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Exam 1 Flashcards

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1
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Why is operational definition important?

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It defines and shows how the independent variables are implemented.

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Falsifiability

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Confirms a scientific theory by finding ways to prove it to be false

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Case study

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A single person is studied in an in depth way - background facts are collected: interviewing others involved in the case, viewing legal and medical documents, personality and clinical tests and interviewing the subject

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Limitations of the case study

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The case study is specific to one person an cannot be representative people at large.

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Naturalistic Observation

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In depth study of a phenomenon in it’s natural setting.

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Limits of Naturalistic Observtion

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Correlation does not prove causation

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Survey

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Subjects are given a questionnaire in large numbers to asses attitudes and behaviors

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Limitations of the Survey

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Not good at identifying causes of people’s behavior

People are less than honest in surveys

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Random assignment

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Technique for assigning participants to experimental groups so that results are not biased.

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Independent variable

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The controlled variable of an experiment

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Defendant variable

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The measured variable in an experiment

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12
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Afferent nerves

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Carry messages to the brain

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Efferent nerves

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Carry messages away from the brain

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Dendrites

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A short extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body

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Cell body

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The factory of the neuron. It produces all the proteins for the dendrites, axons, and synaptic terminals

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A on

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Conducts electrical impulses away from the neurons cell body

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Dopamine

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controls the brains reward and pleasure centers

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Serotonin

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Depression, sleep and memory

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Norepinephrine

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Contracting blood vessels, raising blood vessels

20
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Acetylcholine

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Causes muscle action

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GABA

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Inhibits excitatory responses

22
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fMRI

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Functional Magnetic Resonance imaging - detects brain activity with associated changes in blood flow

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Brainstem

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Controls heartbeat and breathing

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Cerebellum

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Coordinating voluntary movement and balance and tells brain want to expect from body’s movements

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Limbic System

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Hippocampus
Amygdaloid
Hypothalamus

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Cerebral cortex

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Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe

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Hippocampus

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Essential to forming new memories

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Amygdala

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influencing aversion and fear

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates thirst, hunger, sexual behavior, pleasure

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Frontal lobe

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Plans judgements, “moral compass”

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Parietal lobe

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Includes sensory cortex

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Occipital lobe

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Visual processing

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Temporal lobe

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Auditory processing

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Absolute threshold

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Smallest amount of stimulus to be detected

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Subliminal stimuli

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Any sensory stimuli below conscious perception

36
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Sensory adaptation

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Changes in sensitivity of receptors in relation to stimulus.

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Bottom up processing

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Building from sensations

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Top down processing

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Using expectations and knowledge to fill in the blanks

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Figure ground perception

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Perceptual grouping which is vital for recognizing objects through vision

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Perceptual adaptation

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Unique function of the brain that accounts for the differences viewed in the world, as it relates to the senses.

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Contexts effects

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Describes the influence of environmental factors on ones perception

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Operational Definition

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A description of an experimental procedure for the translation of a variable into measurement or numeric value.

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