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Endocrine system

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Collection of glands produce and release hormones.

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Hypothalamus

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Brian structure that regulates basic biological needs and motivational systems.

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Hormones

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Chemicals that travel through the body.
Effects slower than neurotransmitters.
Contribute to homeostasis.

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Consciousness

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Persons subjective awareness
Thoughts, perceptions, experiences, self awareness

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Biological rhythm

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Circadian rhythms, entertainment, endogenous rhythms

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Circadian rhythms

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Internally driven daily cycle, 24h
Affect psychologically and behavioural process.

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Entertainment

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Biological rhythms become synchronized to external cues.

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Endogenous rhythms

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Biological rhythms generated by body, independent of external cues.

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Polysomnography

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Set of objective measurements used to examine psychological variables during sleep. (EEG)
Breathing, temp, muscle activity.

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Beta waves

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High frequency (15-30Hz), low amplitude
Wakefulness

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Alpha wave

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Lower frequency (8-14Hz)
Daydreaming, falling asleep, meditation

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Theta waves (stages 1-2)

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Lower frequency (4-8Hz), higher amplitude
Breathing, blood pressure, heart rate decreased
Sensitive to external stimuli
Sleep spindles, K complexes

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Delta waves (stages 3-4)

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Low frequency (<3Hz) high amplitude, deep sleep

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REM

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Quickening brain, inhibited body movements, rapid eye movement.
20-25% of total sleep.

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Theory- preserve and protect hypothesis

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Sleep is important for preserving energy and protecting organisms from harm.
Ex) prey sleeping in secure areas.

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Theory- restore and repair hypothesis

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Need to restore energy levels, repair wear and tear from the day.
Lack of sleep=cognitive decline.
Sleep clears waste and excess proteins.

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Sleep deprivation

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Cannot sleep, related to internal or external factors.
Missing one night= blood alcohol level of 0.07.

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Sleep displacement

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Prevented from sleeping at normal time.
Same amount of sleep, not the right time (not refreshed).
Related to external or internal factors: work schedule, caffeine

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Dreaming- psychoanalytical approach (Sigmund Freud)

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Unconscious expression of wish (primal urges, sex, aggression)
Manifest content and latent content.

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Manifest content

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Images and storylines we dream about.

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Latent content

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Symbolic meaning of a dream (usually tied to sex and aggression).

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The activation-synthesis hypothesis

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Dreams arise from brain activity, bursts of excitatory messages from Pons.
Pons-> activation: explains REM and EEG patterns which resemble wakefulness.
Stimulation of occipital and frontal lobes produce imaginary sights and sounds.

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Consolidation

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STM to LTM

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Reconsolidating

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Hippocampus updates, strengthen, or modify existing LTM

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Cross-cortical storage

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LTM distributed through cortex.

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Weapon focus

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Focus on emotional contents of a scene

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Mnemonics

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Method of loci (connect words to locations along familiar path)
Acronyms

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Deere roe diver mcdermott (DRM) paradigm

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List of words, had to remember critical lure (missing word= intrusion) related words= semantic associates

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Semantic networks

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Interconnected se of nodes, reaction time test hierarchical organization connectedness of networks.

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Temporal lobe damage

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Difficulty identifying objects, can still describe them.

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Folk biology

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Natural world conceptualizer and categorize differences across cultures.

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Heuristics

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Problem solving strategy that use prior experience to provide an educated guess for solution.

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Availability heuristic

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Estimating frequency of event based on how easily examples of it come to mind.

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Aphasia

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Language disorder, from brain damage to structures that support using and understanding language.

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Broca area

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Speech and sounds

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Wernickes area

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Understanding words

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Phonemes

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Speech sounds

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Morphemes

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Meaningful units of language

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Semantics

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Study of people understanding meaning of words

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