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sympathetic nervous system response

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  • increased heart rate
  • blood to muscles for movement
  • increased blood glucose concentration
  • relax bronchi
  • decreased digestion and peristalsis
  • eyes dilate
  • release epinephrine into blood stream
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CT scan

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X-rays like

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PET scan

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radioactive sugar to label

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MRI

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hydrogen atoms –> magnetic field

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fMRI

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blood flow, neuronal activation

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GABA

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inhibitory
stabilize neural activity
causes HYPERPOLARIZATION of post synaptic membrane

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glycine (brain)

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inhibitory
increase chloride ion influx
HYPERPOLARIZATION

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glutamate (brain)

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EXCITATORY

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seratonin

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mood, eating, sleeping, dreaming

increased –> mania
decreased –> depression

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acetylcholine

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transmit nerve impulses

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epinephrine

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(adrenaline)
act as a hormone
fight or flight

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norepinephrine

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more local repsonse

decreased leads to depression
increased leads to anxiety and mania

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dopamine

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movement and posture (basal ganglia)
increased –> schizophrenia (tall dopey skiing)
decreased –> Parkinson’s (short dopey parking car)

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classical conditioning

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biology instinctual responses to create association between 2 unrelated stimuli

UCS –> UCR
|
|
CS –> CR

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extinction

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present conditioned stimulus without the UCS

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operant conditioning

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punishment and reinforcement

behaviorism

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ranking of reinforcement schedule

best to worst

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  1. variable ratio
  2. fixed ratio
  3. variable interval
  4. fixed interval
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fixed-ratio

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reinforce after specific number of performance of behavior

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variable ratio

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reinforce after varying number of performances of behavior

VR = variable ratio
VR = very rapid, very resistant to extinciton
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fixed-interval

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WORST

reinforce 1st instance of behavior after specific time period has elapsed

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variable-interval

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reinforce behavior the first time it is performed after a varying interval of time

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human memory (4)

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sensory
short term
working
long term

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long term memory

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explicit and implicit
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declarative       procedural
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episodic or semantic
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symbolic interactionism

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how we use symbols to interact with each other
*hand gestures, traffic signs
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

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social constructionism

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how we as a society construct concepts and principles

ex: money, gender roles, justice

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rational choice theory

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make choices to further self-interests

micro to meso

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conflict theory

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macro
inevitable conflicts between groups in society
*competition over resources

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structural functionalism (functionalist theory)

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how large societies survive over time –> social cohesion and stability
phenomena in terms of their function for society

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manifest function

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intended consequence of actions of group within society (benefit)

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latent function

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unintended but beneficial consequences

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31
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dysfunction

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negative consequences

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32
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age dependency ratio

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over 60 / # 15-65

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fertility rates

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children per woman per lifetime

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birth rate

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children per 1000 people per year

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mortality rate

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deaths per 1000 people per year

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36
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migration rate

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immigration - emigration

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demographic transition

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demographic shift
the country develops from preindustrial to industrial economic system

decrease birth rate and death rates
increased total population

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cognitive dissonance

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causes distress when behaviors don’t align with beliefs
*more likely to change beliefs than change behavior
if new info contradicts behavior, more likely to reject new info than change behavior

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4 tenets of medical ethics

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  1. beneficience (patient’s best interest)
  2. nonmaleficence (do no harm)
  3. respect for patient autonomy (respect decisions)
  4. justice (treat patients with similar care)
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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion

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sensory and physiological response to stimuli –> simultaneous and separate

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James Lange theory of emotion

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sensory response –> physiological response –> emotion

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42
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how do stereotypes spread?

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socialization

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43
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social cognitive theory

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people learn through observation

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44
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fundamental attribution error

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people overemphasize dispositional (internal) attributes to explain behavior and underestimate situational (external) attributes
*OTHERS BEHAVIORS

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Wernicke’s area

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damage causes jumbled speech

*cannot understand

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46
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Broca’s area

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can understand but unable to speak

47
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representative heuristic

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attribute characteristics of a group that an individual belongs to to said individual

48
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Parkinson’s is associated with

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cell death in substantia nigra (important for dopamine production)

49
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Alzheimer’s is associate with …

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depletion of choline acetyl transferase

*catalyzes synthesis of acetylcholine (ACh) in cholinergic neurons

50
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impression management

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attempt to control how others see us

51
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cognitive appraisal

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subjection evaluation of situation that induces stress
primary: is there a threat?
lead to secondary if yes
secondary: emotional response to threat

52
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confirmation bias

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tendency to focus on information that fits beliefs while rejecting information that goes against them

53
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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brain disorder caused by a deficiency in thiamine (due to alcohol use)

  • severe memory impairment
  • changes in mental status and motor control
54
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4 stages of demographic transition

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1: preindustrial HIGH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
2: economic progress DEATH RATES DECREASE
3: improvements: BIRTH RATES DECREASE
4: industrialized society LOW BIRTH AND DEATH RATES

55
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Hawk-Dove game

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access to shared resources

hawk: fighter
dove: fight avoidance
* weigh magnitude of reward and cost of fighting

56
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Yerkes-Dodson Law

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optimal arousal for a strong performance
- too much and impaired due to anxiety

