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From what two disciplines did psychology emerge

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Philosophy and physiology

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What is psychology

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the scientific study and mental processes

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Who established the first psychological lab and when

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Wilhelm wundt in 1879

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Behaviorism

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Traumatic event

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Humanistic

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Because they have gotten off their path

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Cognitive

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something happens

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Tichener

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studied under Wundt for several years and created structuralism became professor at Cornell

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James

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disagreed with Wundt on important focus and was interested on how individuals function

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Watson

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The father of behaviorism

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Pavlov

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pioneered the study of classical conditioning and conditions reflexes

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skinner

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pioneered the study of human behavior

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Freud

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developed theory of personality and psychodynamic perspectives

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13
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SQ3R

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Reading and study technique that helps students process and retain. information

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14
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what are the goals of science

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To accurately describe the phenomena

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The five steps of the scientific method

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  1. define the problem
  2. design a hypothesis
  3. design study to test the hypothesis
  4. analyze
  5. report findings
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what are theories

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organized facts, explanations and predictions

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Hypothesis

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any measurable condition

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independent variable

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manipulated or changed by the researcher

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Dependent variable

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the outcome or affect that is measured

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extraneous variable

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variables other than independent variable

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21
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random assignment

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a method of assigning participants to different experimental conditions

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experimental group

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receives the independent variable

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control group

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does not receive the independent variable

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double-blind procedure

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both participants nor reachers know what group they are being assigned

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Placebo
when participants improve in their condition because they believe they are receiving a treatment
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Acetylcholine
muscle contraction, cognition
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Norepinephrine
fight or flight
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serotonin
5-HT mood regulation
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Dopamine DA
Reward, motivation, learning
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GABA
Anxiety reduction
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Endorphins
pain relief, euphoria, stress regulation
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components and functions of the central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord, the control center of the body
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peripheral nervous system
all nerves outside of the CNS sensory and motor neurons. The PNS connects the CNS to the limbs and organs enabling communication
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somatic nervous system
Nerves that control the voluntary movements, responsible for conscious
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sympathetic nervous system
fight or flight
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the 4 Fs
fleeing, fighting, feeding, Mating
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parasympathetic nervous system
rest and digest
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Hind brain
Medula, thalamus, povis, cerebellum =, reticular formation
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limbic system
hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus
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Medula
reflexes, increase heart rate
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thalamus
relays information
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cerebellum
motor coordination
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Povis
Sleep, arousal
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reticular formation
arousal
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Hippocampus
memory, glutamate
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amygdala
bad emotions ( fear and anger )
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hypothalamus
4Fs and fight or flight
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Gyri
grooves of the brain
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broccas are not working
you cannot speak
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Frontal lobe
Thinking, emotions and voluntary movements
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parietal lobe
touch, temp, body awareness
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temporal lobe
spoken language and emotional recognition
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occipital lobe
visual information
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split brains
surgery where corpus callosum is severed ( commissurotomy )
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cerebral hemispheres
the two halves of the cerebrum left and right that make up the majority of the brain
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left hemisphere
language, logic and analytical task
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right hemisphere
spatial abilities, creativity, and emotional processing
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hemispheric specialization
differences between two cerebral hemispheres

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