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| Ph.D. or Psy. D. and focus on psychotherapy |
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| When did Psychology officially begin? |
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| Ancient Greece by Socrates. |
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| The science of behavior and mental processes |
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| What does science psychology use? |
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| systematic methods to observe, describe, and predict. |
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| The behavior part of psychology is |
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| studying everything we do. |
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| Mental Processes psychology is also concerned with |
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| private thoughts and feelings that motivate and affect behavior. |
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| Industrial/Organizational psychologist |
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| studies the relationships between people and their work. Usually work for big companies and make big money. |
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| assesses those in the legal system of competency to stand trial and insanity. |
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| Correlation and Causation |
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| are three possible cause-effect relationships |
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| low self-esteem could cause |
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| Distressing events or biological predisposition could cause |
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| Low self-esteem and Depression |
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| evaluates and helps school age children with learning disabilities, behavior problems, and offers consultation to teachers |
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| Jobs of school psychologist can be to |
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| test for ADHD or special education, can be licensed with a masters degree, work in schools. Drs. Miller, Maricle, Johnson, DeOrnelius, Polomares |
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| created the typical timeline of infant milestones and is a developmental psychologist |
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| Developmental psychologist |
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| studies physical, cognitive, social,and personalty development across the lifespan |
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| studies the nature and causes of people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social situations |
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| is a social psychologist who developed the bystander effect |
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| Experimental psychologist |
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| conducts research on learning, cognition, sensation and perception, biological bases of behavior, and animal behavior. conduct lab experiments |
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| is a Experimental psychologist. |
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| evaluates and treats people with psychological problems and disorders like schizophrenia and works in private practice, hospitals and prisons. |
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| What About Bob is connected to |
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| help people cope with their problems like day to day problems (marriage counseling) and are in private practice or community centers (Aunt Meda dos this) |
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| Dr. Harris, Stabb, Mollen and Rubin are these types of psychologists. |
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| Counseling psychologist and Prince of Tides is an example |
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| a general explanation as to why a behavior occurs |
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| Goal of the scientific method is |
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| to determine if theory is correct |
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| a testable prediction; often derived from a theory; example: I predict A will cause B |
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| Scientific methods are intended to guards against: |
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| faulty explanations and hindsight bias |
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| Types of Scientific Methods |
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| Qualitative Methods and Qunatitative |
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| Qualitative methods involve |
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| ethnography and naturalistic observation |
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| Quantitative methods include |
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| correlational and experimental |
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| Operational Definition is |
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| a statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables |
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| An example of operational definition is |
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| intelligence may be operationally defined as "what an intelligence test measures" |
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| repeating the procedures of a research study with another sample of participants |
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| see whether or not the results are also repeated |
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| Experimental Methods involve |
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| procedure for identifying the causes of behavior |
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| All experiments have two variables: |
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| independent and dependent variable |
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| The independent variable is |
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| a variable manipulated by a researcher |
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| Sympathetic Nervous system signals the body to |
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| meet demands of physical activity or stress |
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| Sympathetic nervous system increases body processes associated with activity |
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| heart rate increases, liver releases glucose (energy), breathing increases, eyes dilate |
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| Sympathetic nervous system decreases body processes associated with storing energy in that |
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| saliva production slows and digestion slows |
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| Parasympathetic nervous system signals the body to |
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| store/conserve energy in times of low physical activity |
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| Parasympathetic nervous system generally opposite of |
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| Parasympathetic nervous system increases body processes associated with conserving energy: |
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| Digestion increases and more bile is produced |
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| Parasympathetic nervous system decreases body processes associated with activity |
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| heart rate slows and breathing slows |
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| The Central Nervous System is |
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| the brain and the spinal cord. |
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| the communication link between brain and peripheral nervous system |
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| The cerebellum is the part of the |
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| hind brain and coordinates movement and equilibrium and alcohol disrupts fine motor skills located here |
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| inhibitory NT that blocks other NTs from signaling pain |
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| occipital, parietal, temporal,and frontal. |
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| The occipital lobe of the cortex |
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| processes visual information. |
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| The parietal lobe of the cortex |
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| processes sensory information. |
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| The temporal lobe of the cortex |
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| The frontal lobe of the cortex |
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| is the executive center, processes intelligence,thought movement, emotional control. |
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| transmit signals from the spinal cord or brain to muscles, organs, and glands so that they perform a function. |
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| electrochemical and each one fits into a specific receptor site. |
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| Processes that stop neurotransmitters are |
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| reuptake, enzymes, and neuromodulators. |
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| A reuptake causes the neurotransmitters to |
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| be absorbed back into terminal buttons |
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| Enzymes are _____ that break down neurotransmitters. |
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| Neuromodulators are _________ that |
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| chemicals that alter sensitivity of receptor types to NTs (neurotransmitters) |
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| The neuron structure include the |
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| soma, dendrites, axon, , terminal buttons, Myelin Sheath, Node of Ranvier |
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| receive signals from other neurons |
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| carries signal to other neurons |
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| Terminal Buttons (axon terminal) |
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| forms synapse with other neurons |
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| is the insulating layer of axon that speeds signal |
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| break in segments of myelin sheath and the sginal jumps from node to node |
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| cells that make up the nervous system and the brain |
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| Sensory neurons transmit signals |
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| from sensory organs to the spinal cord or brain. |
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| Motor neurons transmit signals |
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| from the spinal cord or brain to muscles, organs, and glands so that they perform a function |
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| was the railroad construction worker in which an iron rod went through his brain. He survived but he changed into a different person. |
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| the natural ability for the brain to change physically, functionally, and chemically. |
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| Broca's and Wernicke's Area of the Brain |
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| damage in this area causes people having trouble saying words |
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| damage in this area causes people to have trouble with comprehension |
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