*simple tasks require higher arousal than complex ones

57
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group polarization

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tendency of groups to make decisions that are more extreme than individual ideas
*risker or more cautious ideas

58
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biological theory of language acquisition

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innate capacity for language

- critical period for language acquisition

59
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behaviorist theory of language acquisition

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operant conditioning, reinforcement

60
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social interactionist theory of language acquistion

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child’s desire to communicate

61
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cluster A personality disorders

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odd or eccentric behavior

paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid

62
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paranoid personality disorder

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distrust of others

63
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schizoid personality disorder

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detached, restricted emotional range

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schizotypal personality disorder

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odd/eccentric thinking

65
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cluster B personality disorders

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dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior

antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic

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antisocial personality disorder

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disregard for others

67
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borderline personality disorder

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instability in behavior, mood, self-image

68
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histrionic personality disorder

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attention-seeking behavior

69
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narcissistic personality disorder

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grandiose sense of self

70
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cluster C personality disorders

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anxious or fearful behavior

avoidant, dependent, OCPD

71
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avoidant personality disorder

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shyness, fear of rejection

72
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dependent personality disorder

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need for reassurance

73
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OCPD

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perfectionist, rules, order

74
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retina

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photoreceptors that transduce light into electrical information

75
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lens

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control refraction of incoming light

76
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cornea

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gathers and focuses incoming light

77
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iris

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constricts pupil

78
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state dependency effect

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when conditions (mental/emotional) when memory was encoded are replicated, it helps to retrieve memory

79
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dual-coding effect

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easier to retrieve verbal items that have an image associated with them

80
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spreading activation theory

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when the representation of a concept is activated in memory, it spreads to concepts related to it
*retrieve members of same category

81
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reticular activation system

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part of central nervous system!

arousal (sleep/wake) and attention, alertness

82
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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

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  1. sensorimotor (0-2 years)
  2. preoperational stage (2-7 years)
  3. concrete operational stage (7-11 years)
  4. formal operational stage (11 years on)
83
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sensorimotor stage

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0-2 years
object permanence: objects continue to exist even when out of view
repetitive body movements (circular reactions)

84
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preoperational stage

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2-7 years
symbolic thinking (imagination)
egocentrism (cannot imagine what others feel)
conservation: physical amount remains the same even if shape/appearance changes

85
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concrete operational stage

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7-11 years
can understand conservation and consider perspectives of others
logical thinking (BUT NO ABSTRACT)

86
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formal operation stage

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11 years on
think logically about abstract ideas
problem solve
hypothetical reasoning

87
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how are the gates of ion channels depolarized in hair cells of cochlea?

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mechanically

vibration of hair cell causes tension in cell membrane that activates ion channels responsible for auditory signaling

88
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chemically gated channels

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binding of molecule to ion channel

smelling, tasting

89
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electrically gated channels

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change in membrane potential

action potentials

90
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actor-observer bias

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tendency to attribute one’s OWN actions to situational factors (EXTERNAL) and attribute OTHER’S behavior to dispositional factors (INTERNAL)

91
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what is a good way to measure sympathetic arousal?

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electrical conductivity of the skin

92
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general adaptation syndrome

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stress response always follows a similar course

  1. alarm
  2. resistance
  3. exhaustion
93
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hippocampus

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memory

94
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hypothalamus

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process SNS inputs

control endocrine

95
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cerebellum

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motor tasks

96
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validity

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did you measure what you intended to measure

97
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reliability

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consistency of scores

98
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basic group dynamics

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larger groups are more stable but less intimate
smaller groups are less stable but more intimate

triad is more stable than dyad

99
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caste systems

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closed stratification systems

100
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class systems

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status systems, but not closed

101
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Erikson’s stages of development

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trust vs. mistrust (0-1)
autonomy vs. shame/doubt (1-3)
initiative vs. guilt (3-6)
industry vs. inferiority (6-12)
identity vs. role confusion (12-20)
intimacy vs. isolation (20-40)
generativity vs. stagnation (40-65)
integrity vs. despair (65 on)
102
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Schacter-Singer Theory (two-factor theory)

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arousal and label feeling –> emotion

“I am excited because my heart is racing and everyone is happy”

103
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James Lange theory

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arousal –> emotion

104
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Cannon-Bard

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simultaneous emotion and arousal –> action

“I see a snake, so I fell afraid and my heart is racing”

105
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linguistic relativity (Whorf-Sapir hypothesis)

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language affects the way we think

106
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peg word system

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associate number with objects that rhyme

107
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multistore memory model

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how memory works

sensory –> short term –> long term

108
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retrograde memory

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ability to remember information before brain injury

109
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anterograde memory

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ability to form long-term memories after brain injury

110
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which theory?

participant felt general excitement and simultaneously experience physical symptoms of autonomic arousal (racing heart)

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Cannon-Bard

111
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which theory?
participants experienced physical symptoms of autonomic arousal, such as racing heart, and then they reported that they felt afraid

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James-Lange

112
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Patient feels ignored by doctor who is busy. Doctor misinterprets this as a sign of patient’s hostility.
What explains this scenario?

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symbolic interactionism

113
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token economy

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rewarding individuals with secondary reinforcers that can be exchanged for good stimuli

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