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| the science of behavior and mental processes; includes study of normal and abnormal, modern psych is less than 40 years old |
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| input> physical environment> result |
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| psychological relationship |
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| input> physical environment> mental environment> result |
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(A) active learning
(D) distribute your studying
(O) overlearn the information |
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| analyze consciousness into its basic elements; pieces of consciousness |
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| consciousness consists of a continuous flow of thought |
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| unique qualities of humans and their potential for personal growth |
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| behavior is governed by its consequences |
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| condition the experiment varies |
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| variable affected by manipulation of the independent variable |
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| extent to which difference among people are attributable to genes |
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| cluster of prescribed actions |
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| the awareness of being a particular gender |
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| observable behaviors that individuals exhibit that are designated as appropriate for their gender |
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| harmful agents such as certain viruses/drugs |
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| baby's tendency to turn towards touch, open mouth, and search for the nipple |
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| decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation |
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| growth of intelligence through direction interaction with the environment |
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| concept or framework that organizes/interprets info |
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| incorporation new experiences into existing framework of understanding |
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| process of adjusting our old framework |
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| biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience |
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| quantity remains the same despite changes in shape |
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| enduring sexual attraction toward members of our own sex or other sex |
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| everything psychological... |
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| ... is simultaneously biological |
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| men with older brother are somewhat more likely to be gay; due to decreased antibodies in mothers with each subsequent son |
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1. physiological arousal
2. expressive behaviors
3. conscious experience |
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| emotion is awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli |
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| emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and subjective experience of emotion |
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two factor theory
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| to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal |
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| study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior |
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| integrated perspective, incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis |
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| deep affectionate attachment we feel for those whom our lives are intertwined |
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| optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development |
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| increase in avg IQ test scores over generations |
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| survey, question, read, rehearse, review |
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| children learn form heir cultures a concept of what it means to be male/female and they adjust their behavior accordingly |
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| assesses a suspect's physiological responses to crime-scene details known only to the police and guilty person |
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| tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it |
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| perception of a relationship where none exists |
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| men more likely to hazard answers rather than admit they don't know |
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| repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them |
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| an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship |
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| children have mastered thinking in words and using words to work out solutions to problems when they no longer think aloud |
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| family studies cannot provide conclusive evidence that a trait is influenced by heredity... |
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| family members also share similar environments |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| mobilizes body's resources for emergencies |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| conserves bodily resources |
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| seat of emotion in brain: |
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hypothalamus
limbic system |
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| sense of identity achieved |
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| adoption of parental values |
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| active struggle for sense of identity |
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| no struggle with no obvious concern |
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| when a child recognizes that objects continue to exist even when the are no longer visible |
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| limited ability to share another person's viewpoint |
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| warmth, closeness, sharing |
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| intent to maintain a relationship in spite of the difficulties and costs that may arise |
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passion/commitment
ex: whirlwind courtships |
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passion/intimacy/commitment
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