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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
11/09/2008

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sensation vs percepttion
Definition
sensation--raw data rpcesses by sensory receptors---Peception=sensations are preocessed in the brain
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Sensory reduction
Definition
screening out messages to cortex by reticular formation
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transduction
Definition
coverting stimulus into neural impulses
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coding
Definition
sounds and smells interpreted diferently based on the path they travel to brain
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Gate control theory of pain
Definition
blocking pain in the spinal cord, decides to block pain or not
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selective attention
Definition
selecting to the voices that are interesting
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feature detectors
Definition
respond only to certain sensory information, (frog has bug receptors)
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habituation vs sensory adaptation
Definition
habituation=prewired for certain stimuli
sensory adaptation=PNS decrease in signals sent to brain
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Gestalt thoery in form perception
Definition
figure ground--the ground is always seen as farther away than the figure---
prximity---objects that are physically close together are grouped together----
continuity----objects that coninue a pattern are grouped together---
clsure--tenedency to see a finished circle
---similaryity similar objects are goruped together....
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4 types of perceptual constancy
Definition
size constancy, --peceptions based on prior experience
shape constancy-size based on past experience--
color constancy---perceiving color despite changes in light--
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depth perception and visual cliff
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suggests infant can percieve depth
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consciousness
Definition
awarness of self and surroundings
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controlled vs automatic processes
Definition
mental activities requiring focused attention,-----mentoal activities rquirring minimal attention
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repair/restoration theory------
evolutionary theory-----
Definition
sleep helps us recuperate from depleting daily activities---
evolved to conserve energy
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stages of sleep
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stage 1= regular breathing, heart rate slows
2= sleep spindles, high amplitude brain waves
3+4 deep sleep, 4 wetting the bed
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REM SLEEP IMPORTANCE
Definition
consolodating new ideas, and increases during periods of learning
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psychoanlytic view
Definition
road to the unconsious, which is normallly repressed and personally unacceptable desires rise to the surface
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biological view
Definition
dream the by product of random stimulation of brain cells
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cognitive view
Definition
dreams are an exstention of everyday life
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sleep disorders
Definition
insomnia--literally means lack of sleep
sleep apnea--interuption of breathing
narcolepsy----
night terrors
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psychological dependence
Definition
mental desire or craving to achieve the ffects produced by a drug.
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phycial dependence
Definition
bodily processes that make a drug necessary for daily activities
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hypnosis
Definition
ability to tune out sompeting snesory stimuil
incrsease use of imaginttion
passive and receptive attitude
decrease responsivenenss to pain,
heightened suggestibitliy
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piagets stages
Definition
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
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schemas
Definition
most basic units of intelect, patterns that organize our interactions
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assimilation-
Definition
processo foabsorbing new information into existing schemas
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accommodation
Definition
occurs when new information or simulit cannot be asimilated.
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object permance
Definition
cant see hidden objects, on schemas
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animistic thinking
Definition
children in the preoperation stage belive that objects have feelings
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egocentrism
Definition
childs limited ability to distinguish between his or her own perspective and someone elese's
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criticisms of piagets thoery
Definition
underestimated a young childrens cognitive development, can mimic faces,
underestimated genetic and cultural influences,
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kohlbergs thoery of moral development
Definition
preconvetntional level, conventional level,,postocoventional level.....
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carol giligans criticisms of kohlberg's theory
Definition
moral reasoning versue behavior,,,,cultural differences,,,possible gender bias
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eriksons's 8 stages of psychosocial development
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stage 1--crisis trust vs mistrust---stage 2-4----autonomy verus shame and doubt--5-6 identify versus role confusion---7-8-generativity versus stagnation00
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leveles of attachment
Definition
securely attache, avoidant, anxiousn/ambivalent
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paarenting styles
Definition
permissive, authoritarian, authoritative
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temperment
Definition
easy -children , happy most of the time
difficult--moody, easily frustrated
slow to warm up--showed mild responses, were somewhat shy and withdrawn
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