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PNS Subdivision

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autonomic
somatic

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Somatic

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volountary skeletel[walking]

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Autonomic[ Register sensory info and perform response

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automatic functions, organs and viseral glands

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Autonomic subdivisions

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PARA
SYMP

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Presynaptic neuron made of

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vesicles hold neurotransmitters on the axon terminal

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Post synaptic neuron made of

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Receptor sites and dendrites

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Dopamine function

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balance, movement and reward based learining + feeling pleasure

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Seretonin function

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regualtes mood and sleep

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Synaptic Plastisity

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sprouting
rerouting
pruining

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Sprouting

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formation of new neural connections

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rerouting

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establishing alternative synaptic connects to avoid damaged

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pruining

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removalof uneccersarry synapse to make others stronger

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hypothalamaus role

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coordirnate hormone realese

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adrenal glands

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produce cortisol and realese adreneline

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Primary apprasial

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Stress Beign positive irrelevent
threat challange harm/loss

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Secondary apprasial

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copingrecources adequate= handle stressor

inadequate= stress occur

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Classical Condtioning

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Before conditioning- The ns produce no specfic response, the ucselicts ucr

During condtioning- The NS is repeadtly paired with the ucs which elicts the ucr, the ns wass presented immeditaly before the ucs

after conditioning- the ns becomes the cs which elicits the cr

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Operant

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Antecedent- the stimulis/event
B/H- The volountary action in presence of antecedent
Consequnce- outcome of b/h impact likleyhood of doing b/h again

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Observational learining

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attention- activly focus
retention- make a mentel rep
reproduction- physical capabilities
motivation- desire to perform
reinforcement- postive consequnce from b/h more likley perform b/h

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situated learning

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learner in enviroment where practice is apllied

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Atkinson shiffrin

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sensory mem- iconoic- 0.3 sec Echoic- 3 sec both unlimited

Short Term- duration 18-30 5-9items

long term- unlimited duration and capacity

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Types of LTM

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Eplicit- semantic+ eposodic
Implicit- prodcedual + classical

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Explcit mem [concious retrived]

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eposodic- personal exp
semantic- facts genral knowladge

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implicit mem [unconcious retrive]

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procedual-tie show lace
classic- involountray responseeg feaf

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Brainstrucuture basic

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neocortex- store ecplicit mem
hippocampus- encode explcit
amygdala- encode emotional
basal ganglia+ cerebellum- encode andstore implicit mem

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Alzeihmers disease

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dementia that is deteriation of brain neurons cause memory decline

amyloid plaque between neurons
neurofiballry tangles within neurons

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method loci

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memorise info through placing item along imagery journey

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sung narratives

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allows bigger chunks the stgm can store+ auditory aspect

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Song Lines

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memory code used by aborgiinal to track journeys and desribe howtravellor passes through land peacfully

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Normal Waking Conciousness

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standard and patter

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Altered State of Conciusness

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anything not nwc, can be induced or natural

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DARE

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Detect amplify and record electrical activity

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EOG

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Detect activity of the muscles around the eyes

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EMG

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Movement of muscles

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EEG

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Activity in the Brain

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ultradian

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sleep cycles occur mulitple 24 hrs

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Circadian

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sleep wake cycle, 1 per 24 hr

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SCN Process

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SCN send neural messages to pineal glands to secrete more or less meletonin

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zietgebers

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external cues in the enviroment

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Total amount of sleep

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neonatal- 16hr
infancy- 13.5
children-11
adolescents-9
young adult and adult- 7-8
eldery- 6

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REM- NREM ratio

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neonatal- 50/50
infancy- 65/35
rest- 80/20

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Sleep dept effect

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affective
behavioural
cognitive

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sleepdept cognitive affect

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slowed decision making, lack focus and lapse attention

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affective sleep dept

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easliy irratated and increased mood swings

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behavioural sleep dept

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fatigue, sleep inertia and micro sleeps and reaction time

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Circadian ryhtm disorder

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delayed sleep phase syndrome’
adavanced sleep phsase disorder

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BLT

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Timed and safe exposure to safe levels of light that promotes wakefulness

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shiftwork

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mismatch in body waking and sleep times, due to working at irregular hours

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Holistic and multidimesional

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Holitic looks at someone as a whole and there diffrent needs that are multidimensional and are made up of interconnected diffrent components

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Stress

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Soucre is genral known, can contribute to disorder and helpful in mild ways

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Anxiety

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source not always known, can contribute to disorder and helpful small amounts

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Phobia

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source known, is disorder and not helpful

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Protective factors

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bio- adequate sleep and nutrition
psych- CBS and mindfulness meditiation
social- support

54
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Evidence based interventions

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BIO-Benzodiazapine agents + Breathing retraining

Psych- Cognitive beharviural therapy,systematic desensitisation

Social- Psychoeducation

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Contribute factor

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BIO-GABA dys, LTP
Psych- Precipitate classical, perputate operant, cognitve bias[memory bias, catastrpohic thinking]
social- stigma , specific enviro trigger

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cultural continutiy

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ability to preserve and ablity to pass down cultrual traditions and beliefs from generations

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Self determination

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ability to pursure there own cultrual, economic and social growth

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IV

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Whats being minipulated

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DV

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Whta being measured

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Extranous variable

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other then iv that can cause change in Dv unwated

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Experimentor affect

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can occur if experimentor is biased towards a certin group

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standard instructions

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all participants are given instructiobns to follow a procedure to avoid extranous

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Single Blind

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where participants are unaware of if there in experimental or control

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Double blind

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both participants and the experimenter are unware of which is experimental and controlled

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Random Sample

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every member in pop as equal chance at being selected

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stratified sample

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divide population into distinct groups

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qualatative

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description in words of results

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quantative

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data and stats numbers

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standard deviation

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how far within a set that are spread from the man

high sx equal large spread
low sx equal small spread

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Repeatability

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measurement over and over in same condtion produce same result

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reproduceable

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consistent test that is performed under diffrent condition

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validity

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how accurate the testor method actually measure what it aims to

73
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Genralisation

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how widley the results can be applied to other members, no ethical principles arebreached, no major ev or convienince sample used

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Ethical priniplces

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volountary participation, inform consent and withdraw rights

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