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Psych201 Midterm Russi
Flashcards for Russi's midterm exam.
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/25/2010

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Bethlem
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First psychiatric hospital in Europe
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Harvard
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University founded in 1636
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Blank Slate
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Translate: Tabula Rasa
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Interpretation Of Dreams
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in 1900 Freud published _____
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Client Centered
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Carl Rogers established _____ Therapy
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Hierarchy of Psychological Needs
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Abraham Maslow, 1954
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Facts not Beliefs
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what critical thinking needs
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100-110
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Average IQ
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Dopamine
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Influences Movement, learning, attention, emotion. Lack of creates tremors and Parkinson's
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Serotonin
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Under supply can depress mood-particularly in wintertime
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GABA
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Major inhibitory - lack of can create seizures/tremors/insomnia
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Glutamate
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Major inhibitory - involved in memory - oversupply can produce migraines or seizures
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Duel processing
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_____(two track mind) is the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
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Simultaneously
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Duel Processing (two track mind) is the principle that information is often _____ processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
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Unconscious tracks
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Duel Processing (two track mind) is the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and _____
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Rapid Eye Movement
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REM (_____) a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur
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Narcolepsy
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Seep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks
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Sleep Apnea
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Sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep
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Night Terrors
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Sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and appearance of being terrified - seldom remembered.
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DNA
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Nature
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Environment
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Nurture
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receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment
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Sensation is the process by which our sensory
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organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events
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Perception is the process of
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Cornea
Definition
Light enters the eye through the _____ which protects the eye and bends light to provide focus.
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Pupil
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The light then passes through the _____, a small adjustable opening around the iris
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Iris
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A colored muscle that adjusts light intake.
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hammer, anvil, and stirrup
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A piston in the middle ear that is made up of 3 tiny bones which are the ___ ___ and ___
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10 to 20
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Smell: Humans have ___ to ___ million olfactory receptors
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200
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Humans have 10 to 20 olfactory receptors. A bloodhound has some _____ million
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An organized whole
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Gestalt=
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Inner
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Motivation = internal: you receive _____ rewards such as feeling good about yourself for having done something for someone else
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Yourself
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Internal Motivation - you receive inner rewards such as feeling good about _____ for having done something for someone else
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other reward at all
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Internal Motivation - you receive inner rewards such as feeling good about yourself for having done something for someone else - with no _____
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rewards outside ourselves (like money or gifts)
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External motivation - When we do something for _____
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no degrees, no training
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Psychics have no _____, no _____, and can cause potential harm
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Conclusion
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Paragraphs are used to mark an introduction or _____
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Idea
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Paragraphs are used to signal the reader to a new _____
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Time
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Paragraphs indicate an important shift in _____ or place.
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Point
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Paragraphs are used to emphasize a _____ at the beginning or end of a paragraph
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Comparison
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To highlight a contrast or _____
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dialogue
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To signal speakers _____
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Pause
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To provide readers with a needed _____
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dense
Definition
To break up text that is looking too _____
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