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psychology midterm
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Psychology
10th Grade
01/20/2010

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cognitive
Definition
what happens inside the mind
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scientific method 6 things
Definition
question, hypothesis, experiment, results, conclusions, theory
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introspecting
Definition
observing and analyzing yourself
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functionalism
Definition
the study of how animals and people adapt to their environment
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gestalt psych
Definition
perception is more than the sum of its parts
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inheritable traits
Definition
traits received by parents
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four humors
Definition
melancholic is black bile, yellow bile is choleric, phlegmatic is phlegm, sanguine is blood
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psychiatry
Definition
psychology+medicine
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psychoanalyst
Definition
studying the unconscious motives
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behaviorism
Definition
psychology = behavior and thats it thats all
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humanism
Definition
the belief that all humans controls their own actions
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goals of psych
Definition
the predict, control, and explain the actions of man
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hypothesis
Definition
assumption or prediction
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naturalistic observation
Definition
when observed in the natural setting
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case study
Definition
in-depth research method
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survey
Definition
research method where info is obtained by asking questions
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cross sectional study
Definition
study using age
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longitudal study
Definition
research method over time years up series
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bell curve
Definition
on a graph
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cns
Definition
central nervous system brain and spinal cord
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pns
Definition
peripheral nervous system spinal cord to and from organs
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spinal cord
Definition
bundle of cords that sends messages to and from body and brain
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neurons
Definition
cell that sends messages to and from brain
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synapses
Definition
the gap between axon terminals
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autonomic nervous system
Definition
system that control auto functions like heart rate and breathing
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pituitary gland
Definition
endocrine control center directly below hypothalamus
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endocrine system
Definition
chemical communication system uses hormones to send messages in blood to organs
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hindbrain
Definition
part of the brain in the back, controls basic processes walking, sleeping and reflexes
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parietal lobe
Definition
body sensations
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temporal lobe
Definition
hearing, adv visual processing
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frontal lobe
Definition
planning movements and working memories
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cerebellum
Definition
coordination and movement
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corpus callosum
Definition
info flows between left and right brain
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medulla oblongata
Definition
control breathing, circulation and digestion
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right brain
Definition
not math and such
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left brain
Definition
math and such
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consciousness
Definition
state of awareness
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REM
Definition
rapid eye movement, high level of brain activity
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circadian rhythm
Definition
a sequence of biological processes like temp and sleep occurs every 24 hours
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night terrors
Definition
sleep disruptions in stage 4 of sleep worse than nightmare never remembered
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freud theory on dreams
Definition
dreams were a window into the real person
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meditation
Definition
obtaining inner peace
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biofeedback
Definition
how a person learns to control their inner being
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grasping reflex
Definition
when an infant grasps anything in its hand
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object permeance
Definition
when a baby thinks that something they cant see doesnt exist
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representational thought
Definition
a child being able to picture something in their mind
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sublimation
Definition
redirecting a sexual impulse into learning tasks
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asynchrony
Definition
the condition when body parts are uneven
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maturation
Definition
internally programmed growth of a child
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telegraphic speech
Definition
kids getting to the point, no articles prepostions
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conservation
Definition
the principle that quantity does not change when appearance does
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socialization
Definition
process of learning the behaviors acceptable
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