psych soc Flashcards

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what do steroid hormones end in

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“-ol,” “-one,” or “-en.”

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hawthorne effect

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research subjects act differently because they know they are being observed

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otolith organ

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for the vestibular system

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stereopsis

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depth perception collected from info received from both eyes
- retinal disparity: different images on each retina
- convergence: angular position of eyes

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monoamine hypothesis

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depletion of neurotransmitters cause depression

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what is damaged in parkingsons

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  • dopamine neurons
  • basal ganglia
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feature detection

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specific neurons that preferentially fire in response to specific stimuli

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parallel processing

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simultaneously processes many things

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spreading activation

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one node triggers the activity of other ones

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sensory adaptation

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diminishing nervous system response to stimuli that remains constant

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