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| Who is the father of modern Psychology? |
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| The steps of the scientific method are: |
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- Stating the problem
- Developing the hypothesis
- Designing the study
- Collecting data
- Replicating the results
- Draw conclusions and report the results
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| Control and experimental groups are necessary when... |
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| doing an experimental design |
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| in a general experiment, it is considered that he difference between groups is significant when: |
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| if you are measuring the effect of exercise on energy levels, the dependent variable is ________ and the independent variable is ___________ |
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dependent: energy levels
independent: exercise |
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| the scientific study of mental processes and behavior |
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| what phenomenon do we experience when looking at a 3D graph? |
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| further columns seem larger than they are in reality |
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| a ________ is an organized set of concepts that explains a phenomenon or set of phenomena |
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| during action potential, the channess for what ion open first? and second? |
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| what is the percentage of glial cells and neurons in the brain? |
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| what type of neurotransmitter is GABA? |
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| in order to know if a disorder/behavior is inherited what type of studies are commonly done? |
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| which cells make the myelin? |
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| dopmine is involved in what disease/s? |
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| parkinson's and addiction |
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| where in the neuron is the action potential regenerated? |
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| where in the neuron is the action potential originated? |
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| when the neurotransmitter GABA binds to the GABA receptor, what type of ions enter the cell? |
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| when the sympathetic system is activated: |
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| the somatosensory cortex is located in the _____ lobe |
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| the primary visual cortex is lovated in |
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| the frontal lobe is important for the functions of |
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| the hypothalamus is the structure of the brain that controls |
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| stress, drinking and eating |
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| the hindbrain is the most |
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| posterior part of the brain |
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| the CNS consists of ________ and _________; the PNS consists of ___________ and __________ |
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CNS: brain and spinal cord
PNS: somatic and autonomic |
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| who came out with the concept of phrenology? |
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| the studies done by Broca lead to the conclusion that |
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| the function of language is localized |
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| a person with a lesion in the orbitofrontal cortex is more likely to have problems with |
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