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Analysis of immediate experience into basic elements. |
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| Functionalism/William James |
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| Function or purpose of behavior and consiousness. |
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| Psychoanalysis/Sigmund Freud |
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| Theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy that emphasizes unconsious motives and conflicts. |
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| Psychological Perspective: Biological |
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| The nervous system, hormones, brain chemistry, heredity, evolutionary influences |
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| Psychological Perspective: Learning |
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| Environment and experience |
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| Psychological Perspective: Cognitive |
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| Thinking, memory, language, problem solving, percepitions |
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| Psychological Perspective: Sociocultural |
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| Social and cultural contects |
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| Pyscological Perspective: Psychodynamic |
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| Unconsious thoughts, desires, and conflicts |
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| Does psychotherapy, no degree to an advanced professional degree |
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| Diagnoses, treats, and/or studies mental and emotionhal problems. Has Ph.D., and Ed.D., or a Psy.D. |
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| Specific training after an advanced degree, may treat any kind of emotional disorder or pathology |
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| Similar to clinical psychologist but is likley to take more bilogical approach; has MD |
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| A group of subjects which match on important characteristics (sex/age) |
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| Methods that yield descriptions of behavior but not necessarily casual explanations |
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| A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated |
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| Measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another |
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| Innate Human Characteristics |
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| reflexes, novelty interest,explore & manipulate, play, cognitive skills |
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| Language Acquisition Devise |
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| mental tool that allows children to develop language if they are exposed to enough conversation |
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| Chemical substance that is released by a transmitting neuron at the synapse and alters activity of a receiving neuron |
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| Usually modulate the efects of neuro transmitters. Reduce pain, promote pleasure |
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| Hormone:Melatonin-pineal gland |
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| Regulates daily rhythms and sleep |
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| Hormone: Oxytocin-pituitary gland |
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| Stimulates uterine contractions, facilitates milk during nursing, promote attatchments and trust |
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| Hornome: Adreanals-adreanal glands |
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| Determines emotional importance, approach or withdraw, asseses danger and threat, depression |
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| Storage of new informaiton in memory |
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