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intro to psych 1 Flashcards

1
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in psych we only study humans. T/F

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F; animals too

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2
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father of psych

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wilhelm wundt

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3
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4 goals of psych

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describe, explain, predict, control

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4
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Objectively examining one’s thoughts and mental activities

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objective introspection (WW)

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5
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1st american to get a phd in psych

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Granville Stanley Hall

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Granville established the 1st psych lab in Germany. T/F

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F; Wundt

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7
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Founded the American Psychological Association

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Granville Stanley Hall

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8
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structuralism

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edward titchener

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9
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functionalism

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william james

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10
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experiences can be broken into individual emotions and sensations

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structuralism

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11
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german for configuration

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gestalt

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12
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Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, Kurt Koffka

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Gestalt psych

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13
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importance of consciousness on everyday life. “why” people do what they do

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functionalism

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14
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whole picture is what is observed

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gestalt psych

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15
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Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, Karen Horney

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psychoanalytic/dynamic

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16
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Behaviour results from forces at work within the individual often at an unconscious level

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psychoanalytic

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17
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Ability of the individual to direct and control their own life, free will, and self actualization

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Humanistic

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18
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Perception, memory, problem solving, language

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Cognitive

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19
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Relationship between social behaviour and context of family, culture

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Sociocultural

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20
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Influences genetics, activity of nervous system on humans

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Biopsychological

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21
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Biological bases for universal mental characteristics

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Evolutionary

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22
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Diagnose and treat

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Clinical

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23
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Learning and emotional problems in schools, organization of educational institutions

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School and Educational

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24
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In workplace to improve productivity and quality

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Industrial Organizational

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25
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Observe in their natural habitat

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Naturalistic observation

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26
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5 Steps of Scientific Approach

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Perceiving the question
Forming hypothesis
Testing hypothesis
Drawing conclusions
Report the results

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27
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Proves: cause and effect

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Experiment Methods:

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28
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Watch in an artificial but controlled situation

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Laboratory observation

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29
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Measure of the relationship between two or more variables

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Correlation Methods

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30
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number that represents the strength and direction of a relationship between two variables

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Correlation coefficient

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31
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Answer a series of questions

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Standardized tests

32
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A person’s awareness of that is going around them at any given moment

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Consciousness

33
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Generated by a set of action potential in the communications between neurons just sufficient to produce a specific perception, memory, or experience in a person’s awareness

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Consciousness

34
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State in which thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized and the person feel alert

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Waking consciousness

35
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State of which there is a shift of quality or pattern of mental activity as compared with waking consciousness (ex:. daydreaming, meditation, hypnosis and substance-induced states)

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Altered state of consciousness

36
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Require our conscious attention to a fairly high degree (ex: driving a car, having a conversation)

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Controlled processes

37
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Require a comparatively low level of conscious awareness (ex: walking, riding a bike)

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Automatic processes

38
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“Gentle tyrant”

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SLEEP

39
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Human body’s biological rhythms

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SLEEP

40
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Natural cycles of activity that the body must go through

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SLEEP

41
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Cycle of bodily rhythms that occurs over a 24 hour period

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Circadian Rhythm

42
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Sleep-wake cycle is controlled by the hypothalamus

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Circadian Rhythm

43
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structure within the hypothalamus that releases melatonin

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Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

44
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Internal clock that tells us when to wake up and when to fall asleep

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Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) / hypothalamus

45
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Evolve sleep patterns to avoid predators by sleeping when predators are most active

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Adaptive theory of sleep

46
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Sleep is a product of evolution

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Adaptive theory of sleep

47
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Sleep is necessary to the physical health of the body and serves to replenish chemicals and repair cellular damage

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Restorative theory of sleep

48
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awake and alert waves

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Beta waves

49
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awake and relax

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Alpha waves

50
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Theta waves increases
Alpha waves decreases
Hypnogogic images

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Stage N1

51
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vivid visual events

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Hypnogogic images

52
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Spindles (burst of activity)
Body temp drops, heart rate slows, breathing is shallow and irregular

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Stage N2

53
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Deep non-REM sleep
Delta activity - slower and accounts for larger, slower waves on the graph
Waves increase to more that 50% of total brain activity

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Stage N3

54
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REM sleep
Burst of synchronous vertical eye movement
Low voltage continuous theta with minimal beta
Occurs every 90 minutes
Heart beats faster, brain waves resembles beta waves

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Stage R

55
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paradoxical sleep

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REM

56
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inability of voluntary muscles to move

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sleep paralysis

57
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Person is typically experiencing a dream

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REM

58
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Person experiences increased amounts of REM sleep after being deprived of REM sleep on earlier nights

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REM rebound

58
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rare disorder, mechanism that blocks the movement of the voluntary muscles fails, allowing the person to thrash around and even get up and act out nightmares.

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REM behavior disorder (RBD)

58
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State of relaxation or light sleep

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Alpha waves

59
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Any stages of sleep that do not include REM

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Non-REM

59
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smaller and faster
Indicating mental activity

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Beta waves

60
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Long, slow brain waves that indicate deepest stage of sleep

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Delta waves

60
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Indicating early stages of sleep

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Theta waves

60
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Sitting, walking, or performing complex behavior while asleep

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Somnambulism

61
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Extreme fear, agitation, screaming while asleep

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Night terrors

61
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Uncomfortable sensations in legs causing movement and loss of sleep

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Restless leg syndrome

62
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Painful cramps in calf or foot muscles

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Nocturnal leg cramps

63
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Excessive daytime sleepiness

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Hypersomnia

64
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Disturbances of the sleep-wake cycle such as jet lag or work shift

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Circadian rhythm disorders

65
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Urinating while asleep

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Enuresis

65
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Dreams as wishful fulfillment
Manifest and latent content

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freud’s interpretation of dreams

66
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Association in the cortex respond to the random activation of these cortical cells by synthesizing a story

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Activation-synthesis hypothesis

66
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Revision of activation-synthesis theory
States that information experienced during waking hours can influence the synthesis of dreams

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Activation-information-mode (AIM)

66
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Dreams are created by the higher centers of the cortex to explain the activation by the brain stem of cortical cells during REM sleep

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Activation-synthesis hypothesis

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