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Psychology
11th Grade
01/06/2009

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Who is considered the "father" of Psychology?

Definition
William Wundt
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Who is associated with Behaviorism
Definition

B.F. Skinner

Ivan Pavlov

John Watson

Term
This term means "self-love."
Definition
Narcissism
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According to Freud, this is a boys unconscious desire to sexually posess his mother.
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Oedipus Complex
Term
According to Kohlberg, this stage of moral development is when a person obeys rules because they are concerned with the approval of others.
Definition
Conventional Level
Term
This school of psychology is concerned with mental processes - thinking/knowing.
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Cognitive Psychology
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This school of psychology says that man is basically good and that we all have the ability to change our destiny.

 

Hint:  Mrs. Sparks favorite!!!!!

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Humanism
Term
This person talks about the stages of moral development.
Definition
Kohlberg
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According to Freud,  this is a boys fear that his father will mutilate his genitals.
Definition
Castration Anxiety
Term

According to Freud, this is the period of personality development when sexual feelings are repressed.

 

Boys have cooties!!!!!!

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Latency
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According to Kohlberg, in this stage of moral development individuals are motivated to obey rules out of self-interest - get a reward or not be punished.
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Preconventional
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According to Kohlberg, at this stage of moral development a person is motivated by their own abstract moral values - conscience
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Post conventional
Term

This is a fake treatment.

sugar pill

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Placebo
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According to Freud, this is when a girl wants to sexually posess her father.

 

YUCK!!!!!!!

Definition
Electra Complex
Term

This is a term Freud uses for a person who is fixated in a stage.  This type of person is a perfectionist, everything has to be just so.

 

Mr. Wadsworth!!!!

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Anal Retentive
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This school of Psychology is interested in studying observable behavior.
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Behaviorist
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In an experiment, this is the variable that is always the outcome.  What you are looking for at the end of the experiment.
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Dependent Variable
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In an experiment, this is the group that experiences the variable that is manipulated.
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Experimental Group
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In an experiment, this is the variable that is manipulated. 
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Independent Variable
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This is the term used for chemicals in the brain.
Definition
neurotransmitters
Term
This is the fatty substance that insulates the axon.
Definition
Myelin Sheath
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Excesses (too much) or deficiencies (too little) or this neurotransmitter can cause mood disorders.
Definition
Norephinephrine
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These foods can raise you seretonin levels.
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bread, bananas, potato
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This is when you do not have enough ACH in your hippocampus and then have memory loss.

Definition
Alzheimer's disease
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This is the part of the neuron that receives the message.
Definition
Dendrite
Term
This is what we call the nerve cell in the brain.
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Neuron
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This neurotransmitter are natural narcotics.  They block pain.
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Endorphins
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Too little of this neurotransmitter can cause Parkinson's disease.
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Dopamine
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This part of the neuron sends the message with and electrical impulse.
Definition
Axon
Term
This gland controls sugar levels in the blood and urine.
Definition
Pancreas
Term
This gland should be called the "master gland."
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Hypothalamus
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This hormone is released to help people deal with fear and stress.
Definition
Adrenaline
Term
This is made up of ductless glands.
Definition
Endocrine System
Term
This is the term of an excess (too much) thyroxin.
Definition
Hyperthyroidism
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Hormones produced by the ovaries are:
Definition
Estrogen and Progesterone
Term
Hyperglycemia can cause
Definition
coma and death
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Primary sex characteristics in males are
Definition

Growth of the penis

Fertile sperm

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What is a  secondary sex characteristics in females?
Definition
Development of fat in the breasts and hips.
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Who was the first person to study the "unconscious" mind?
Definition
Sigmund Freud
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What school of psychology is associated with Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers?
Definition
Humanistic Psychology
Term
In Nature vs. Nurture, Nature refers to what?
Definition
genetics/biology
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In Nature vs. Nurture, Nurture refers to what?
Definition
Environment
Term
What two urges did Freud believe children were born with?
Definition
agressive and sexual
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According to Freud, what are the three parts of the personality, or mind?
Definition

Id

Ego

Superego

Term
B.F. Skinners approach to personality is based on what school of psychology?
Definition
Behavorism
Term
Who talks about a self-actualized person?
Definition
Abraham Maslow
Term
In classical conditioning, the best results occur when the conditioned stimulus is presented
Definition
Before the unconditioned response.
Term
An unplesant consequen e that decreases the frequency of a response is called
Definition
punishment
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In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus causes
Definition
an unconditioned response/automatic response
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