

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developed by Carl Rogers, this humanistic therapy includes unconditional positive regard

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correlation coefficient

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a positive ear 1.0 indicates two variables are positively related; a negative number indicates a negative relationship; zero indicates no relationship

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crystallized

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term describes a type of intelligence which applies cultural knowledge to solving problems

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Delta waves

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largest brain waves, associated with deep, dreamless sleep

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depressant

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any agent that reduces the activity of the central nervous system (CNS)

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depth perception

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an ability that we exercise by using both monocular and binocular cues

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displacement

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defense mechanism in which unwanted feelings are directed towards a different object

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dispositional attribution

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assuming that another’s behavior is due to personality factors, not situational ones (attribution error)

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dissociative fugue

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disorder in which one travels away from home and is unable to remember details of his past, including often his identity (fugue state)

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dopamine

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a neurotransmitter which is associated with Parkinson’s disease (too little of it) and schizophrenia (too much of it)

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tympanic membrane

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eardrum

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echoic

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memory of sounds

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ego

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mediator between the id and superego

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egocentrism

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in a toddler, the belief that others perceive the world in the same way they do

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eidetic

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describes a type of visual memory that is retained for a long time; photographic

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Electra complex

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counterpart to the Oedipus complex for females

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emotion-theories

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James-Lange; Cannon-Baird; Singer-Schachter; Lazarus; Zajonc

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endorphins

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neurotransmitters that give one a feeling of well-being, euphoria, or eliminate pain

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feature detection

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the ability of the brain to identify specific components of visual stimuli such as corners or edges

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figure-ground

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refers to our ability to distinguish foreground from background in visual images

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fluid intelligence

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term that describes a type of intelligence used to cope with novel situations and problems

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foot-in-the-door

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term describes a phenomenon in which people who agree to a small request are more likely to later agree to a larger request

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fovea

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the central focus area of the retina

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frequency

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theory of hearing which states that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the tone’s frequency

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functional fixedness

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the tendency to think about things only in terms of the usual cues; can be a hindrance to creative thinking

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functionalism

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WILLIAM JAMES’S school of though that stressed the adaptive and survival value of behaviors

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ganglion cells

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their axons form the optic nerve

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general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

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Seyle’s concept that the body responds to stress
with alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

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generativity vs. stagnation

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Erikson’s stage of social development in which middle-aged people begin to devote themselves more to fulfilling one’s potential and doing pubic service

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glial cell

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this acts as a support system for neurons

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group polarization

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tendency of group members to move to an extreme position after discussing an issue as a group

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heritability

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the extent to which differences in a group of a characteristic is due to genetics, not environment

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higher-order

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term describes conditioning in which the CS for one experiment becomes the UCS in another experiment so that another neutral stimulus can be made to elicit the original UCR

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hunger

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regulated by the lateral hypothalamus and the ventromedial hypothalamus

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hypochondriasis

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a disorder characterized by an unreasonable fear that one has a serious disease

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iconic

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term that describes the memory of images

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id

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the repository of the basic urges toward sex and aggression (pleasure-seeking)

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imprinting

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evidence of critical period in some animals; they follow the first thing they see after hatching

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industry vs. inferiority

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Erikson’s stage between 6 and 11 years, when the child learns to be productive

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integrity vs. despair

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Erikson’s final stage in which those near the end of life look back and evaluate their lives

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interneurons

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cells in the spinal cord through which reflexes travel without going to the brain

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interposition

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monocular visual cues in which to objects are in the same line of vision and one partially conceals the other, indicating that the first object concealed is further away

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James-Lange

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theory of emotion in which physiological arousal precedes the emotion

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kinethesis

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sense of one’s balance and of one’e physical position

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latent

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Freud’s stage of psychosexual development occurring from about age 6 to puberty during which little happens in psychosexual terms

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latent content

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the hidden or disguised meaning of dreams

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latent learning

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a change in behavior due to experience acquired without conscious effort

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law of effect

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Thorndike’s rule that behaviors which have positive outcomes tend to be repeated

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lens

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a curved, transparent element of the vision system that provides focus

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lithium

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in psychopharmacology, this is used to control bipolar symptoms

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long-term potentiation

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a possible source of the formation of memories improvement in a neuron’s ability to transmit caused by repeated stimulations

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lucid

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describes a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and is able to influence the progress of the dream narrative

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manifest

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describes, in Freudian terms, the surface content of a dream

