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Idea that you could deribe mental ability or personality from the shape of the skull |
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| functionalism, the idea that mental procceses help people to adapt |
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| levels of analysis in psychology? |
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| biological,cultural,social,individual |
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| Descartes and the idea that the mind and body are separate but intertwined |
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| horse that was though to be able to do math; turns out the horse just knew how to recognize cues from people |
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hypothesis,operationalize,measure,evaluate,
report/replicate |
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| descriptive, correlational, experimental |
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| observe and record nature |
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| examines one person;is a unique experiment |
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| self-report;can have self representation bias |
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samples and sampling -
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| people the experimenter is interested in |
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| people you actually study |
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| relationship between variables |
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only determined by experiment,
not by correlational study |
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| outcome influenced by the independent variable |
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| cannot figure out causation without an experiment |
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| Institutional review board (IRB) |
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review research,
only deals with human problems,
ethical enforcer,
must debrief people,
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perform info processing
cells in the nervous system |
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support neurons andkeep them together
90% of the body
maximize neuron power
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| branch-like tendirls at end of axon that send signals to other neurons chemically |
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info processing
keeps the cell alive |
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transmits the info to other neurons
in mylen sheath |
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insulation of fatty material
made of glial cells
nodes of ranvier |
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at the end of the axon
has vescicle of neurotransmitters
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| space between the axon and dendrite of two neurons |
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electrical impulse/chemical signals
action potential |
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porous
resting membrane potential,
polarized when not active
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| action potential jumps from node to node fast |
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| receptor accepts only one type each |
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| what stops neurotransmitters? |
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enzyme deactivation
auto receptors
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| important neurotransmitters |
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seratonine - state of mind
gaba - inhibitor
dopamine - happyiness
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are efferent
external info to brain via spine |
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| Central nervous system (CNS) |
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brain and spine chord
voluntary or somatic |
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| Peripheral nervous system (PNS) |
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somatic and automatic
automic has sympathetic and parasymathetic |
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unconscious
enodcrine system
hormones |
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brain stem
attention and vital life stuff
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survival check
are you breathing?
are you in a coma?
hey, are you ok lol? |
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malleable brains
idea that brain can adapt to make up for losses in itself |
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complex thoughts
cerebral cortex |
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