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| psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| Who is the father of psychology? |
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| Who was Psychoanalysis developed by? |
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| What two people developed Humanism? |
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| Abraham Maslow & Carl Rogers |
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What is the closest animanl to a human?
They are studied by psychologists. |
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| changes in a person's behavior brought about by an awareness of being observed |
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| This very small cell carries and processes information |
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| What are 3 neurotransmitters that were discussed in class? |
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| Serotonin, Dopamine, Acetylcholine |
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| What does the corpus callosum connect the brain to? |
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| What does the right hemisphere of the brain control? |
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| What does the left hemisphere of the brain control? |
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| the right side of the body |
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| What are the four lobes of the brain and their primary sensory supportive roles? |
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occipital: supports visual
temporal: supports hearing
frontal: supports motor movement (smell)
parietal: supports touch, temp, pressure, and sensation |
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Communication within a neuron is....
Communication between neurons is.... |
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| What do the rods and cones do? |
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-rods see only black & white and dim light
-cones see only color and daylight |
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| What are the five skin sensations? |
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| warmth, cold, pain, touch, and pressure (Temperature) |
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| If you cant smell, you can't .... |
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| Sensation is the incoming flow of information from the organs |
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| What are the four basic taste sensations? |
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| salty, bitter, sour, and sweet |
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| What is the newly discovered taste sensation? |
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| How are sensation and perception different? |
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sensation: information arriving from the sense organs
perception: brain interpretation |
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| Sensory adaption does not occur with which sense? |
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| What is the Ishihara Test made to determine? |
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| if someone is color blind |
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| Where is the pituitary gland located? |
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| Is psychology now considered a true science? |
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| How many chromosomes are in human DNA? |
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| Tunnel Vision can be temporary or .... |
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| What is seeing at the edge of the visual field called? |
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| What is perfect vision measured at? |
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| What do the brain and spinal cord make up? |
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| the central nervous system |
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| What is the part of the Autonomic nervous system that arouses the body? |
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| sympathetic branch nervous system |
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| What is the part of the Autonomic nervous system that calms the body down? |
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| parasympathetic branch nervous system |
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| What are the 4 parts of the neuron? |
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the soma which is the body
the dendritee which accepts messages for the neuron
the axon which carries messages
the bundle of axon endings is call the axon terminals |
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| What are the six steps of the Scientific Method? |
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-making observations
-defining a problem
-proposing a hypothesis
-gathering evidence/testing the hypothesis
-publishing the results
-theory building |
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| What is Acetylcholine linked to? |
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| What is Serotonin linked to? |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder |
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| What is Dopamine linked to? |
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| Parkinson disease & Schizophrenia |
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| What are the five Gestalt Organizing Principles? |
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| nearness, closure, common region, continuity, similarity |
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| What are things we store in our Short Term Memory and our Long Term Memory? |
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STM stores small amounts of information for a doaen seconds or so
LTM stores meaningful information relatively permanent |
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| unconsciously pushing painful, embarrassing, or threatening memories out of awareness/consciousness |
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| Consciously putting something painful or threatening out of mond or trying to keep it from entering awareness |
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| What is Mnemonic Deivice? |
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tool to help remember something
example: ROY CBIV (rainbow) |
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| What is an implicit memory? |
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A memory not known to exist; memory that is unconsciously retrieved.
example: typing |
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past experiences that are consciously brought to mind.
example: battle of civil war |
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| Sensory Stimuli->Sensory Memory-> Selective Attention->Short Term Memory ->Long Term Memory |
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