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mental age

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developed by Binet; equal to one’s chronological age times the % score on an IQ test

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misinformation effect

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situation wherein subtle cues disrupt and/or distort one’s memory of an event, often without conscious awareness of the influence

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MMPI

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the initials of a long, detailed personality inventory

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monocular

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terms that means, “one-eyed”, used to indicate the sort of environemntal cues to depth perception that only require one eye (ex: interposition)

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morpheme

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in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning (ex: syllables)

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motion parallax

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a depth cue in which the relative movement of elements in a scene gives depth information when the observer moves relative to the scene

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motor cortex

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an area of the brain, near the rear of the frontal lobes, that controls the voluntary movement

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motor neuron

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this carries information from the brain to the muscles: also called “efferent”

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normal distribution

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describes a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that shows that distribution of many physical and psychological attributes

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Oedipus complex

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in Freud’s theory, the conflict which results in a boy gaining a superego and beginning to emulate his father

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omission training

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a procedure in which reinforcement occurs when a specific behavior does not occur in a fixed period of time

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opponent process theory

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term used in both vision theory and emotion theory

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optic chiasm

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the point in the brain where the visual field information from each eye “crosses over” to the appropriate side of the brain for processing

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oval window

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membrane at the entrance to the cochlea through which the ossicles transmit vibrations

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parasympathetic

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the branch of the NS that automatically calms us down when the reason for arousal has passed

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parietal

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lobe that contains the sensory cortex

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permissive

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describes a parenting style that is characterized by the parent making few demands on the child

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phallic

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name for Freud’s stage which involves the Oedipus complex

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phoneme

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in language, smallest distinctive sound unit (ex: letter)

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place theory

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the idea that different sound frequencies stimulate different location on the basilar membrane

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pons

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part of the rain, works with the cerebellum in coordinating voluntary movement; neutral stimulation studies in activation synthesis theory (dreams) may originate here

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preconscious

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in Freud’s theory, the level of consciousness in which thoughts and feeling are not conscious but are readily retrievable to consciousness

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proactive interference

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when prior learning disrupts the recall of information

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projection

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defense mechanism in which one disguises one’s own unacceptable impulses by attributing them to others

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projective

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term describes a personality test in which ambiguous stimuli trigger revelation of inner feelingd/thoughts

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rationalization

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making an excuse for failure (ex: I failed the test because the teacher is no good)

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reaction formation

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defense mechanism in which unacceptable impulse are transformed into their opposite

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REBT

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Albert Ellis’s form of therapy for psychological disorders

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reciprocal determinism

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Bandura’s idea that though our environment affects us, we also affect our environment

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relative deprivation

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the notion that one is better off then those whom one compares oneself; concept used to explain some feelings of happiness

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representativeness heuristic

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this cognitive shortcut enables one to generalize based on how closely a stimulus matches a typical member of a class

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reticular formation

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a network of cells in the brain stem that filters sensory information and is involved in arousal and alertness

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retroactive interference

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when new learning disrupts the recall of previously-learned information

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retrograde

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loss of memory for events that occurred BEFORE the onset of amnesia

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rooting

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a reflex in which a newborn turns its head in response to a gentle stimulus on its cheek

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Rorschach test

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a projective test that uses inkblots as the ambiguous stimuli

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self-serving bias

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the tendency to assign oneself credit for successes but to blame failures on external forces

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semantics

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in language, the study of meanings of words

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sensory cortex

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the parts of the brain that receive information from the sensory receptors

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serial position effect

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this tells us that the best recall of a list of items will be those at the beginning of the list

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serotonin

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a neurotransmitter associated with improved mood and other positive emotions

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signal detection

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this theory predicts how and in what circumstances we can detect a stimulus; assumed there is no single threshold

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sleep spindles

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short bursts of brain waves detected in stage 2 sleep

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social exchange

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a theory that suggests that our behavior is based on maximizing benefits and minimizingg costs

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somatoform disorders

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any of a group of psychological disturbances characterized by physical symptoms for which there is not a medical cause

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structuralism

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school of psychology developed by WILHELM WUNDT; structure over function

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sublimation

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a defense mechanism in which unacceptable impulses are directed into socially acceptable outlets

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sympathetic

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part of the NS that controls the “fight or flight”response

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TAT

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a projective test in which the subjects look at and tell a story about ambiguous stimuli

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temporal

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the lobe that controls audition

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token economy

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a technique in operant conditioning by which desired behaviors receive forms of currency that can be exchanges for rewards

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