Chapters 1-3 Flashcards

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Part of the brain associated with formation of memories

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Hippocampus

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2
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Brain and Spinal Cord

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CNS

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3
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Associated with Pain and Pleasure Response

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Endorphins

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4
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Fatty Material that acts like insulation

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Myelin Sheath

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5
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Fluent and understandable speech

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Brocas

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6
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Branches from the cell body that recieves signals

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Dendrites

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7
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Sleep dreaming arousal and left right coordination

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Pons

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8
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Part of brain associated with attention and arousal

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Reticular Formation

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9
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Switching station that sends messages to appropriate areas of the cortex

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Thalamus

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10
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Scaffolding that guides and supporta neurons

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Glial cells

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11
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Contains primary auditory cortex

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Temporal lobe

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12
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Part of the brain coordinating posture. muscle tone, and learned reflexes

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Cerebellum

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13
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Fear response and memory of fearful stimuli

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Amygdala

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14
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Nerves and neurons that are not part of the brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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15
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What is Psychology?

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Psychology refers to the scientific study of the mind and behavior.

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16
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What is Functionalism

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Functionalism focused on how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment. Functionalists were more interested in
the operation of the whole mind rather than of its individual parts,

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17
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Who established functionalism?

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William James, John Dewey, and Charles Sanders Pierce

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18
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What is Structuralism

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Understanding the conscious experience through introspection, it focuses on the contents of the mental process rather then function. Whole psyhchology, rection time

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Who developed structuralism

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Gestalt Psychology

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Gestalt psychology deals with the fact that although a sensory experience can be broken down into individual parts, how those parts relate to each other as a whole is often what the individual responds to in perception

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Who developed Gestalt Psychology

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Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler

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What is Behaviorism?

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Behaviorism focused on making psychology an objective science by focusing on observing and controlling behavior

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Who is the father of behaviorism

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John Watson

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Biopsychology

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study of how biology influences behavior (panelope)

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What is industrial psychology
Selecting and Evaluating Employees. Industrial psychology studies the attributes of jobs, applicants of those jobs, and methods for assessing fit to a job. These procedures include job analysis, applicant testing, and interviews.
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What is Organizational Psychology
The social dimentions of work. Organizational psychology is concerned with the effects of interactions among people in the workplace on the employees themselves and on organizational productivity. Job satisfaction and its determinants and outcomes are a major focus of organizational psychology research and practice.
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What is human factors psychology
Workplace Design. Human factors psychology, or ergonomics, studies the interface between workers and their machines and physical environments. Human factors psychologists specifically seek to design machines to better support the workers using them.
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What is the difference between industrial and organizational psychology
While industrial psychology focuses on the people at work, often exploring individual differences and their effect on performance, organizational psychology attempts to understand their role in the organization and its function in society
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What type of stuy was the Krista and Tatiana Hogan conjoined twin study?
Clinical or Case Study
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What is a clinical or case study
Observational research study focusing on one or a few people
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What is Archival Research
method of research using past records or data sets to answer various research questions, or to search for interesting patterns or relationships
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What is Confirmation Bias
tendency to ignore evidence that disproves ideas or beliefs "Sandra thinks daycare is bad and only looks at studies that agree with her pov, what does it mean when you only choose the examples you want"
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What is a confounding variable
unanticipated outside factor that affects both variables of interest, often giving the false impression that changes in one variable causes changes in the other variable, when, in actuality, the outside factor causes changes in both variables
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Cross-sectional research
compares multiple segments of a population at a single time
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Dependent variable
variable that the researcher measures to see how much effect the independent variable had
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Independent variable
variable that is influenced or controlled by the experimenter; in a sound experimental study, the independent variable is the only important difference between the experimental and control group
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Longitudinal research
Studies in which the same group of individuals is surveyed or measured repeatedly over an extended period of time
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Naturalistic observation
observation of behavior in its natural setting
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Negative correlation
two variables change in different directions, with one becoming larger as the other becomes smaller; a negative correlation is not the same thing as no correlation. Downward line
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positive correlation
two variables change in the same direction, both becoming either larger or smaller (upwards line)
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Synapse
The space between 2 neurons
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Demetrius was in a car accident and his parietal lobe was injured. Which is the most likely effect
Parietal lobe damage can severely impair a person’s ability to process sensations such as hot/cold, smooth/rough, etc. Left side neglect Wernicke’s Aphasia: difficulty speaking in coherent sentences or understanding others’ speech.
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Elayna was diagnosed with a brain tumor and feels vary cold, almost fainting, reduced appetite and reduced sexual desire.
Hypothalamus
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Geremy has Parkinson's which affects his motor skills, noticed changes in movement, it is possible that geremys _____ is producing less of ______
The Midbrain (substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area), dopamine