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Psychology Final
Final Exam Review
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Psychology
12th Grade
05/14/2012

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Seratonin
Definition
Mood Molecule and is related to hallucinations
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Dopamine
Definition
Pleasure Molecule, relates to Schizophrenia 
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Endorphins
Definition
Block Pain Signals/ Pain Inhibitant
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Neurogenesis
Definition
The growing/birth of a nerve cell
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Axon
Definition
Where messeges are transmitted
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Synaptic Knob
Definition
Contains Neurotransmitters
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Sympathetic
Definition
Fight or Flea Stimulation for Survival
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Parasympathetic
Definition
Bodily responces initiated by nerves that sends messages to frontal lobe to restore calmness
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Instinct
Definition
Inborn inflexible goal-directed behaivor that is a characteristic of an entire species 
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Sensation
Definition
Stimulation of the senses
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Receptor Cell
Definition
A specialized cell that responds to a particular type of energy
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Olfaction
Definition
Involves sense of smell
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Gustation
Definition
Involves human capacity to taste
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Kinesthetic
Definition
Involves human capacity to know our body part positioning and movement
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Acetycholine (ACH)
Definition
Stimulates all muscular movement plays a part in memory and alzheimers
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Hypothallamus
Definition
Part of the forebrain that governs motivation
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Hyppocampus
Definition
Part of limbic system that plays an essential role in the formation of new memories
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Parietal Lobe
Definition
Sense of direction
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Frontal Lobe
Definition
Self Awareness
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Left Hemisphere
Definition
Dominant
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Aversive Stimuli
Definition
What you want to avoid
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Extinction
Definition
When you are no longer conditioned to respond a specific way
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Spontaneous Recovery
Definition
When conditioned response comes back all of the sudden
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Operant Conditioning
Definition
Learning from Consequences
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Classical Conditioning
Definition
Learning by Association (involuntary)
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Observational Learning
Definition
Learning by Observing
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Vicarious Reinforcement
Definition
Learning through the expieriences of others
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Secondary Reinforcer
Definition
Ex: Money, Praise
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Primary Reinforcer
Definition
Ex: Warmth, Food, Water
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Sensory Storage
Definition
Initially store information
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Short Term Memory (Working Memory)
Definition
Holds information we are aware of or thinking about at any given moment and uses Chunking to store information 
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Schema
Definition
A set of beliefs or expectations about something that is based on past expieriences
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Personality
Definition
Unique patter of thoughts, feelings, and behaivors that persist over time, distinguishes one person from another.
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Sigmund Freud
Definition
Best known of Psychodynamic Theorists
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Anal Retentive
Definition
Excessivley neat, tidy, and orderly
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Defense Mechanism
Definition
Unconscious, unintentional, self-protective instincs or dispositions
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Repression
Definition
An involuntary removal of some memory, desire, thought, or impulse from conciousness
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Somatoform Disorder
Definition
Physical symptoms without any physical cause
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Somatization Disorder
Definition
Vague, reacurrent physical complaints without physical cause
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Conversion Disorder
Definition
Dramatic, specific disibility without any physical cause
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Hypochondriasis
Definition
Minor symptoms interpretted as serious illness
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Body Dismorphic Disorder
Definition
Person becomes pre-occupied with imagined ugliness
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Mania
Definition
Opposite of depression
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Mnemonic
Definition
Memory Aid by Association
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Rhote Rehersal
Definition
Repetition
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Elaborative Rehersal
Definition
Used to form long term memory
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Self-fufilling Prophecy
Definition
A persons expectations about another elicits behaivor from the other person
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Kinesics
Definition
Non-verbal gestures by bodily movements
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Proxemics
Definition
Bodily distances between individuals and groups which suggest a relationship
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Conformity
Definition
Voluntary Yielding of ones own preference or beliefs to the norms of a larger group
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Semantic
Definition
General information
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Episodic
Definition
Details of life
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Explicit/Declaritive Memory
Definition
Easy to retrieve and use
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Implicit Memory
Definition
Emotional and procedural
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Attitude
Definition
Predispositions
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ID
Definition
Impulsive, Irrational, Pleasure Principal. Only personality structure present at birth.
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Superego
Definition
Oedipal Complex, Conscience, ego-ideal
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Ego
Definition
Master of reason
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Anxiety
Definition
When ego is stressed by superego and reality
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"Big Five" traits
Definition
  • Extroversion
  • Agreeableness
  • Conscientiousness
  • Emotional Stability
  • Culture, intellect, openness
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Temporal Lobe
Definition
Where hearing and smell is processed
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Thalamus
Definition
Gateway for all incoming sensory info
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Medulla
Definition
Controls breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure
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Cerebellum
Definition
Coordinates body's movements
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Perception
Definition
Orginization of sensory exeriences into meaningful mental units
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Castration Anxiety
Definition
boy views dad as major threat to his desire for mom
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