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Undersupply of serotonin causes:

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Depression

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type of reinforcers that increase the rate of operant responding

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Negative reinforcers

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Part of the neuron that receives chemical messages:

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Dendrites

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It’s the junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron:

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Synapse

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Process where excess neurotransmitters return to the sending neuron:

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Reuptake

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They are the chemical messengers:

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neurotransmitters

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getting a spank for running to the street is an example of what type of punishment:

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Positive punishment

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Part of the neuron that speeds up impulse transmission:

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Myelin sheath

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If you are taught to fear something (cars) , you might also fear related things (Trucks, motorcycles), this is known as:

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Generalization

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10
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Too much dopamine causes:

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Schizophrenia

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The psychic secretions of pavlov’s dogs are an example of what type of response:

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Unconditioned response

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Minimum level stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse:

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Threshold

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13
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Regulates sleep and mood:

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Serotonin

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taking a medicine to get rid of decease is an example of what type of reinforcement:

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negative reinforcement

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A child’s fear to a hypodermic needle is an example of what response?

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Conditioned response

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The electric impulse in neuron is known as:

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Action potential

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17
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Too little _____ causes parkinson’s decease

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Too little dopamine

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18
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You don’t receive a smile or thank you every time you hold the door for another person, but sometimes it’s acknowledged . Door holding is (n) what type of reinforcement

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Intermitent reinforcement

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19
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In Pavlov’s dog experiment the UCS was:
the neutral stimulus was:
Then the CS was:
And the CR was:

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Food
The bell
The bell
Salivate

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Type of punishment that decreases the likelihood that the preceding behavior:

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Negative punishment

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Is any stimulus that increases the probability that preceding behavior will occur:

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Reinforcer

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22
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Behavior that is reinforced every time is an example of:

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Continuous reinforcement

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Occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears:

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extinction

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A researcher is writing a book based on her interviews with michael jordan, this is an example of what type of research:

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Case Study research

25
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Mention positive symptoms of schizophrenia:

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Auditory and visual allucinations

26
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Mention Negative symptom of schizophrenia:

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Lack of emotions

27
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Organizing and interpreting physical energy is called:

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Perception

28
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A (n) is a nerve cell:

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Neuron

29
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Dane Had a tumor removed from his occipital lobe that resulted in loss of brain tissue. Dane is most likely to suffer some loss:

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visual perception

30
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They are smallest bones in the body :

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The hammer, anvil , and stirrup

31
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Part of our brain that rewards activities for survival (regulates body temperature, eating, drinking, sex):

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hypothalamus

32
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The sensory cortex , which is important for our sense of touch is located in the ___ lobe:

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Parietal lobe

33
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If someone squeezed your hand gently or tightly the sensory neurons will fire impulses of same magnitude, this is due to:

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All or nothing principle

34
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Part of Brain that Is in charge of balance and coordination:

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Cerebellum

35
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Visible light is:

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Electromagnetic energy

36
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The variables that are controlled are known as:

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Independent variables

37
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the variable that is measured and is affected by the changes made to the independent variable:

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Dependent variable

38
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Phineas gage had an iron rod pierce his head. His personality changed but he did not die. The rod missed his:

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medulla and cerebellum

39
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Lack of dopamine causes:

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Parkinson’s

40
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They help you to see in black and white (Night):

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Rods

41
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They help you see in multiple colors:

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cones

42
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part of the limbic system, which regulates emotions, memories, smells, and autonomic behaviors:

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Hippocampus

43
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When the action potential reaches the axon terminals, the vesicles release:

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Neurotransmitters

44
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Amplitude measures:

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Pitch and color

45
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Wavelength measures

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volume and hue

46
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Daniel Kish believes that blind people will not learn to echolocate if:

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They receive to much support

47
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Why do we kiss with our lips and not with our feet:

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Because our sensory cortex is more devoted to the lips

48
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What kind of psychologist might research under what conditions someone stops to help a stranger?

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Social psychologist

49
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Part of the brain that is the central relay station for sensory and motor information traveling to and from the brain. It receives almost all sensory information, except for smell, and then sends it to the cerebral cortex for interpretation:

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Thalamus

50
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a type of brain cell that are activated when a person performs an action or observes another person performing the same action.

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Mirror neurons

51
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Albert Bandura is a psychologist most recognized for his theory which states that people can learn new behaviors by observing others and then imitating their actions, what’s the name of the theory

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“observational learning”

52
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They require to change the electromagnetic spectrum:

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Vision and hearing

53
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What we see and hear are:

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small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum

54
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Ramachondron showed that phantom limb pain is possible due to:

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Neuroplasticity

55
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Carbon monoxide, arsenic, formaldehyde, cyanide are found in:

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Cigarettes

56
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Some people went hiking and died of a heat stroke, what part of their brain could not keep up?

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The Hypothalamus

57
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  1. Cornea: Light passes through the cornea.
  2. Pupil: controls how much light enters the eye. The iris, the colored part of the eye, controls the size of the pupil.
  3. Lens: works with the cornea to focus light onto the retina.
  4. Vitreous humor:fills the center of the eye and helps keep it round.
  5. Retina: contains special cells called rods and cones that convert light into electrical signals.
  6. Optic nerve: carries the electrical signals from the retina to the brain.
  7. Brain: decodes the signals and turns them into the images you see
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Process of light entering the cornea

58
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a neurological disorder that makes it difficult or impossible to recognize faces:

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prosopagnosia

59
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What kind of Memories become fixed and stable, information is filed and coded forever:

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Long term memories

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