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phych intro unit Flashcards

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Understanding behavior in social situations and the broader social world

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Social Cultural

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2
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Behavior as a consequence of genetics and physiology

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Biological

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3
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Interactions of thinking, emotion, creativity and problem-solving abilities

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Cognitive

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4
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Personal opinion, folk knowledge, and popular opinion

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Pop physcology

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5
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Experiments, correlational studies and case studies

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Psychology

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6
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Asking anyone present to participate, not representative of population

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Convenience Sampling

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Manipulated factors to observe their effect on behavior

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Independent variables

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Measured outcome of result

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Dependent variable

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9
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Conducted in a psychology lab

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Laboratory experiment

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Conducted in an ordinary, everyday environment

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Field experiment

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Measures the relationship between two variables

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Correlational studies

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In depth investigation of a single person or situation

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Case studies

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13
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Researched: Social cognitive theory, observation and modeling in learning

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Albert Bandura

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Researched:operant conditioning, stimulus-response-reinforcement, father of behaviorism

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B.F. Skinner

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Behavior explained through conditioning, without thoughts or feelings, behaviors are learned through environment

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Behaviorism

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Electroencephalogram, records brain activity

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EEG

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Positron emission tomography, imaging tests for tumors and brain disorders

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PET

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Computed tomography, take pictures of the body from different angles

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CT

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Magnetic resonance imaging, detailed images of internal structures

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MRI

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging, measures blood flow changes in brain activity

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fMRI

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Effects of brain lesions on behavior and cognition

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Lesion studies

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Higher brain functions, thoughts, actions, emotions, planning, problem-solving

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Prefrontal cortex

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Sensory perception,integration of input from body, 5 senses

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Parietal lobe

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Visual info processing, color, orientation, motion, connected to parietal lobe

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Occipital lobe

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Managing emotion, processing info, understanding language

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Temporal lobes

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Memory, emotions, impulse control, problem-solving, social interaction

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Frontal lobe

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Balance, posture,coordination, mental function, vision, motor learning

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Cerebellum

28
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Long term memory, fear, danger, anxiety

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Amygdala

29
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Learning, memory, spatial navigation

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Hippocampus

30
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Behavioral and physiological activity, hunger, thirst, temperature l, sweat, blood pressure, heart rate

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Hypothalamus

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