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Definition of psychology

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The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes (social interaction, emotion and thought)

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Goals of psychology

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  • Prediction
  • Influence
  • Explanation
  • Description
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Where psychologists work:

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  • Medical area
  • Independent practice
  • School
  • Business/non-profit
  • University
  • Government
  • Hospital
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What research is for describing, explaining and predicting, while seeking new knowledge and advancing scientific studies?

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Basic research

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What research is for applying research to life, solving practical problems and improving quality of life?

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Applied research

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What is manipulated during expriment research method?

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IV

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What is measured during experimental research method?

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DV

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Random assignment caused by:

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Selection bias

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What research method does NOT look for causality and effect?

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Correlational method

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Strong “r” from correlational chart

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1 or -1

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Researchers must follow ______ when conducting research

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Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists

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Psychologists must always ________ reason to conduct research

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Explain/debrief

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Nervous system consists of which 2 nervous systems?

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Central NS and Peripheral NS

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Central nervous system consists of:

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system consists of:

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Somatic NS and Autonomic NS

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Autonomic Nervous System consists of:

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Sympathetic NS and Parasympathetic NS

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To study brain structure, dissection practices is called ________

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Phrenology

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CT scan stands for ________

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Computerized Axial Tomgraphy

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What scanning has dense white images, is performed by a doughnut shaped x-ray (360°), but not much details on the scanned images of brain?

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CT scan

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MRI stands for ______

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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What scan involves a giant magnet, good spatial resolution of images to spot brain details and structure and water spots?

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MRI

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Brain functions are studied through: (CANIB)

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  • Case studies
  • Ablation/lesion studies
  • Neuropsychological assessment
  • Imaging
  • Brain electrical activity
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PET scan stands for _______

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Position emission tomography

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What scan is based on blood flow and oxygen to the brain, is invasive given the need of radioactive material injection into the system, and has poor temporal resolution?

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PET scan

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fMRI stands for _______

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Which imaging process has no injections, shows brain structure and has good spatial and temporal resolution?

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fMRI

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EEG stands for ________

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Electroencephalogram

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What brain activity recording involves electrodes stuck on the surface of the head, but is non invasive?

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EEG

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Neurone doctrine:

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Neurones do the work and are connected by synapses

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Charge of interior of resting neurone?

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Negative

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During an action potential, a flow of _____ charges goes into the neurone

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Positive

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What is the refractory period?

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Neurone cannot fire for 1 millisecond (down time)

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“all or none”

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Neurones fire or don’t

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What is a the connection point between neurones where electrical activity is converted into chemical signals to transfer to the next neurone?

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Synapse

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3 brain Planes:

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  • Coronal
  • Sagittal
  • Horizontal
36
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Cerebrum has what cerebral hemispheres?

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Right and left

37
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What is primarily responsible for higher mental processes?

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Cerebral cortex

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What is the physical connection between the right and left hemisphere called?

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Corpus Callosum

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Left hemisphere controls:

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  • language functions
  • analytical functions
  • right hand touch
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Right hemisphere controls:

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  • nonverbal abilities
  • some language comprehension
  • left hand touch
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What is it called when someone’s corpus callosum is separated for epilepsy treatment or is just severed?

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Split Brain

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Brain lobe placements:

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  • frontal lobe (including motor cortex and boca’s area)
  • parietal lobe (including somatosensory cortex)
  • occipital lobe (including primary visual cortex)
  • temporal lobe (including primary auditory cortex and Wernicke’s area)
  • cerebellum
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Lobe in charge of thinking, motivation, planning, impulse control, emotional response?

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Frontal lobe

44
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Cortex in charge of voluntary body mouvement?

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Motor cortex

45
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Area in charge of speech production?

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Broca’s area

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Lobe in charge of object memory by touch and sensory attention?

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Parietal lobe

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Cortex in charge of touch sensation, pain, temperature and pressure?

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Somatosensory cortex

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Lobe in charge of visual stimuli interpretation?

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Occipital lobe (primary visual cortex)

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Lobe in charge of auditory stimuli interpretation?

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Temporal lobe (primary auditory cortex)

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What area is in charge of spoken word comprehension and formulating coherent language (speech and writing)?

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Wernicke’s area

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Hippocampus is important for _____

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Memory

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What is in charge of graceful mouvement, is called the “small brain” and controls motor skills and coordination (influenced by alcohol)?

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Cerebellum

53
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What is the message center and info relay station that controls learning, language and sleep called?

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Thalamus

54
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What regulates hunger, thirst, sex and emotion, body temp and clock?

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Hypothalamus

55
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Limbic system involves:

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  • amygdala

* hippocampus

56
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What controls emotion of fear and anger?

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Amygdala

57
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What controls the arousal system?

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Reticular formation

58
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What controls the heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, swallowing and coughing?

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Medulla

59
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What’s the brains extension that controls reflexes and connects the brain to the peripheral nervous system?

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Spinal cord

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What relays motor messages between cerebellum and motor cortex, while influencing sleep and dreaming?

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Pons

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Placement of parts under cerebral cortex:

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1- hypothalamus
2- thalamus
3- cerebellum 
4- reticular formation
5- pons
6- medulla
7- spinal cord
62
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Process where senses detect sensory stimuli and transmits it to the brain

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Sensation

63
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What receives the stimulus from the environment and transfers nerve impulses to the be processed by the brain?

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Sensory receptor cells

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Process by which sensory info is organized and interpreted by the brain

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Perception

65
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Process where sensory receptors convert stimulation from physical energy into neural impulses

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Sensory transduction

66
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5 sensory receptors:

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  • photoreceptors (eyes) for visible light (400-700 nm)
  • chemoreceptors (nose)
  • mechanoreceptors (skin and ears)
  • thermoreceptors (skin)
  • nocireceptors (skin and ears) for pain detection
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Explain threshold

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Sensitivity (lower the threshold higher the sensitivity)

68
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JND

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Just noticeable difference

69
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Process of becoming less sensitive to a stimuli

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Sensory adaptation

70
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Photoreceptors contain ______

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Ross and cones

71
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The eye has ___ million rods that see ____

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  • 125

* black and white

72
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The eye has ___ million cones that see ____

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  • 6

* colours

73
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3 types of cones:

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  • S = blue
  • M = green
  • L = red
74
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Colour blindness that only sees contrast and not colours

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Monochromatic

75
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Colour blindness with missing cones, but perceives and mixes up certain colours

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Dichromatic

76
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Primary visual cortex damage

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Scotomas

77
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Inability to identify faces

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Prosopagnosia

78
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Gestalt psychology:

Form perception

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  • proximity
  • similarity
  • continuity
  • closure and completion
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Perceptual constancies:

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  • size constancy
  • shape constancy
  • brightness constancy
80
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Depth perception

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Binocular depth cues (2 eyes working) and monocular depth cues (1 eye working)

81
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Binocular depth cues work when crystallin performs ______

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Convergence

82
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Monocular depth cues involves RILTASM

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  • relative size
  • interposition
  • linear perspective
  • texture gradient
  • atmospheric perspective
  • shadow or shading
  • motion parallax
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Motion perception (SSPB)

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  • size and position
  • stroboscopic movement
  • phi phenomenon
  • biological motion demo

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