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1
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What is the difference between absolute threshold and just noticeable difference

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Just noticeable difference is between two stimuli whereas absolute threshold is just one

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2
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What is hearing

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Sound waves and air pressure changes

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3
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The thalamus control senses except for which one

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Smell

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4
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What are the constant movement of the eyes

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Microsaccades

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5
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What part of the neuron receives the message

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Dendrite

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6
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What part of the neuron carries the message

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Axon

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7
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What are the three parts of the neuron

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Axon dendrite and soma

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What kind of neuron is the afferent

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It is a sensory neuron that carries information from the senses to the central nervous system

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What kind of neuron is the Efferent

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It is a motor neuron that carries messages from the central nervous system to the muscles

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10
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What are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system

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The parasympathetic and the sympathetic

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What are the two parts of the peripheral nervous system

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The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system

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12
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Where is the message being transmitted

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The synapse

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13
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What is the shortest wave length

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Blue

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14
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What is the cause of a nerve hearing problem

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A problem in the inner ear

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15
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What does the Myelin do

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Protects the neuron

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16
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How do we see

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Light enters the cornea then goes to the pupil to the retina then to the optic nerve to the brain

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17
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Where does the sense of smell go to

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Olfactory bulb

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18
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What is the use of pre-existing knowledge to organize individual features into a unified whole

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Top down processing

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19
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The analysis of smaller features to build up to a complete perception

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Bottom up processing

20
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What is structuralism and who founded it

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It’s the study of the basic elements of the mind and Tichenor and Wundt founded it

21
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Who founded Gestalt psychology

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Wertheimer

22
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Who are the founders of behaviorism

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Watson and skinner

23
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What does the humanistic perspective focus on

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Aspects of personality that make people uniquely human such as subjective feelings and freedom of choice

24
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The measure of the relationship between two variables

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Correlation

25
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The Connections of the afferent neurons to the interneurons to the efferent resulting in a reflex action

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Reflex arc

26
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Chemical found in the synaptic vesicles that when released has an effect on the next cell

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Neurotransmitters

27
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The theory of color vision that proposes visual neurons are stimulated by way of one color and inhibited by light of another color

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Opponent process theory

28
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Theory of Color vision that proposes three types of cones Red blue and green

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Trichromatic theory

29
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Randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects

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Representative sample

30
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What are the five regions of the limbic system and what are they responsible for

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Hypothalamus – hunger thirst sex drive and taste
Thalamus- linked directly to the senses
Amygdala – fear
Hippocampus – long-term memory
Cingulate cortex – emotion formation and processing Learning and memory

31
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The ability within the brain to consistently change both structure and function of many cells in response to trauma

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Neuroplasticity

32
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Explain the gestalt principal

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Similarity – the tendency to perceive things that look similar to each other as being part of the same group
Proximity – the tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
Closure – the tendency to complete figures that are incomplete
Continuity– The tendency to perceive things as simply as possible with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex broken up pattern

33
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What are the four goals of psychology

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Describe explain predict control

34
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What is the variable that is manipulated

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The independent variable

35
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The participants response that is measured

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The Dependant variable

36
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The group that is exposed to the independent variable

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Experimental group

37
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The group that is exposed to either no treatment or some kind of treatment that has no effects

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Control group

38
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The study in which the subjects do not know if they’re in the experimental or the control group

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Single-blind study

39
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Study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects know if the subjects are in the experimental or control group

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Double-blind study

40
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What are the two divisions of the nervous system

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The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system

41
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What is the central nervous system composed of

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Brain and spinal cord

42
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What does the somatic nervous system do

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Carries information from the senses to the central nervous system and from the central nervous system to the muscles

43
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Which division of the autonomic nervous system is the fight or flight system

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Sympathetic nervous system

44
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What does the somesthetic senses consist of

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Skin senses
Kinesthetic senses
Vestibular sense

45
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Has to do with the location of the body parts in relation to each other

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Kinesthetic sense

46
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Has to do with the movement and position of the body

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Vestibular senses

47
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The tendency to perceive two things that happen close together in time as being related

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Contiguity

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