Psyc Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Psychology

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Scientific study of behavior

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2
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Review of literature

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First step of Scientific Method

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3
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Formulate a testable hypothesis

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Second step of Scientific Method

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4
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Design the study & collect the data

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Third step of Scientific Method

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5
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Publish, replicate & seek scientific review

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Fourth step of Scientific Method

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6
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Build a theory

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Final step of Scientific Method

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7
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Description, Prediction, Explanation, and Changes

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What are the goals of psychology? List 4.

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8
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Nature behavior

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Behavior that is biological

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9
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Nurture behavior

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Behavior that is environmental

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10
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Independent variable

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What the experiment is. Causing the variable

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11
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Dependent variable

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What the experiment can cause

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12
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Experimental bias

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can be prevented by using double blind study

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13
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Participant problems

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Sample bias and participant bias are _ problems

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14
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Sample bias

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not representative of the larger population

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15
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Participant bias

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when you know what the hypothesis is

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16
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Informed consent, Deception, Confidentiality, Debriefing, Voluntary particpation

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What are the 5 Ethical guidelines

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17
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Informed consent

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Ethical guideline in which you are making sure the participant knows the study and sign on the paper agreeing

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18
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Debriefing

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Ethical guideline in which it explains to the participant the study and process at the end of the study

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19
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Descriptive research

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Research that describes situations, do not make accurate predictions, they do not determine cause and effect

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20
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coorelation research

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determines if a relationship exist between two or more variables (A>B, A<B)

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21
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Coorelation coeficient

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(^^ VV) strong, moderate, weak

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22
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Random assignment

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participant assigned to any particular group

23
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neuroscience

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biological processes relate to behavioral and mental processes

24
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nervous system

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Body system that is composed of the brain and spinal cord

25
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peripheral NS

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Spinal connects cord with the _ _

26
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Stem cells

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Uncommitted cells that have the potential to develop into any type of cell

27
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PNS

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nerves outside the brain and spinal cord

28
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Somatic NS

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Sensory messages to the brain.

Ex. Raising your hand, talking, walking

29
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Autonomic NS

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Regulates body functions.

Ex. Blinking, heart racing, breathing.

30
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Sympathetic

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“fight or flight”

31
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Parasympathetic

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dominant when relaxed

32
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Sensory neuron

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Neuron toward the brain, PNS to CNS

33
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Motor neuron

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Neuron away from the brain, CNS to PNS

34
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Interneuron

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communication within the CNS

35
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electrical

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communication within the neuron (axon) action potential

36
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chemical

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communication between neurons terminal buttons/synapse contains neurotransmitters

37
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Resting/polarized

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when there is no message being sent

38
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Depolorization

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When there is a message being sent.

Sodium in, potassium out!!!

39
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All or none law

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axon fires an axon potential or it does not. Once it starts it goes all the way to the end.

40
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Mylan sheath

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speeds up neurotransmission “sausage links”

41
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endocrine system

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this system maintains homeostasis (regulates internal stability)

42
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endocrine system

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this system regulates reproductive system

43
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master gland

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the pituitary gland

44
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Hindbrain, pons, medulla, cerebellum

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list the 4 brain structures

45
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math and verbal

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the left hemisphere is responsible for?

46
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nonverbal and visual spacial

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the right hemisphere is responsible forJ?

47
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frontal

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lobe of the brain responsible for self awareness, planning and speech production

48
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parietal

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lobe responsible for body sensations, pain, temperature and pressure

49
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occipital

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lobe responsible for hearing, language comprehension

50
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cornea, pupil, lens, retina, phobia, rods & cones

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the order of the eye

51
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corpuscollosum

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the thick band of nerve fibers connecting the two hemispheres together

52
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pinna, auditory canal, eardrum

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structures of the outerear

53
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hammer, anvil, stirrups

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structures of the middle ear

54
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cochlea

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structure of the innerear