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Psychology Final Exam
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/04/2013

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Term
Psychology
Definition
-literally-the study of the mind
-The science of behavior(crying/smiling) and mental processes(feeling/thinking)
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What are the 5 types of psychological research?
Definition
-Experiment
-Correlational Studies
-Survey
-Naturalistic Observation
-Case studies
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What is Experimental Research (This question relates to the 5 types of psych research)
Definition
-Tool used to identify cause and effect under tightly controlled conditions
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Correlational Studies (5 types of Psych research)
Definition
-The relationship between variables is studied
-correlation coefficient summarizes/rates the relationship btwn the 2 variables(-1.0 to 1.0)
-0:no relationship
-positive:one variable increases, so does the other
-negative:one variable increase, the other decreases
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Survey ( 5 types of psych research)
Definition
-Ask for information
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Naturalistic Observation ( 5 types of psych research)
Definition
-Researchers observe subjects in own surroundings
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Case studies ( 5 types of psych research)
Definition
-Focus on a few ppl (or 1)
-in depth study w/ rare/unusual ppl
-Criticism: subjective/small sample size
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Independent Variable
Definition
A stimulus condition that the experimenter changes differently from all the controlled experiemnts
-Depends on what is being controlled in experiment
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Dependent Variable
Definition
Responses of ppl in experiment
-Depends on conditions on which the subjects have been exposed to
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What are the applied Psychological Specialties?
Definition
-Industrial/Organizational
-Sports
-Engineering
-School
-Rehabilitation
-Clinical/Couselors
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Neurotransmitters
Definition
-Release chemical contents into synapse
-Send messages across gap to next neuron in the train
-Strongly refer to table 2.1 for list of neural transmitters
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Corpus Callosum
Definition
-Deals with Cerebral Dominance
-bundle of nerve cells that connect the two hemisphere of the brain and relay info between the two
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classical conditioning
Definition
-form of behavioral learning
-a neutral stimulus gets power to mimic the same response by the other stimulus
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Positive Reinforcement
Definition
Stimulus GIVEN to increase the chance of a response reoccurring
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Negative Reinforcement
Definition
Stimulus TAKEN away to increase the chance of a response reoccurring
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Positive punishment
Definition
aversive (to avoid) stimulus is given to decrease chances of reoccurring behavior (spanking,time out)
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Negative punishment
Definition
removal of stimulus as consequence to decrease chance of reoccurring behavior (take away car keys, phone
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3 tasks of memory
Definition
encoding,storage and retrival
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What are the 3 stages of memory
Definition
-sensory
-working/short term memory
-long term
Term
anterograde amnesia
Definition
disability in forming NEW memories
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retrograde amnesia
Definition
loss of PRIOR memory
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What are the 3 stages of Prenatal development?
Definition
-zygote
-embryo
-fetus
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