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supplemental vocab Flashcards

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electromyograph

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records muscle activity/tension

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electroculograph

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records eye movements

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MDMA

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“ecstacy”- amphetamine and hallucinogen together

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melatonin

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key neurochemical for sleep

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avoidance learning

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learning as a result of responses that prevent aversive stimuli from occurring

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higher-order conditioning

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when a CS functions as if it were an UCS

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instinctive drift

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tendency for innate responses to interfere with conditioning processes

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instrumental learning

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operant conditioning

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anterograde amnesia

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memory loss for things that happen after the time of a head injury

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dual-coding theory

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memory is enhanced by forming semantic and visual codes

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encoding specificity principle

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the value of a retrieval cue depends on how well it corresponds to the memory code

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episodic memory system

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time-dated recollections of personal experiences

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levels-of-processing theory

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deeper levels of mental processing result in longer-lasting memory codes

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reality distributed processing

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cognitive processes depend on patterns of activation of neural networks

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reality monitoring

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process of deciding whether our memories are based on external perceptions or internal (imagination)

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source-monitoring error

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when memory is misattributed

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prosody

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the rhythm, pressure and tone of speech

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deviation IQ Scores

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scores that locate subjects precisely within the normal distribution

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reaction range

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genetically determined limits on IQ or other traits

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reification

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giving an abstract concept a name and treating it as if it were a concrete object

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androgens

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gonad hormones in males

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galvanic skin response

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increase in electrical conductivity of skin in response to an increase in sweat gland activity

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hedonic adaptation

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when you change your “baseline” fr determining what is pleasant-unpleasant

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set-point theory

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consumption and energy expenditure

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vasocongestion

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engorgement of blood vessels

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animism

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the belief that all things are living

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centration

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the tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem neglecting other important aspects

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dishabituation

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when a new stimulus increase the strength of a habituated response

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meta-analysis

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combining the statistical results of many studies

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cephalocaudal trend

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head to foot direction of motor development

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proximodistal trend

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center-outward direction of motor development

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Compensation

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efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing one’s abilities

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incongruence

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the degree of disparity between one’s self concept and one one’s actual experience

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phenomenological approach

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idea that you have to appreciate a person’s subjective experiences to truly understand their behavior

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approach-approach conflict

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conflict involving the choice between 2 attractive goals

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approach-avoidance conflict

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conflict re: whether to pursue a choice (goal) that has both attractive and unattractive aspects

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constructive coping

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the healthy efforts people make to deal with stressful events

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psychosomatic diseases

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actual, physical ailments that are caused at least in part by psychological factors

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agoraphobia

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fear of going out into public place

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catatonic

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unresponsive, from muscular rigidity to random motor activity

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comorbidity

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the coexistence of two or more disorders

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concordance rate

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the percent of twin pairs or other pairs of relatives that have the same disorder

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conjunction fallacy

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error in estimating that odds of 2 events occurring together are greater than the odds of either happening alone

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conversion disorder

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significant loss of physical function with no organic basis

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cyclothymic disorder

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chronic but mild symptoms of bipolar disturbance

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dissociative fugue

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loss of memory of your entire life along with your sense of personal identity

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dysthymic disorder

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chronic depression that is less severe than major depression

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etiology

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the apparent cause and developmental history of an illness

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hypochondriasis

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excessive preoccupation with health concerns and worry

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somatization

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diverse physical complains, psychological origin

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somatoform

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physical ailments with no organic basis

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asperger syndrome

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a less severe form of autism; impairment in social/emotional interactions

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deinstitutionalization

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transferring the treatment of the mentally ill from inpatient to community based care

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lithium

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drug used to control mood swings in bipolar disordered patients

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regression towards mean

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when people who score very high/low for a trait are retested and their new score comes closer to the average

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spontaneous remission

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recovery from a disorder marked by chronic tremors/involuntary movements

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tardive dyskinesia

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neurological disorder marked by chronic tremors/involuntary movements

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gestalt therapy

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combines physical and mental therapy; become aware and take responsibility for tensions between mind and body

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Ascending Reticular Activating System

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afferent fibers that influence physiological arousal

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