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Sem 1 Final Flashcards

1
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Origin of psychology

A

Germany, 1879

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2
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Milgram

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unethical shocking experiment

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3
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sociology

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study of group behavior

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4
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anthropology

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culutre

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5
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social psychology

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effect of group on individual

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6
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structuralism

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all about experiences

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7
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functionalism

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about perception and behavioral patterns

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8
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psychodynamic

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about subconsciousness and past experiences

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9
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behaviorism

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only focused on behavior

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10
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Gestalt pschology

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stuyding ithe whole brain

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11
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cognative psychology

A

mental processes

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12
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clinical death vs biological death

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clinical: no pulse, reversible
biological: brain damage due to no oxygen

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13
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types of nerurons

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sensory/afferent, motor/efferent, interneurons

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14
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Ach

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neurotransmitter for motion and attention

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15
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dopamine

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reward center; pleasure

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16
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seratonin

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sleep cycles, happiness; mood molecule

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17
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norepinephrine

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increases efficiency of signaling

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18
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endorphins

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blocks pain

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19
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hindbrain

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oldest. basic survival

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20
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medulla

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involuntary functions, transmits stuff to upper brain

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21
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pons

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sleep, attention

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22
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forebrain

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thinking and logic

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23
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thalamus

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senses - post office

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24
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hypothalamus

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motivation, bloodpressure, etc.

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25
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cerebral cortex

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brain cover, with gyri and sulci

26
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Broca’s area

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speech (thoughts into words)

27
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Wernicke’s area

A

listening comprehension

28
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thyroid gland

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metabolism

29
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parathyroid gland

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regulates Ca and P in blood and tissues

30
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pineal gland

31
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adrenal gland

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adrenaline

32
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pancreas

A

insulin and glucagon, digestive enzymes

33
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pituitary gland

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master gland - functions of all other glands

34
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stage 1 NREM

A

everything slows down

35
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stage 2 NREM

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about half of sleep. brain starts working on memories

36
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stage 3 NREM

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slowest and deepest

37
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REM

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brain is super active; most dreams

38
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compensatory dreaming

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dreaming about a loss

39
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Freud’s parts of dreams

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manifest (seen) and latent (meaning)

40
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what are barbiturates

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basically alcohol, they calm you down

41
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inhalants effects

A

detachment from environment

42
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opiates

A

euphoria, relieve pain, cause sleep

43
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sianosis

A

not breathing

44
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laudanum

A

opium + alcohol

45
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morphine

A

strong pain killer

46
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amphetamine

A

alertness and confidence

47
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peyote

A

cactus drug

48
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psilocybin

A

fungus drug

49
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pcp

A

tranqualizer basically

50
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fovea

A

dent in back of eye with cones

51
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Krause bulbs

A

detect cold

52
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Ruffini corpuscle

A

detect heat

53
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meissner corpuscle

A

detect pressure

54
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positive vs negative reinforcement

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primary is adding a good thing, negative is removing a bad thing

55
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Albert Bandura

A

bobo doll experiment; kids learn aggression

56
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stages of memory

A

encoding, storage, retrieval

57
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stm can hold ___ pieces of info

58
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types of ltm and explain

A

episodic - personal
semantic - facts
procedural - skills
emotional - responses to stimuli

59
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hippocampus

A

memories from stm to ltm

60
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amygdala

A

strong emotion

61
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mental retardation starting IQ

A

70 and lower

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