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Psychology Test 2
Test 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/09/2012

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Consciousness
Definition
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
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Inattentional Blindness
Definition

The inability to see an object or a person in our midst. 

Ex: Gorilla

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Circadian Rythyms
Definition
Occur on a 24 hour cycle and include sleep and wakefulness. Termed our "biological clock," it can be altered by artificial light. 
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Fourth Stage of sleep
Definition
Deepest stage. Where you sleep walk and sleep talk. 
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Fifth stage of sleep (REM)
Definition
Breathing increases, eyes move, and dreaming occurs
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Sleep Deprivation
Definition

Fatigue

Impared Concentration

Emotional Irritability

Depressed Immune System

Obesity

Greater Vulnerability

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Insomnia
Definition
A persistent inability to fall asleep
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Narcolepsy
Definition
Overpowering urge to fall asleep that may occur while talking or standing up
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Sleep Apnea
Definition
Failure to breathe when asleep
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Hypnosis
Definition

Anyone can experience it

It cannot help recall of forgotten events

Cannot force people to act against will

Can be therapuetic 

Can alleviate pain

Term
Depressants 
Definition

Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.

 

Examples: 

Alcohol 

Barbituates

Opiates

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Stimulants
Definition

Drugs that excite nueral activity and speed up body functions. 

Examples:

Caffiene

Nicotine

Cocaine

Ecstacy

Amphetamines

Methamphetamines

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Cocaine
Definition

Induces immediate euphoria followed by a crash.

Crack (a form of this) can be smoked.

Other forms can be sniffed or injected.

Term
Four Developments of life span
Definition

Physical development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

Moral Development

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Teratogens
Definition
Chemicals or viruses that can enter the placenta and harm the developing fetus
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Maturation
Definition

The development of the brain unfolds based on genetic instructions, causing various bodily and mental functions to occur in sequence- standing before walking, babbling before talking.

Experience has little effect on this.

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Schemas
Definition
Actions or mental representations that organize knowlege 
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Assimilation
Definition
Incorporating new information into existing schemas
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Accomodation
Definition
Adjusting existing schemas to fit new information and experiences
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Organization
Definition
Grouping isolated behaviors and thoughts in a higher-order system
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Equilibrium
Definition
A shift, a resolution of conflict to reach a balance
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Sensorimotor Stage
Definition
babies take in the world by looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping. Children younger than six months do not grasp object permanence (objects that are out of sight are also out of mind)
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Preoperational Stage
Definition

From age 2 to about 6 or 7, kids cannot perform mental operations

example: The water level in the flasks

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Egocentrism
Definition

Cannot percieve things from someone else's point of view

Ex: Preschool children are egocentric

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Authoritarian
Definition
Parents impose rules and expect obedience
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Permissive
Definition
Parents submit to children's demandss
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Authoritative
Definition
Parents are demanding but responsive to their children
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Preconvential morality
Definition
Before age 9, children show morality to avoid punishment or gain reward
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Conventional morality
Definition
By early adolescence, social rules and laws are imposed by others
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Postconventional morality
Definition
morality is internal and follows personally percieved ethical principles. When is it okay to break the rules?
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