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Midterm #2 10/21/09
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/21/2009

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Galvani - SWEAT
Definition
Electrical conductors of skin.
More stimulus, more sweat, more electrical conducting on skin.
Nervous System runs on electrical nerves.
Ued electric currents on frog leg muscles.
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Helmholz - MOTOR NERVE
Definition
Speed of nerve pulse
Stimulated motor nerve of muscle.
Stimulated motor nerve and measured time of stimulation then time of muscle contraction.
82 feet per second.
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Gall - PHRENOLOGY
Definition
Phrenology Locationist
Developed theory and map of the brain that showed what each section was supposedly responsible for.
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Extirpation/Ablation
Definition
Destroy parts of animal's brains. Nurse them back to health.
See what function was affected.
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Wundt
Definition
Created Introspection.
Psychology is a science of experience.
Introspection - self observation.
Strict way of training people.
Elements of conscious experience: Sensations and feelings.
Led to structuralism.

Criticism:
little agreement among introspectors.
self-report unreliable.
not publicly verifiable.
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Functionalism
Definition
mind/consciousness allows individuals to adapt to environment.
How the mind accomplishes something/functions.
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Phylogeny
Definition
Development over evolutionary time
Natural selection and reproductive fitness.
(Grandparents)
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Phylogenic Development
Definition
Direction taken as a product of selection contingencies
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Behavioral Adaptation
Definition
Behavior guided by mind.
Motivation, but not conscious motivation.
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Cuckoo Bird Adaptation
Definition
Eggs and Reed Warblers.
Born instinct to push anything away that touches its back.
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Ultimate Adaptation
Definition
Survive to adulthood and procreate
Term
Word War I
Definition
VA needed tests to asses armu recruits intelligence.
YERKS: developed 2 tests
Army Alpha test: people who could read and write.
Army Beta test: people who could not read and write.
Personal Data Sheet to asses CHARACTER STABILITY.
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World War II
Definition
After, more than half of the 60,000 veterans had neuro-psychological disorders.
VA needed trained clinical psycholgists to help them.
22 programs created over night.
Clinical psychologists engaged and diagnosed treatment and research for veterans.
Term
Weber and Fechner - WEIGHT COMPARISON
Definition
Measure sensory experiences.
Compare sensations.
Term
Norepinephrine
Definition
Causes depression if there isn't enough being produced.
Term
Catastrophizing
Definition
Letting negativity ruminate.
Makes us feel worse. Fear response in amygdala.
Term
Introspection
Definition
Wundt.
Self-Observation.
Observing conscious experience.
Term
Ebbinghaus - WORD MEMORY
Definition
Tried to memorize nonsensical words.
Methodology to study memory.
Longer you wait to test, the more you forget.
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Short Term Memory
Definition
7 chunks
Term
H.M.
Definition
Hippocampus was removed.
Was unable to form new memories after operation.
Changed the things we know about the brain.
Term
Phylogeny
Definition
Development of evolutionary time
Term
Fitness
Definition
Reproductive Fitness
Need to survive, procreate and have grandchildren to be successful.
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Habit
Definition
Memory restores events to consciousness that have been modified by repeated experience.
Term
Applied Psychology
Definition
Solutions to research.
Made psychology appealing to greater community.
Term
Types of Applied Psychology
Definition
Clinical
Forensic
Health
Sports
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