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| view that psychology should (A) be an objective science(B) that studies behavior without reference to mental processes |
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| historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people |
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| the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity |
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| study of how people behave and of how the brain functions |
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| biopsychosocial approach (BPS) |
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| integrated approach that incorporates bio, spych, and social levels of analysis |
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| Biospychosocialspiritual(BPSS) approach |
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| incorporating the BPS approach with the bio spych and social levels of analysis along with a spiritual factor |
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| the tendency to believe, after seeing an outcome, that one would have forseen it |
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| a testable prediction, often implied by a theory |
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| randomly selecting some study participants to be assigned to the control group or the experimental group |
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| a measure of extent to which two factors very together, and how well either factor predicts the other |
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| a statistical index of relationship between two things |
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| manipulating one factor in a situation to determine its effect |
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| controlling the group in participants in an experiment |
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| experimental factor being manipulater and whose effect is studied |
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| Institutional Review Board (IRB) |
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| group that reviews and determines whether a person can start an experiment |
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| receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body |
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| neuron extension that passes messages through branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands |
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| junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron |
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| chemical messengers that cross synaptic gaps between neurons |
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| center of communication between neurons and the rest of the body |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| the sensory and motor neurons connecting the central nervous system to the rest of the body |
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| carry incoming information from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord |
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| carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands |
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| neurons in the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs |
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| division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles |
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| autotonomic nervous system |
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| part of peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing it's energy in stressful situations |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving it's energy |
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| central core of brain, responsible for automatic survival instincts |
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| controls the breathing and heartbeat |
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| recording of waves of electrical activity sweeping across the brain's surface |
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| positron emission tomography (PET scan) |
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| visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task |
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| magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) |
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| technique using magnetic fields and radio waves to produce images |
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| functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
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| tracks successive images of brain tissue to show brain function |
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| brain's sensory router; directs messages to sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla |
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| processes sensory input, coordinates movement output balance, enables nonverbal learning and memory |
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| neural clusters in limbic system linked to emotion |
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| formation of new memories |
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| controls body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, circadian rhythm |
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| interconnected neural cells covering central hemispheres; body's control and information processing center |
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| involved in speaking and muscle movement and in making plans and judgment |
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| receives and processes information from visual fields |
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| includes auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from opposite ears |
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| area of rear frontal lobe controlling voluntary movements |
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| registers and processes body touch and movement sensations |
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| brains ability to change during childhood |
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| connects the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them |
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| our awareness of ourselves and our environment |
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| the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus |
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| failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere |
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| failing to notice changes in the environment |
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| rapid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur |
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| decreased metabolic activity, slowed breathing and heart rate, and the absence of dreaming. |
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| sleep cycle of 90 minutes |
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| the four cycles that person goes through while sleeping |
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| period of time during sleep where the heart rate lowers and the body becomes relaxed |
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nREM1-may experience hallucinations
nREM2-rapid rhythmic brain activity but asleep
nREM3-slow delta waves where its hard to awake
(return to nREM2)spend about half the night
REM sleep |
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| social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. |
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