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stereotype boost is

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positive stereotypes better performance

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intersectional approach

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multiple identities simultaneously influence

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social capital refers to

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how big network is

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structural functionalism is

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macro level

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feminist theory is abt

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gender inequality

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mirror neutrons are involved in

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grasping peoples intentions

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subculture is

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not against majority but distinct

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retroactive interference

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new learning interfere with past memory

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operationalizing variable is

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taking variable that cant be directly measured and defining it in way it can

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what is difficult to control in experiment

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enviro factors on persons life

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motion parallax

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allows us perceive depth and motion

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what is example of soemthing dichotomous

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sexual orientation, gender

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PET scans look at

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changes in glucose metabolism in brain over time

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stigma is an ____

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attitude

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our interpretation of how others percieve us is known as

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looking glass self

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working memory involves

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central executive (attention and task switching) visual spacial sketchpad, phonological loop, episodic buffer

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primary reinforecemnt is ___ whereas secondary is ___

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innate, learned

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in a fixed interval when is resposne fast

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right before reward time

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CBT uses

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systematic desensitization

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how does stress effect prefrontal cortex

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reduce connections reduce coping

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pariatal lobe fore

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for spatial processing

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ABC components of attitude what do mean

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affective (feelings about), cognitive (beliefs), behavioral (behaviors related)

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reaction formation

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act opposite way feel

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dissociative disorder is ___ and characteristic is

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2 or more identities, cant remember autobiographical

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commitment progress order

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diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, achievement

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social cognitive theory

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learn by watching others

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for people with low motivation best way to persuade is

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peripheral

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role playing chanages

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attitude and behaviour

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trait theorists argue

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traits unlikely to change personality is consistent

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retroactive interferance is

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new info interferes with recalling old

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what types of memory dont decline with old age

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semantic and procedural

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cued recall is with

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prompt

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critical period is

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12 or younger

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piaget is ____ perspective which states that

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universalism, cognition then language

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social desirability bias involves

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participants providing favourable info

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learning theory involves

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operant condition, imitation, practice

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semantic memory

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facts

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38
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stage 3/4 is ___ waves

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slow delta waves

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priming is what type of memory

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implicit

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neuroleptics used for

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treat positive can worsen negative symptoms

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Alzheimers affects

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verbal fluency and priming

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structural functionalism aim is to

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maintain dynamic equilibrium

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people associated with structural functionalism _____ social interactionalism ____

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Durkheim, Mead/Clooney

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mere exposure explains

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why people do things

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fMRI measures

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blood ox in brain

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strain theory is

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disconnect btwn socially acceptable goals and how achieve

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emotion components

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cognitive (mental) behavioral (outward rxtn) physiological (body)

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what is instinctive drift

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conditioned behaviour replaced by innate

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older adults have decline in

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episodic (autobio) and fluid memory

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50
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feature detection

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specific neurons fire due to specific signals

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Hawthorne effect

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people act dif if knows being observed

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social constructionism is

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agreed upon meaning/labels

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53
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emotional intelligence

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long term goals

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54
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confirmation bias is an ____ bias

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individual

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55
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Fundamental attribution error is

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stressing dispositional factors over situational

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56
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affective component of attitude

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feelings

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57
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defintion of something is _____theory

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social constructionism

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normative

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shared beliefs, volunteer

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59
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core nations export ____ and peripheral export ____

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goods, resources

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60
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incoherent speech is

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positive symptom

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just noticible difference is ____ and absolute threshold is __

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smallest dif in stimulus, smallest value detect

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signal detection theory

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decisions made under certain conditions (eg. hit miss)

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approach avoidant means

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negative and positive for 1 option (if 2 double)

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depression (explained by drive reduction)

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lack arousal

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obedience is

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directly follow authority/orders

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66
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pupil constriction is symptom from what drug

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opioids

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67
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endorphins secreted from

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anterior pituitary

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68
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posterior pituitary secretes

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vasopressin

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adrenal cortex

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aldosterone, cortisol

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what is recovered memory

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recalled from traumatic event

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71
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consanguineal relations are ___ and affinal are ___

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genetic, marriage

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Just world hypothesis says good people

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deserve things bc work hard

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borderline personality is

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instability in mood, managing relations

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psychoanalytic theories explain____ erikson is through

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personality, social interaction

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when is it more likely to have situational disposition

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more distinctive behaviour from everyone else

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interaction effect is

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2 dif things interact and influence

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internal validity

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degree of causation

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negative bias

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neg things forced upon good

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foklways are ____ and moores are___

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everyday norm, necessary for welfare (health)

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reciprocal determinism

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persons behavior influenced by environment and personal factors

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anomie causes

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is weakened social values causes people behave less ideal

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house money effect

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after gain more likely take risk bc see as not own money

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labeling theory

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labels assigned to group not bc behavior

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rational choice theory

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more inclined select lower cost option

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diathesis-stress model

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biological predisposition and situational

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humanistic explanation of behaviour

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incongruence and self concept

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phobia is type of

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classical conditioning

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binocular depth cue

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retinal disparity

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change in behavior is ___ memory

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implicit

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lack of effort is what type of control

