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1.1 Psychology’s Roots: The Path to a Science of Mind
What is the definition of psychology,
What is the definition of the mind,
What is the definition of behaviour
35
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1.2 The Development of Clinical Psychology
Define hysteria,
Which french physicians made cruc...,
How did observing hysteria patien...
14
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1.3 The Search for Objective Measurement: Behaviourism Takes Center Stage
What was the main similarity betw...,
Define behaviorism,
Who proposed that psychologists f...
12
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1.4 - Return of the Mind - Psychology Expands
What are a few reasons for the de...,
This type of psychology deals wit...,
What did max wertheimer study
28
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1.5 Beyond the Individual: Social and Cultural Perspectives
What is social psychology,
Where do historians trace the ear...,
Which events led to the earliest ...
7
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1.6 - The Profession of Psychology: Past and Present
Whats the apa and when was it formed,
What are the major canadian psych...,
Which field of psychology do most...
3
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2.1 Empiricism: How to Know Stuff
What is empiricism,
What two kinds of doctors were th...,
What is the scientific method
9
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2.2 Observation: What Do People Do?
Whats an operational definition,
Whats an instrument,
What are the two essential steps ...
18
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2.3 Explanation: Why Do People Do What They Do?
What are variables,
What does correlation mean,
Whats the correlation coefficient
24
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2.4 Thinking Critically About Evidence
Who is credited for inventing the...,
What are the two biggest enemies ...,
What makes science different from...
3
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2.5 The Ethics of Science: What’s Right?
What are the seven primary most i...,
Whats an reb,
What are the three rs used to gui...
4
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3.5 + 3.6
Whats a neuron,
What is the cell body,
Receives information from other n...
26
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3.2 The Electrochemical Actions of Neurons: Information Processin
What are the two stages kinds of ...,
The movement of electrical signal...,
Movement of electric signals from...
20
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3.3 The Organization of the Nervous System
What is the nervous system,
What does the cns include,
What is the pns
18
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3.4 Structure of the Brain
What are the 3 major divisions of...,
An area of the brain that coordin...,
What are the main regions of the ...
36
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3.1 - Neurons - The Origin of Behaviour
How was the appearance of neurons...,
What was surprisingly revealed ab...,
What are the three basic parts of...
17
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Vol. 1 + 2 Course Packs
What does perma stand for,
What are the four critical aspect...
2
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4.1 Sensation and Perception Are Distinct Activities
Define sensation,
Define perception,
What is transduction
22
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4.2 Vision I: The Eyes and the Brain Convert Light Waves to Neural Signals
What is visual acuity,
Who designed the 20 20 vision mea...,
What is visible light
45
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4.3 Vision II: Recognizing What We Perceive
Whats parallel processing,
Whats the binding problem,
What is illusory conjunction
25
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4.4 Audition: More Than Meets the Ear
How does the sense of hearing work,
What are the three physical dimen...,
How does frequency change sound
28
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4.5 The Body Senses: More Than Skin Deep
Haptic exploration,
How do touch receptors work,
Where do sensory signals on the b...
11
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5.1 - The Mysteries of Consciousness
Consciousness,
Phenomenology,
What is the problem of other minds
10
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5.2 - The Nature of Consciousness
What are the four basic propertie...,
Define intentionality,
Define unity
22
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5.3 - The Unconscious Mind
What is the dynamic unconscious,
What is repression,
What is cognitive unconscious
6
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5.4 - Sleep and Dreaming
Define hypnagogic state,
Whats a hypnic jerk,
Circadian rhythm
26
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5.5 - Drugs and Consciousness
What are psychoactive drugs,
What are the five dangers of drug...,
What can be said of the term addi...
19
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5.6 - Hypnosis
What is posthypnotic amnesia,
What is hypnotic analgesia,
What is hypnosis
7
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7.1 - What is Learning?
How is learning defined,
What are the three key ideas emph...,
Define habituation
5
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6.1 - What Is Memory?
What is the definition of memory,
Whats encoding,
What are the three key functions ...
4
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6.2 - Encoding: Transforming Perceptions into Memories
What is semantic encoding,
What part of the brain is semanti...,
What are the three major ways to ...
13
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6.3 + 6.4
Whats stm,
What are some ways to improve stm,
Define rehearsal
19
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6.5 - Forms of Long-Term Memory: More Than One Kind
Explicit memory,
Implicit memory,
Procedural memory
14
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6.6 Memory Failures: The Seven “Sins” of Memory
Transcience,
Retroactive interference,
Proactive interference
22
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7.2 - Classical Conditioning: One Thing Leads to Another
Classical conditioning,
Unconditioned stimulus us,
Unconditioned response ur
23
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7.3 - Operant Conditioning
Edward thorndike,
Law of effect,
Operant conditioning
31
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7.4 - Observational Learning: Look at Me
What did albert bandura study,
Diffusion chain,
Observational learning
12
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7.5 - Implicit Learning: Under the Radar
Implicit learning,
Artificial grammar,
Serial reaction time
3
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7.6 - Learning in the Classroom
Cramming,
Massed practice,
Distributed practice
11
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9.1
Language,
Grammar,
Phonemes
27
cards
9.2
Fast mapping,
Two word speech,
Telegraphic speech
21
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9.3
Linguistic relativity hypothesis,
What newer studies cast doubt on ...,
Language with regards to time
3
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9.4
Concept,
Necessary condition,
Sufficient condition
14
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9.5
Rational choice theory,
Irrational reality,
Availability bias
14
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9.6
Smart connections to solid founda...,
Ill defined problem,
Well defined problems
11
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9.7
Reasoning,
Practical reasoning,
Theoretical reasoning
6
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