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psych 101 Midterm 1 Flashcards

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Definition of psychology

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Scientific study of behavior & mental processes of humans & animals

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What are the research methods

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naturalistic observations, case studies, correlations, experimental design

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What are the Four Goals of Psychology

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Description
explanation
prediction
control

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Who founded the first psychological laboratories?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Naturalistic Observations

advantages vs disadvantages

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A.Watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment
D.Observer Bias - you only see what you want to see
Observer Effect - influencing people just by being there

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Case Studies

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Study of 1 individual(with lots of detail)

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Correlations

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A statistical technique to look for relationships between 2 or more variables

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Experimental Design

advantages vs disadvantages

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Deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if changes in behavior result

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Positive Correlation

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Same Direction ^ ^

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Negative Correlation

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Different Direction -> <-

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Independent variable

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Variable that is being manipulated

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Dependent variable

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Variable that is measured after the manipulation of the Independent variable

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Experimental group vs. Control Group

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Gets the drug vs. getting the placebo a.k.a single-blind study

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Representative & Random Sampling

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Participants don’t know a.k.a double-blind study

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Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalysis:
Early childhood experiences
Unconscious mind(where we repress threatening desires)
Dream interpretation(essential to understanding the unconscious mind)

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Behaviorism

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focuses on observable behavior only

-believed that all behaviors are learned

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Cognitive Perspective

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Focuses on how people think

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Biopsychological pr Physiological

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genetic influences, hormones, & activity within the nervous system

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Eclectic Perspective

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Combination of one or more different psychological perspectives

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Humanistic Perspective

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People have free will or freedom to choose their own destiny

  • Human potential -> Self-actualization
  • Be all that u can be
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What is the Nervous System

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  • Network of specialized cells that carries information

- Controls the way people & animals think, feel, & behave

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Neurons

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the basic cell in the nervous system that receives and sends messages

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Nerves

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bundles of neuron fibers

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3 basic parts to a Neuron

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Dendrites : branch-like; receives messages
Soma : cell body with the nucleus
Axon : tube-like; sends messages to other neurons

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Myelin Sheath

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  • Help protect the axon
  • speeds up messages
  • made up of fatty substance
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Where are neurotransmitters stored?

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in the pre-synaptic vesicles

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Acetylcholine(Ach)

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Arousal, Attention, Alzheimer’s

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Serotonin

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associated with mood, sleep, & appetite
low levels ->depression
high levels ->aggression

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Dopamine

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involved in voluntary movement control, pleasure, & sensations

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Endorphins

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Body’s “natural morphine”, pain controller

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Reuptake

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Cleans up the synapse and picks up excess neurotransmitters

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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consist of the brain, spinal cord, & neurons

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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made up of the Autonomic & Somatic Nervous Systems

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Somatic Nervous System

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Voluntary Movement: Sensory Pathway: Nerves from sensory neurons of organs to spinal chord
Motor pathway: nerves from CNS to voluntary muscles via motor neurons

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Nerves that control involuntary muscles such as organs & glands

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Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Sympathetic: “emergency system” prepares body for flight or fight
Parasympathetic: Restores the body to normal functioning

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Four Lobes of the Brain

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Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal

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Frontal Lobe

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Higher Mental descision making, motivational behavior & personality MOTOR CORTEX

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Temporal Lobe

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Near Ears; responsible for hearing and meaningful speech

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Parietal Lobe

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Top, back; somatosensory cortex processing body & skin’s senses

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Occipital Lobe

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Back of head; Contains visual centers of brain

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Medulla

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Life-Sustaining Fuction, breathing, heartbeat, swallowing

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Pons

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Regulates sleep-wake cycle & dreaming

damage here connected with comas

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Cerebellum

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controls & coordinates movements

posture & balance

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Reticular formation

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responsible for selective attention (helps keep people alert & aroused)

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Thalamus

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Center; acts as relay sorting station for sensory info

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Hypothalamus

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responsible for motivational behavior of sleep, hunger, thirst, & sex

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Hippocampus

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Formation of long-term memories

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Amygdala

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Responsible for fear response, memory of fear, & emotional control

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects Left and Right Hemisphere

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Right Hemisphere of Brain

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Recognizing faces
    Expressing emotions
    Music
    Reading emotions
    Color
    Images
    Intuition
    Creativity
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Left Hemisphere of Brain

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Language
    Logic
    Critical thinking
    Numbers
    Reasoning
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Waking Consciousness

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State in which thoughts, feelings, & sensations are clear, organized & feel alert

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Altered state of consciousness

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a shift in pattern of mental activity

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EEG

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How brain waves are measured

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Why do we sleep?

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Adaptive theory: evolved sleep patterns to avoid predators(sleep usually at night)
Restorative theory: Replenishes chemicals & repairs cellular damage

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Stages of sleep

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NREM - 4 stages

REM - dram state

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Sleepwalking, Sleeptalking, & night terrors

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Occur in stage 4 of NREM where you are in your deepest sleep

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Sleep Deprivation

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causes microsleep “nodding-off” falling asleep, quick sleep

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REM rebound

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When you don’t get much REM sleep from sleep deprivation and then the following night u get a larger dose of REM

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Manifest Content vs. Latent Content

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Manifest: What actually happens vs Latent: hidden meaning, expressed through symbols

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Drug Tolerance

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built up immunity: causing the need for more

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Physical Dependence vs. Psychological

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Physical : body needs drugs to function or body will withdraw

Psychological : Feeling that a drug is needed for well being

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Stimulants vs. Depressants

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Stimulants : uppers

Depressants : downers

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