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2.1 psychological research methods
Before scientific method any stat...,
Scientific method helps,
We cant accurately derive our und...
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2.2 psychological research methods
Naturalistic observations,
Surveys questionnaires,
Correlational reseach
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3.3 anatomy of the brain
The brain,
The hindbrain,
Medulla
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3.2 nervous system
Structure of neurons,
Neurons job is to fire or not to ...,
Soma
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3.1 genetic influences on behaviour
Nature,
Nuture,
Genes are in every cell of our body
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4.1 psychophysics and gestalt psychology
Sensory organs,
Perception,
Transduction
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4.2 The visual system
Eyes rely on light energy,
Eyes,
Light
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4.3 the auditory system, sense of touch, the gustatory system and the olfactory system
Sound waves,
Frequency,
Are there limits to what we are a...
36
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5.1 consciousness: the nature & functions of sleeping
Sleeping,
Biological rhythms,
Circannual rhythms
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5.2 altered states of consciousness
Female students dreams,
Male students dreams,
Why do we dream
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5.3 the effects of drugs on consciousness
Psychoactive drugs,
Short term drug effects,
Agonists
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6.1 the principcles of learning: classical conditioning
Primary research focus of behavio...,
Behaviourists couldn t think of a...,
Behaviourists began by reasoning ...
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7.1 memory as a data storage facility
Time plays an important role in m...,
Memory consists of many different...,
The cognitive revolution
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7.2 long term memory
Declarative memory,
Non declarative or implicit memory,
Episodic memory
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7.3 the error prone nature of human memory
Rapid forgetting doesnt,
Mnemonics,
The method of loci
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8.1 thought and language: elements of thought
Grouping by similarity helps,
Concepts,
Categories
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8.2 problem solving, decision making and judgment
Algorithm,
Heuristics,
Cognitive obstacles
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8.3 langauge
Aphasia,
Brocas aphasia,
Carl wernicke
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9.1 perspectives on intelligence
Psychologist were improperly mark...,
The aim of sterilization programs,
Sir francis galton
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9.2 theroies of intelligence
Charles spearman,
Factor analysis,
General intelligence factor g
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9.3 genetic and environmental influences on intelligence
Iq scores are most similar for,
Heritability,
The contribution of genetic diffe...
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10.1 lifespan development
Developmental psychology,
Cross sectional designs,
Longitudinal designs
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10.2 child cognitive and social development
Habituation dishabituation response,
Renee baillargeon,
Core knowledge hypothesis
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10.3 adolescent development
Release of these hormones control...,
Primary sex traits,
Secondary sex traits
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10.4 adult developement
Young adulthood,
Middle adulthood,
Older adulthood
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11.1 emotion and motivation
Basic motivation,
Drives,
Homeostasis
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11.2 social motivations
Abraham maslow,
Maslow s hierarchy of needs,
Maslow s hierarchy of needs
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11.3 human emotion
Stages or emotional experience,
Initial response stage,
Autonomic response stage
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12.1 core dimensions
Personality,
Idiographic approach to personali...,
Nomothetic approach to personalit...
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12.2 genetic and cultural influences
Weird cultures,
Research with members of non weir...,
A recent study used personality a...
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12.3 psychodynamic and humanistic approaches
Sigmund freud,
Freudian slips,
Psychological problems might aris...
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13.1 situattional influences on behaviour
Socia l,
We would like to assume that othe...,
Situational factors that influenc...
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13.2 obedience to authority and social cognition
The power of authority figures,
Stanley milgram,
The courage to oppose atrocities ...
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13.3 the art of science and persuasion
The elaboration likelihood model,
When using the central route,
Info only ad
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14.1 Health psyhology and its applications
Most deaths are now related to,
Smoking is a learned social behav...,
Study on smoking
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14.2 stress and its consequences for health
Stressors,
The stress response,
Richard lazarus susan folkman
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14.3 Coping and resilience
Coping,
Problem focused coping,
Emotional focused coping
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15.1 The history of clinical psychology and mental disorder diagnosis
Clinical psychology,
Trepanning,
Excorcisms
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15.2 Personality, Dissociative, and anxiety disorders
Dsm 5,
Cluster a personality disorders,
Cluster b personality disorders
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15.3 mood disorders and schizophrenia
Major depression,
Bipolar disorder,
Manic phase
29
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16.1 general issues about mental health treatment
Women are more likely to seek hel...,
Canadians and americans seek help...,
List of signs that a perso should...
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16.2 the psychological kind
Insight therapies,
Psychodynamic therapies,
Defense mechanisms
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