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Undergraduate 1
04/26/2016

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"Learners"
Definition
Someone recieving the information being taught
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"teachers"
Definition
Someone instilling information into someone else
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Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Definition
Our tendency to form judgement relative to a nuetral level defined by our past experiences 

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Aerobic exercise
Definition
activiaty that increases heart rate and lung fitness
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Alarm Reaction
Definition
The initial stage in the body's response to stressful stimuli, characterized by adaptive physiological changes, such as increased hormonal activity and increased heart rate.
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Amphetamines
Definition
Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes
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Amygdala
Definition
lima bean sized nueral clusters in the limbic system
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Anger
Definition
emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong.
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Antianxiety medications
Definition
drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
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Antidepressant medications
Definition
Drugs used to treat depression,OCD,and Ptsd,
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Anti-Psychotic medications
Definition
drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder
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Antisocial personality disorder
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a disorder in which a person lacks a conscience of wrongdoing, even towards friends and family, may be aggressive (profession could be a con artist)
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Attention
Definition
notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important.
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(ADHD) Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
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A psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention or hyperactivity impulsivity
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Aversive conditioning
Definition
a type of behavior conditioning in which noxious stimuli are associated with undesirable or unwanted behavior that is to be modified or abolished
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Barbiturates
Definition
drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system
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Behaviour Modification
Definition
a treatment approach, based on the principles of operant conditioning, that replaces undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement
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Big Five
Definition
1. Conscientiousness
2. Agreeableness
3. Neurotic-ism
4. Openness
5. Extra-version
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Bio-medical Therapy
Definition
prescribed medications or producers that act directly on the person's physiology
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1.Bipolar disorder/ 2. Manic depressive disorder
Definition
Both forms of depression
1. a mood disorder in which a person switches between hopelessness of depression and manic over-excitement

2. Two or more weeks of the sympotms of depression, loss in interest of things that were once enjoyable, depressed
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Bystander effect
Definition
the tendency for any given bystander to be given aid if other bystanders are present
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Challenge
Definition
a call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a duel
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Cocaine
Definition
a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug
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Cognitive Appraisal
Definition
personal interpretation of a situation; it is how an individual views a situation
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Cognitive Dissonance
Definition
the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort that we feel when two of our thoughts clash
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Cognitive psychology
Definition
a branch of psychology concerned with mental processes (as perception, thinking, learning, and memory) especially with respect to the internal events occurring between sensory stimulation and the overt expression of behavior—compare behaviorism.
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Cognitive therapy
Definition
therapeutic approach new more adaptive ways to think
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Cognitive-behavioural Therapy
Definition
a popular integrative theory that combines cognitive theory (Changing self-defeating thinking) with behaviour therapy (changing behaviour)
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Conformity
Definition
Adjusting our behaviour or thinking to coincide with a group standard
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Conscientiousness
Definition
personality trait of being thorough, careful, or vigilant.
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Counterconditioning
Definition
behaviour therapy that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviours
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Deindividuation
Definition
the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
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delusions
Definition
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany schizophrenia and other disorders
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denial
Definition
the action of declaring something to be untrue.(not acknowledging the true)
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depressants
Definition
drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
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Depression
Definition
a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration.
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Disorganized Thoughts
Definition
Not being able to think straight
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Dissociation
Definition
the disconnection or separation of something from something else or the state of being disconnected.
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Dopamine
Definition
a brain chemical involved in many different functions including movement, motivation, reward — and addiction.
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DSM-5
Definition
A widely used system used to classifying physiological disorders
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Ego
Definition
The largely conscious "executive" part of the personality that, according to Freud balances of the ID, Superego and reality
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Electra Complex
Definition
girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
Definition
eletro shock therapy
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Emotion focused coping
Definition
trying to reduce stress by avoiding or ignoring the stressor
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Equity theory
Definition
a condition in which people recieve from a relationship in portion to what they give
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Euphoria
Definition
a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
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Evolutionary Psychology
Definition
a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e., as the functional products of natural selection.
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Exhaustion
Definition
a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue
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Exposure Thearpy
Definition
Behvaioural techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to things they fear or try to avoid
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External locus of Control
Definition
the perception that chance or outside forces control our fate
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False consensus effect
Definition
the false-consensus effect or false-consensus bias is a cognitive bias whereby a person tends to overestimate the extent to which their beliefs or opinions are typical of those of others
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Feel-good, do-good phenomenon
Definition
our tendency to help others when we are in a good mood
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Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Definition
the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to come back with a larger request
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Free association
Definition
A method to explore the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind
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Freud
Definition
Father of psychoanalysis
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Frontal Lobe
Definition
involved with speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements
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Frustration
Definition
the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.
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frustration-aggression principle
Definition
the principle that frustration- the blocking of the attempt to achieve a goal- creates anger, which generates aggression
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Fundamental Attribution error
Definition
the tendency when analysis others behaviour , to overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimating the effects of the situation
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General Adaptation Syndrome
Definition
Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages.
1. Alaram
2. Resistance
3. Exhaustion
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Group Polarization
Definition
the strengthening of a groups preexisting attitudes through group discussions
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Hallucinations
Definition
false sensory experience
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Happiness
Definition
a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
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Hippocampus
Definition
helps process explicit memories for storage
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Humanistic Perspective
Definition
approach to psychology that emphasizes empathy and stresses the good in human behavior. In politics and social theory, this approach calls for human rights and equality.
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