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1. Philosophy
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| Genetics versus Enviroment (twin studies ideal) |
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| junction between axon top of the sending neuron and the dendrite/cell body of the receiving neuron. |
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| Gap between the Synapse and receiving neuron |
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| insulates and speeds up AP during travel between neurons |
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| Peripheral Nervous System is _________ and ________ |
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| What does it mean when the nervous system is automatic? |
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| controls self-regulated action of internal glands and organs |
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| What does it mean when the nervous system is somatic? |
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| Voluntary control of skeletal muscles |
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| Two types of automatic controls |
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Sympathetic (arousal)
Parasympathetic (calming) |
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| reasoning, language, motor skills |
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| Senses (especially touch) |
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| Memory and auditory stuffs |
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| Can't focus on two things |
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| People can't detect change |
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| Conscious awareness is only aware of a small amount of things, although people naturally know much more subconsciously |
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| biological clock concerning sleep and light |
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1. Daydreaming
2. Drowsiness
3. Dreaming
4. Awake |
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| First 2 stages of sleep have ______ waves |
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| Theta waves; small amps slow waves |
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| Stages 3-4 of sleep have ______ Waves |
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| delta waves; large amps but slow |
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| REM (stage 5) has _______ waves |
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| First two stages of sleep's function |
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| Last two stages of sleep's function |
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| Rapid-eye-movements; dreaming |
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| Serious Sleep disorders (3) |
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1. Insomnia- Can't sleep
2. Narcolepsy- random pass out
3. Sleep Apnea- snoring |
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| Juvenile Sleep disorders (3) |
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1. Night Terrors
2. Sleepwalking
3. Sleeptalking |
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| Risks of Sleep Deprivation (5) |
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1. Fatigue and possible death
2. Impaired Concentration
3. Emotional Irritability
4. Depressed Immune System
5. Greater Vulnerability |
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| Latent Content of a dream |
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| Manifest Content of a dream |
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| emotional reactivity and intensity |
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| Characteristics of Individualistic cultures (5; Self/coping/morality/relationships/attributing behavior) |
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1.Independent
2. Change Reality
3. Individual Morality
4. Many Relationships
5. Behavior reflects personality |
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| Traits of Collectivism (5; Self/coping/morality/relationships/attributing behavior) |
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1. Interdependent
2. Accommodate to reality
3. Social Network morality
4. Few, but close relations
5. Behavior reflects social norms and roles |
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| how a person views his/herself in terms of gender |
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| Natural Reflexes of Infant |
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| Stages of Prenatal Development |
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1. Conception
2. Becomes zygote
3. embryo
4. Fetus |
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| chemicals and viruses that can harm a developing fetus |
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| Incorporating new experiences into current understanding |
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| adjusting understanding and modifying it |
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| Piaget's stages of development |
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1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete operational
4. Formal Operational |
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| Parents submit to the child's demands |
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| Parents respond to child, although they are demanding (mix of permissive and authoritarian) |
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| child is willing to explore in the presence of mother |
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| clings to mommy and may refuse to explore at all |
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| interpretation of stimulus |
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| minimum stimulation required to detect a stimulus |
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| when one cannot detect a stimulus that is present |
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| Interpret with black and white |
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| Getting used to a stimulus to the point one forgets about it |
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1. Pressure
2. Warmth
3. Coldness
4. Pain |
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1. Sweet
2. Sour
3. Salty
4. Bitter
5. Umami |
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| Memories are linked to what sense? |
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| Adding a desirable Stimulus |
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| removing an aversive stimulus |
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| Reward behavior to the point where it's uniform |
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| Consequences of Physical Punishment |
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1. Resentment
2. Fear
3. Aggression |
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| The capacity of to remember short term things |
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| Easier to remember first and last items |
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| Easier to remember info when one rehearses over time |
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| Perceiving and interpreting a memory |
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| Have the memory available for access |
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| accessing storage to recall a memory |
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| easier to remember memory that lasts a long time |
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| Attributing an event to the wrong source |
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| Memories that are very clear due to emotional significance |
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| How does one remember things better? |
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| Sternberg's types of Intelligence |
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1. Analytical (tests)
2. Creative
3. Practical (street smarts) |
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| the ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable |
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| the ability to perceive, understand, and use emotions |
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| the steady increase of IQs |
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| Two criteria used in defining an intellectual disability |
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1. Poor IQ (under 75-70)
2. Poor adaptive abilities |
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| Main Components of Emotion |
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1. Physiological activation
2. Expressive Behaviors
3. Conscious Experience |
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| Women's urge to care for offspring and desire for support |
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| Schachter and Singer's two-factor theory |
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| Physical arousal and a cognitive label result in emotion |
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| James-Lange theory of emotion |
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| Physiology leads to emotion |
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| Cannon-Bard theory of emotion |
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| emotion and arousal happen at the time |
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| an individual's pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting |
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1. Physiology
2. Safety
3. Love
4. esteem
5. self-actualization |
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| Criteria for disordered behavior |
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1. Deviant
2. Distress
3. Dysfunctional |
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| presence of bad behaviors |
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1. Etiology (cause and development)
2. Diagnosis (symptoms)
3. Treatment
4. Prognosis |
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| lack of conscience of wrongdoing |
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| electroconvulsive therapy |
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| Systematic desensitization |
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| counter conditioning anxiety via exposure |
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| improvement in the presence of others |
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| being lazy when with others |
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| tendency for people to believe the world is fair |
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| Awareness that attitude and behavior differ |
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