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PSYC 1030 Spring 2020 > Chapters 1 & 2 > Flashcards

Chapters 1 & 2 Flashcards

1
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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Psychology

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2
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the process of objectively examining and measuring one’s own thoughts and mental activities

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Objective Introspection

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3
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Unconscious mind is where we repress all threatening urges/desires; focus on children and how experiences mold adults

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Psychoanalysis

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4
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Focus on operant conditioning, does not concern about process inner workings of the mind

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Behavioralism

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5
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People have free will, looks at how we understand ourselves and how we can improve

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Humanistic

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6
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“Be the best you can be”

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Humanistic

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7
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Focus on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning. Heavy aspect on process

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Cognitive

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8
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Focus on relationships around us, social behavior, and culture

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Sociocultural

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9
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Looks at how being in certain groups present different behaviors

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Sociocultural

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10
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Attributes all human/animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body

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Bio-psychological

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11
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Looks at how genetics, hormones, and chemical balances affect psychology

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Bio-psychological

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12
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“Survival of the fittest”

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Evolutionary

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13
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Focuses on biological basis of universal mental characteristics that all humans share

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Evolutionary

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14
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No MD, Doctorate, researcher, counselor or teacher

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Psychologist

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15
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MD, focuses on diagnosis and treatment

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Psychiatrist

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16
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Social worker trained in psychology

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Psychiatric Social Worker

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17
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Watching animals in natural environment

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Naturalistic Observation

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18
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Subjects behave differently while being watched

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Observer Effect

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19
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Observer joins the environment

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Participant Observation

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20
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Watching animals in lab setting

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Laboratory Observation

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21
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Researches ask subjects about topic under study, gets massive amount of data in little time, but can have inaccuracy

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Survey

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22
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study of one individual in great time over time

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Case Study

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23
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What is changed in an experiment

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Independent variable

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24
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Outcome of change in experiment

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Dependent Variable

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25
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What stays the same

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Control Variable

26
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group subjected to the independent variable

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Experimental group

27
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Group not subjected to independent variable

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Control Group

28
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The belief of change rather than actual change

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Placebo Effect

29
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Participants are unaware to treatment they receive

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Single Blind Study

30
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Participants and observers are unaware to treatments received

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Double Blind Study

31
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Cell body of neuron

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Soma

32
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Receives messages from the other cells

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Dendrites

33
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Passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands

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Axon

34
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Fatty substance that covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed up neural impulses and protect the axon

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Myelin Sheath

35
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Structure that forms junction with other cells

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Terminal Buttons

36
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Electrical signal that travels down the axon

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Action Potential

37
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Ion charge within the neuron

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Negative

38
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Ion charge outside the neuron

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Positive

39
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State when the neuron is not firing

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Resting potential

40
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Release of a neural impulse consisting of the reversal of electricity within the atom

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Action Potential

41
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insertion of a thin, insulated wire into the brain through which an electrical current is sent that destroys the brain cells at the tip of the wire

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Deep Lesioning

42
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Milder electrical stimulation and causes neurons to react as if they received a message

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Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (ESB)

43
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magnetic pulses are applied to the cortex using specialized copper wire coils that are positioned over the head

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

44
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combines several X-Rays to form 2D “Slice” images or 3D images of a body part, usually used with contrast dye

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Computed Tomography (CT)

45
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Machine uses magnets, radio waves, and computers to create images of internal organs

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

46
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machine uses a scanning device to detect photons emitted by a radionuclide in the organ or tissue being examined

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Position Emission Tomography (PET):

47
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nuclear imaging scan that integrates computed tomography (CT) and a radioactive tracer (i.e. HIDA scan)

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Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)

48
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measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow

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Functional MRI (fMRI)

49
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Function: personality, emotional response, social behavior

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Frontal Lobe

50
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Function: calculation, language, planned movement, appreciation of size, shape, weight, and texture

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Parietal Lobe

51
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Function: Vision

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Occipital Lobe

52
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Function: Auditory perception, speech, language, verbal memory, smell; auditory perception, non-verbal memory

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Temperal Lobe

53
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Responsible for production of speech

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Broca’s Area

54
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Responsible for language comprehension

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Wernicke’s Area

55
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Function: Control of consciousness, breathing, heart rate

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Brainstem

56
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Responsible for posture, balance, and coordination of movement

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Cerebellum

57
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Relays information from sensory organs to the cerebral cortex

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Thalamus

58
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Primary cortical component of the limbic system, involved in emotional and cognitive processing

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Cingulate Cortex

59
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Plays a role in learning, memory, and ability to compare sensory information to expectations

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Hippocampus

60
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Influences motivation, emotional control, fear response, and interpretations of nonverbal emotional expressions

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Amygdala

61
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Regulates thirst, fear, sexual drive, and agression

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Hypothalamus

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