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1
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Conflict theory is what and created by who?

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Conflict theory states that power differentials create balance and that power differentials can lead to dominance Karl Marxx

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Symbolic interactionism is what?

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Studies that symbols/body language that we use to communicate. Different in different cultues

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Social constructionism examples?

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The value of money Work ethic Acceptable dress Gender roles

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Education, Family, Religion, Government, Economy, Medicine are all examples of what?

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Social institutions

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What does beneficence mean?

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Physician has responsibility to act in patients best interest

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What does nonmaleficence mean?

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do no harm

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Race is determined by ______ factors and ethinicity is determined by ______ factors

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phenotypic cultural

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What is the Kinsey scale?

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Scale form 0-6 0 is straight 6 is homosexual

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Fertility rate is what?

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children per woman per lifetime

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Birth rate = ?

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Children per 1000 people

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Mortality rate = ?

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deaths per 1000 people per year

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Migration rate = ?

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Immigration - emigration rate

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What does anomie mean?

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lack of social norms

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What is the strain theory?

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anomic conditions (lacking social norms) leads to deviance EX: excessive individualism, social inequality, isolation

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What is an example of a way one could gain social capital?

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Social media/networks

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What is plutocracy?

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a rule by the upper classes

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What is social mobility?

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The climb or falling of ones social status

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What is social reproduction?

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Passing on status from one to the next, like poverty

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What is social exclusion?

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When poor individuals feel alienated from society can cause further issues

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Incidence is define as?

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new cases of illness / population at risk / time

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21
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Prevalence is defined as?

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total cases of illness / total population / time

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What is second sickness?

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exasberating of health outcomes due to social injustice

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23
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Women mortality and morbidity rates, compared to men?

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Lower Higher

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What does functionalism mean? What is a function? A dysfunction? Manifest function? Latenet function?

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Functionalism looks at structure and function of society A function is something or someone beneficial to society A dysfunction is opposite that Manifest function is an action intended to help Latent function is an unintended action that helps society

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JND Who created it?

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Webers law Difference in threshhold / base-starting-initial value 440 Hz to 443 Hz 3 Hz / 440 Hz

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Anything coming from the right visual field in both eyes, is processed by the _____ side of the brain?

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left

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27
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Shape is determined by what cells?

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Parvocellular cells

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28
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Motion is determined by what cells?

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magnocellular

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Which neuropsychologist taught phrenology, and what is it??

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Fran’s Gall Phrenology, if certain trait was well developed, it would make a bump.

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30
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What did Pierre Flourens methods consist of?

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Extirpation, removal of areas of the brain to see consequences

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William James and John Dewey were focused on what neuropsychological concept? And what is that?

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Functionalism- which is adapting by mental processes

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32
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Paul Broca linked what area to the brain?

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Broca’s area

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33
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Sir Charles Sherrington taught about what in neuropsychology?

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Synapses

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34
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Herman Von helmholtz measure what?

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The speed of a nerve impulse.

35
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What are the components of the hindbrain?

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Pons Medulla oblongata Cerebellum

36
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What does the Pons in the hindbrain do?

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Relay info Regulate sleep “Sleep Pon the bed”

37
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What does the medulla oblongata in the hindbrain do?

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Regulates breathing “Gotta breath!” Heartbeat Blood pressure

38
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What does the cerebellum do?

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Posture Balance “Bella balances”

39
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The midbrain consists of what?

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Superior colliculus Inferior colliculus

40
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What does the superior colliculus do?

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Receives visual sensory input “Superman has Superior vision”

41
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Inferior colliculus does what?

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Receives auditory info

42
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Thalamus is the what? Does it for all but what?

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Relay center Smell

43
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Hypothalamus 4 F’s

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Feeding Fighting Flighting Sexual Functioning

44
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Lateral hypothalamus

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Triggers eating or drinking. If it was damaged one would LH Lack Hunger

45
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The VentroMedial Hypothalamus does what?

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Satiety center If destroyed one would be Very Much Hungry

46
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The Anterior hypothalamus does what?

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Controls sexual behavior If it were to be destroyed one would be Asexual

47
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Diencephalon parts?

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Hypothalamus Thalamus Posterior pituitary Pineal gland

48
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What hormones does the posterior pituitary release? What does it differentiate from?

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ADH Oxytocin Diencephalon

49
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Telencephalon consists of what?

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Basal ganglia Limbic system Cerebral cortex

50
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Basal ganglia coordinates what? What disease is associated with this?

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Muscle movement Parkinson’s

51
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Limbic system consists of what?

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Septal nuclei Amygdala Hippocampus

52
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Amygdala’s role?

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Defensive/aggressive behavior

53
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Frontal lobe is the ________ function

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Executive

54
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Parietal lobe helps us with _______ _________

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Spatial processing

55
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Where is the motor cortex?

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Frontal lobe

56
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Where is the somatosensory cortex?

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The Parietal lobe

57
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What does the corpus callosum do?

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Connects the hemispheres

58
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which variable, the independent or the dependent variable is manipulated by the scientist?

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The independent

59
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Which variable between the independent and the dependent variable is being measured???

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The dependent

60
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A casual relationship in research happens when?

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The independent variable is needed and causes change on the dependent variable.

61
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One word Accuracy = _______ Precision = _______

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True consistent

62
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What is a cohort study?

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Divided into two groups based on risk factors then observed Smoking versus non smoking observed over twenty years

63
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Cross-sectional studies do what?

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group patients at single POINTS IN TIME Ex: determining the prevalence of lung cancer in smokers vs. nonsmokers at given POINT OF TIME

64
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What is case-controlled studies?

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Identify subjects with outcomes and look BACKWARDS at risk factors Pts w/ and w/o lung cancer, look at history of smoking HISTORY

65
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What does hills criteria tell us?

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If a relationship is casual or not (independent effects dependent)

66
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What is selection bias?

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When subjects used for the study are not representative of the target population

67
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What is detection bias?

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Using prior knowledge in a biased way, looking harder for something you think might be there

68
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What is the hawthorne effect also called? What is it?

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Observation bias Behavior of subjects changes, because they know they are being studied

69
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Confounding error source means what?

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Data analysis error

70
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What is generalizability in studies?

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High generalizability will highly reflect the target population

71
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What is the mode?

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The number that appears the most

72
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In a negatively skewed distribution the mean will be _____ than the median

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lower

73
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In a positively skewed distribution the mean will be _____ than the median?

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higher

74
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Probability, if you see the word AND then….? If you see the word OR then…..? One OF two then….?

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Multiply Add Add - probability of both happening together

75
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If the p value is greater than α …. ?

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Dont reject null hypothesis No difference Results are not statistically different

76
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If the p value is less than α then…. ?

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Reject null hypothesis Significant difference in two studied groups Alternative hypothesis is true

77
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A type I error is?

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when you say test results were significant and it wasn’t. No difference You reject the null hypothesis but shouldn’t have.

78
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A type II error is?

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When we report no difference when there is actually significant difference. We should have rejected Null hypothesis but we didn’t

79
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Semicircular canalas deal with what kind of rotation?

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Circular

80
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What part of the inner ear is sensitive to linear acceleration?

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Vestibule

81
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Sound goes through which media?

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Perilymph

82
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What organ has all the hair cells on it?

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Organ of corti

83
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What is the excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain?

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Glutamate

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