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| a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell. |
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| the complex of nerve tissues that controls the activities of the body. In vertebrates it comprises the brain and spinal cord |
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| is a chemical messenger that carries, boosts, and modulates signals between neurons and other cells in the body. In most cases, a neurotransmitter is released from the axon terminal after an action potential has reached the synapse. |
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| The area of the brain that secretes substances that influence pituitary and other gland function and is involved in the control of body temperature, hunger, thirst, and other processes that regulate body equilibrium. |
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| Evolutionary psychology (EP) is a theoretical approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify which human psychological traits are evolved adaptations – that is, the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection in human evolution. |
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| is an umbrella term that describes lasting change to the brain throughout an animal's life course. |
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refers to the biological signals that are fed back, or returned, to the patient in order for the patient to develop techniques of manipulating them
EX. pain, body temperature, muscle movement |
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Five Perspectives Psychology
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| Views behavior fro the perspetive of biologigical functioning. |
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five perspectives of psycology
cognitive |
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| Examines how people understand and think about the world |
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five perspectives of psycology
Behavioral |
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| focuses on observable behavior |
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five perspectives of psycology
Humanistic |
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Contends that people can conrtol their behavior and that they natrually try to reach their full poteintal
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five perspectives of psycology
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| Believes behavior is motivated by inner, unconscious forces over which a person has little control . |
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types of descriptive reasearch
archival research |
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| reasearch in which excisting data, such as census documents college records, onine data bases, and newspaper clippings are examined ti test a hypothesis. |
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types of descriptive reasearch
natralstic obeservation |
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| research in which an investigator observes some nartaully occuring behavior and does not make a change in the situation . |
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survey research
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| reaseach in which people chosen to represent a large population are asked a series of questions about their behavior, thoughts, or attitudes. |
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case study |
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| an in deph intensive investigation of an invidual or small group of people |
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| the activation of the sense organs by a source of physical energy |
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| the sorting out, interpretation, analysis and integration of stimulation by the sense organs and brain |
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| the smallest intensity of a stimulus that must be present for the stimulation to be dectected |
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| an adjustment in sensory capacity after prolonged exposure to unchaging stimuli |
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| gestalt laws of organization |
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| series of principles that describe how we organize but and peices of informatiion into meaninful wholes |
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| awareness of the sensatiobs thoughts and feelings we expireince at a given moment. |
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| trancelike state of heightsened susceptibilty to the suggestions of others |
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| (RAPID EYE MOVEMENT) REM SLEEP |
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| sleep ocupying 20% of an adult's sleeping time, characterized by icreased heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rae, erections, eye movemtns, and the expirience of dreaming |
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| drugs that increase relaxation and relative pain and anxiety |
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| drug that is capable of producing hallucinations, or changes in the perceptual process |
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| a retatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience |
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| stimulation generalization |
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| process in which after stimulation has ben conditioned to produce a particular response, stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus produce the same response |
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| process by which a stimulus increase the probability that a preceding behavior will be repeated |
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ex: yellin at a teenager when she steals a bracelt
result: decrease frequency of response of stealing |
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ex: restricing teenagers access to car due to breaking curfew
result: decrease in response of breaking curfew |
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| learning to observing the behavior of another person or model |
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| children learn social behavior such as aggression through the process of observation learning - through watching the behavior of another person. |
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| the proccess by which we encode,store,and retrieve information |
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| repition of info that has entered short term memory |
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| memories of a specific, important, or suprising emotionally significant event that are recallled easily and with vivid imagery |
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| progressive brain disorder that leads to a gradual and irreversible decline in cogntive abilities |
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| the capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges |
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gardner's intellignece theory |
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| the accumulation of info,knowledge, that there are eight distinct spheres of intelligence |
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| the set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expansion, and regulation of emotion |
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| a test trial that does not discriminateagainst the members of any minority group |
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| is the branch of psychology that focuses on the way people process information. It looks at how we process information we receive and how the treatment of this information leads to our responses. |
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neurons extended fibers (electrical pulses or nerve signals) |
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| info ends up ( chemical effect to send, release, a message to another neuron. |
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| connects the brain to all the nerves in the spinal cord |
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| the the rear of the brain( eyes) |
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