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| study of behavior & mental processes, better understand life and human behavior |
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| Developmental Psychologists |
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| Psychologists that study the changes that occur during a life's span |
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| analysis of the psyche, emphasis on unconscious, internal |
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| biology in determining behavior |
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| Educational Psychologists |
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| focusing on helping students learn.( Course planning and instructional methods for entire school system) |
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| investigates on individual or small group, in depth |
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| observable,measurable events |
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| outer,jelly like covering, thinking and emotions |
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| observe people's behavior in social situations |
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| over period of time (~10+ yrs.) |
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| defined group of people you want to observe/study |
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| control one variable at a time |
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| Space between ends of neurons |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| nerve cells that connect to the brain stem and spinal cord |
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| the slightest new sound in an environment |
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| Right and Left Hemisphere |
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| (info is from opposite sides of the brain) |
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| sensory stimulation based on mood, setting, physical state |
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| brain waves are measured by EEG |
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| looking within, looking at own thoughts and feelings |
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| human capacity for self fulfillment |
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| addictive depressants to relieve pain |
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| balance in of chemicals in body |
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| see things that are not there |
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| the repetition of an action |
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| the teaching of a complex behaviors |
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| recollection of factual information and general knowledge |
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| Primary and secondary Reinforcers |
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| Food, water and adequate warmth ; paired reinforers |
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| Classical Conditioning-Pavlov |
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| dog is salivating when bell rings |
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| reinforcement is provided after a vaiable # of correct responses |
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| events can be recalled in great detail |
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| more than 1 TB, entire life span |
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| Order information in which memory is processed |
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| Encoding, Storage and Retrieval |
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| Repeating information over and over |
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| episodic memory of specific event |
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| Duration & Capacity of STM |
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| forgetting childhood memories |
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| Cause of mental retardation |
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| drugs/complications during pregnancy period |
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| Report detailing Psychological disorders |
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| Key words of "all" (grouping alike things together) |
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| thought or feeling put into unconscious or deep memory |
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| ideas & images of accumulated experience of all human beings and all cultures. |
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| Successive Approximations Therapy |
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| gradually similar to a target behavior |
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| Validity, Reliability and Standardization |
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| Dissociative Amnesia/Disorder |
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| loss of memory at tragic/traumatic event |
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| extreme excitement characterized by hyperactivity & chaotic behavior |
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| Basically logical in thinking |
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| Stages of Development, Defense Mechanisms, etc... |
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| act as others want them to act |
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| to change assumptions or thought process |
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| gets rid of undesirable behaviors |
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| transfer of feeling (usually used in "couch therapy") |
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| responsible for one's choices;self-achievment |
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| Operant Conditioning in therapy |
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| behavior that is reinforced, is repeated |
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