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Critical Thinking

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Evaluating evidence, sources, and assumptions

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William Wundt

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The father of psychology, opened the first lab in Germany in 1879, ball drop experiment to determine a new psychological phenomenon

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Introspection

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Personal thoughts and self reflection. Failed because people have differing levels of verbal and intelligence.

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Structuralism

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Used introspection to define the mind’s makeup

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Functionalism

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Focused on the mental processes and how they help humans to adapt, survive and flourish

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The two main forces in psychology from 1920-1960

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Behaviorism and Freudianism

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humanistic psychology

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talking through to access the best qualities of humans

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Cognitive/neuroscience

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Anatomy of the mind and psychological brain activity

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Biopsychosocial Model

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The 3 levels of analysis which give the most complete view of things

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what are the 3 keys to scientific thinking

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curiosity, skepticism, and humility

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empirical approach

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careful observation and testing

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the first women in psychology

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Mary whiton calkins and margaret floy walshborn

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william b watson

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changed psychology from the science of mental life to the science of observable behavior

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Nature v Nurture

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Nurture works on what nature provides.

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Martin Selligan

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Studied positive psychology

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Wundt studied

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Functionalism

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Edward Titcher studied

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structuralism

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Hindsight bias

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thinking you know something all along after learning the outcome

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Over confidence

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Being more confident than correct

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precieving order

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humans tend to make patterns that are not actually there

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Theory

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an explanation using using an integrated set of principles that organize observations and predict events

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hypothesis

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a testable prediction

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Operational Definition

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A carefully worded statement of a procedure/experiment

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meta-analysis

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a statistical procedure for analyzing results from multiple studies

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A useful theory can do what 3 things

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organize observations, predict, and be replicated

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case study

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provides an in depth look at one person or group

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naturalistic observation

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observes and records behavior in naturally occurring situations without any manipulation or control

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survey

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self reported attitudes of a particular group through random sample

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correlation

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the extend of which 2 things are related or predict each other, cannot explain why

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double blind

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neither the researcher or participant know the treatment or procedure

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descriptive

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used to observe and record behavior

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ethics code of the APA

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informed consent, protect from unnecessary harm, confidentiality, and debrief

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Testing effect

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enhanced memory from retrieving information

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SQ3R

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study, question, read, retrieve, review

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the scientific method helps to

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Summarize, organize, and analyze data to avoid bias

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positive correlation

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both variables are going in the same direction

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Negative correlation

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Both variables are going in opposite directions

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independent variable

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the manipulated variable

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Dependent variable

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the unmanipulated variable

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random sample

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taking a small group out of a larger group that is still representative

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generalization

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something that can be applied to another situation or experiment

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Franz Gall

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studied Phrenology, which is bumps in the skull

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Pathways

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The way our neuro pathways change and adapt as we grow and learn

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neurons

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the building block of the nervous system

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cell body

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supports the cell and contains the nucleus

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dendrite

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the long spikes that receive information from other neurons

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axon

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the extension that passes messages through the neuron

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myelin sheath

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the fatty protective layer around the axon that accelerates that electric impulses

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glial cells

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support and nourish neutrons

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Sir Charles Sherrington discovered

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the synapse gap

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neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gap and transfer to a new neuron

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Central Nervous System

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the brain and spinal chord

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Peripheral Nervous System

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holds sensory and motor neurons that connect the rest of the body to the CNS

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Endocrine System

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The slow Chemical communication system

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Hormones

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chemical messengers that go through the blood stream

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Everything psychological is simultaneously

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biological

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Action Potential

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the minimum level that must be reached for a neuron to fire. it is an electrical charge that fires through the axon

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threshold

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the measure of an excitatory neutron v inhibitory neutron

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how many connections are within one neutron

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10,000

60
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how many neurons are in the body

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10’s of billions

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sensory neurons

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carry incoming information

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motor neurons

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carry out information

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pituitory gland

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controls growth and endophins

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seretonin

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effects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

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Dopamine

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effects learning, emotion, memory and movement

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autonomic nervous system

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automatic body functions

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Somatic nervous system

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controls extremities and skeletal movements

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Lesions

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natural or experimental destruction of the brain tissue

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EEG

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recording of electrical wave activity across the brain

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MEG

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measure of the magnetic field activity in the brain

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PET scan

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A display of the brain activity while the brain does a task through radioactive glucose

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MRI

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Magnetic fields and radio waves are used to produce a computer generated picture of the soft tissue anatomy of the brain

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FMRI

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Reveals the blood flow of the brain

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Brainstem

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the oldest part of the brain, responsible for automatic /survival functions

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Medulla

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controls heartbeat and breathing

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Pons

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Coordinates movements and sleep

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Thalamus

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egg shaped structures that act as the sensory control center

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Reticular formation

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a nerve network that controls the thalamus and controls arousal

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cerebellum

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Processes sensory output, coordinates movements and balance, as well as non verbal learning and memory

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limbic system

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the neural system associated with emotion and drive

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amygdala

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neural clusters linked to emotion

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hypothalmus

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governs the endocrine system, directs several maintenance functions, and is linked to emotion and rewards and helps remain in homeostasis

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Nucleus accumbens

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reward senory

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Hippocampus

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helps process facts of events and memories, decreases in size with age

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Acetycholine

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paralyzes muscles, botox

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nerepinepherene

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controls alertness and arousal

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glutamate

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major excitatory

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GABA

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major inhibitor

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eendorphins

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Influences pain and pleasure

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Neurotransmitters are like

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a lock and key

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Agonist

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acts like a neurotransmitter and blocks the reaction

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Antagonist

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acts like a neurotransmitter and enhances the reaction

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