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| According to Determinism... |
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| -every behavior has a cause |
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| positron-emission topography- |
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| -used to measure the amount of activity in various portions of the brain |
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| The belief that human experience can be explained entirely in terms of chemical and electrical events in the brain |
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| Which careers is a psychologist most likely to be employed in? |
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| -College teaching and/or research |
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| -psychologists that work on how to make machinery safe |
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| -Observed people and asked them to report on their subjective experiences. |
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| What is the operational definition of anxiety? |
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| -the amount of muscle tension after hearing a loud noise |
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| -the amount of people that are available to do the study. This biases results. |
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| -a detailed description of a single individual |
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-Positive correlation-
-Negative correlation-
-What kind of correlation indicates no relationship between two variables?- |
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-One variable causes the other
-As one changes, the other variable moves in the opposite way.
-a correlation of 0. means there is no correlation at all-neither positive or negative. |
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| -a means of deciding which people will be in each group |
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| What does the Institutional Review Board (IRB) do? |
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| It judges whether proposed experiments are ethical. |
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| -Insulate and remove waste products from neurons |
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| What are the 3 parts of a neuron? |
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-cell body
-dendrites
-axon |
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Single Subject Study-
Single group study-
Comparison group study- |
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-Where you only test one person and observe them
-Where you test one group of people
-Where you test two groups and compare their results.
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| -Something that you want in an experiment. It is where you get a |
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| Where your body destroys villi in the small intestine making it harder for nutrients to get into your blood stream and therefore giving you less energy. |
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| What are the functions of the Large intestine? |
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-stores water
-has symbiotic bacteria that break down nutrients
-synthesize vitamins |
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| One enzyme that helps break up lactose into two molecules-->glucose and galactose (glucose needed for cell respiration) |
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| -nutrients that can't be made by the body. ex:vitamin c can only be gotten by food |
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| -When proteins lose their original qualities and can lead to death or malfunction of the cell where they are located. |
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How many calories are in each of these?
-carbohydr.
-proteins
-fats-
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-4 calories per gram
-4 calories p gram
-9 calories per gram
-7 calories per gram
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| Why is fat important (2 reasons) |
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-cell membrane needs lipids and therefore fats help in forming cells during mitosis
-energy! (7 calories per gram) |
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| when your body's endocrine glands bloat up because of not enough iodine in your diet. |
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