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external

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SSRI do what? and MAOI

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block ruptake in presynaptic, prevent breakdown in pre

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place theory

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perception of sound pitch

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mechonreceptors

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movement, hair (auditory)

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monamines are

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serotonin, norepi, domaine

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parkinsons affects

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dopamine neurons in substantia nigra part of basal ganglia

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nucelus accumbres

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part of reward

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somatosensory proprioreceptors

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location and movement

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organ of corti

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auditory info to temporal lobe

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REM sleep occurs

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usually before waking

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sensory interaction

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one sense influence another

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egocentrism

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viewing world only own view

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how can cycle of worrying be explained

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self fulfilling prophecy

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intrusion errors from

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memory being reconstructive

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during arousal remember

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central (emotion) and not peripheral (facts)

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measures of social stratification look at

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class, status, power

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parvo path processes ____ and mango path ___

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color+ form, motion + depth

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role of retina

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light to electric signal

108
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behavior theory opinion on mental process

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dont exist

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overextension

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name to things of slight resemblance

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SS theory of emotion

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exposure, physiological, interpret

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depth perception using 2 eyes

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retinal disparity, binocular

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explicit memory is ___ term for ___

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long, recalling facts

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symbolic interactionism is

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personal experience

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what nt is involved when use recreational drugs

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dopamine

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folkways are

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traditional behaviour

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Asch conformity experiment varied

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number of confederates

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top down based on

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ideas, beleifs, expectations

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positive symptoms are

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pathological excess

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humanistic approach is

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reaching potential, personal growth

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flashbulb memory accuracy is

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less accurate

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cultural relativism

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no right or wrong culture

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parallel play is _____ usually in what age

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observe others adjust play separately, young age

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age 2-7 a lot of ____ play

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symbolic

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conflict theory focuses on

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inequity

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health behaviors are

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folkways

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moderating variables affects

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strength of rltn

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classical condition present stimulus what order

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CS then US

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parietal lobe for

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spacial, temp, touch

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social facilitation leads to

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improved performance

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reciprocal determinsm

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behavior influences enviro and enviro influences

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Harlow experiment showed

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contact comfort couldnt be corrected for after mechanical monkey

132
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What part of brain is responsible for physiological changes in emotion

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hypothalamus

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What is place theory

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percieving pitch

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self serving bias is when

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success to internal, failure to external

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self fulfilling prophecy

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belief influences behavior which causes belief become true

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framing bias

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way info presented will change opinion

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Rorschach inkblot test is

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subjective and projective

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self efficacy is

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internal belief can do something

139
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webers law shows a ____ rltn btwn ____ and ____

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linear, intensity and detection

140
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ratio measure means

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range of number value at equal spaced interval

141
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taste aversions are

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long term

142
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borderline personality has issue with

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mood, rltn, suicidal thoughts

143
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biomedical approach emphasizes

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cause diagnosis treatment

144
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erikson theory focuses on

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life course through interaction

145
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ego is ____ superego ____ id ____

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realistic, idealistic, selfish

146
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deep sleep, walking, bedwetting what stage?

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3

147
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affect heuristic

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making judegements based on emotions evoked

148
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social cognitive theory emphasizes

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thinking and learnign develop personaility

149
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who is associated with obedience

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Milgram

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informative pressure

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change opinion to match people you think is better informed

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spreading activation is ___ for __

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priming other nodes activated, better mem

152
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context effect

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physical place

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Werinckles area for

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language comp

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emotional components

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behavioral, cognitive, phys

155
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universalism for language associated with _____ states ____

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Piaget, cognition needed for language

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Brocas area for

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speech production

157
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self monitoring is ____ process that involves ___

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long term, reflection notes

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sublimation

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challenge unacceptable urge into acceptable good thing

159
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I is ____ and me is ____

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autonomous, collection attitudes from society

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prescriptive vs descriptive

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pre belief, descp how actual is

161
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three component of stratification:

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class power prestige

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social constructs are not ___

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universal

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what bone helps move fluid in ear

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stapes

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SSRI and MAOI act where

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pre-synaptic

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parkinsons disease affects dopamine neurons in ___ which is part of ___ which controls

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substantia nigra in basal ganglia voluntary motor

166
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monamine hypothesis

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monamines affcet depresison

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somatosensory is for

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location and movement

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origin of corti is in ___ and is for __

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inner ear, sound processing transfer

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dreaming occurs in ____ sleep which happens ___

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REM, before waking

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visual is what part of brain

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left hemisphere

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proximity is for

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grouping

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positive check in Malthusian theory

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inc death rate

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feature detection

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differences in specific aspect of stimulus (angle)

174
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iodine is used for

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parathyroid

175
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general info means

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crystallized and semantic memory

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Neurotransmitters bind

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receptor on postsynaptic

177
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shadowing

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repeat info as presented

178
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cultural transmission

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passing info on

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what type of stimulus for sensory receptors

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proximal

180
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false memory is

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never happened or did but very dif

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self fulfilling prophecy

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belief that becomes true

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universilism

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cognition controls language

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differential association theory

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learn deviant behavior from ppl close to

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borderline personality invovles

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suicidal thoughts

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seretonin for

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mood hunger

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