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| The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. |
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| endogenous opioid peptides that function as neurotransmitters. They are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during exercise,[2] excitement, pain, consumption of spicy food, love and orgasm,[3][4] and they resemble the opiates in their abilities to produce analgesia and a feeling of well-being. |
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| branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project |
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| Role of Neurotransmitters |
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| Transmit an impulse across a synapse to another cell |
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| Major Parts of the Central Nervous System |
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| Role of components of limbic system |
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| Role of sympathetic nervous system |
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| Definition of developmental psychology |
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| Relationship between dementia and Alzheimer's |
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| Effects on children raised by authoritative parents |
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| What is sensory adaptation |
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| Effects of alcohol (depressant or stimulant or both) |
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| Gender differences in smoking and drinking |
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| Racial differences in use of alcohol and cocaine |
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| Classical conditioning model |
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| Generalization of learning |
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| Effects of negative reinforcement and punishment on behavior |
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| Bandura's theory of learning |
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| Getting material into and out of memory |
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| Definition short term memory |
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| Loftus and Palmer's study |
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| Research results on children's false eyewitness recollection |
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| Difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation |
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| Basic components of emotion |
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| Feel-good do-good phenomenon |
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| Relative deprivation principle |
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| Phases of general adaptation syndrome |
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| Physiologic changes in the face of stress |
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| Effects of prolonged stress |
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| Effects of loss of perceived control |
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| Effects of stress on the body |
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| Results of regular attendance at religious services |
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| Definition of personality |
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| Definition of displacement |
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| Regression coping strategy |
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| Medical model of psychological disorders |
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| Effects of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors on anxiety |
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| Gender and racial differences in suicide rates |
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| Characteristics of chronically lonely people |
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| Characteristics of paranoid schizophrenia |
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| Definition of schizophrenia |
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| Characteristics of dissociative disorders |
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| Characteristics of bipolar disorders |
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| Characteristics of major depression |
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| Characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorders |
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| Characteristics of generalized anxiety disorder |
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| Characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorders |
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| Definition of object permance |
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| Definition of subliminal message |
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