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AP PSYCH Final 12/19

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psychology   scientific study of behavior and mental processes  
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psychiatry   type of psychology that is focused on diagnosing, treating, and curing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders  
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nature v nurture   nature- most ideas thoughts traits etc are passed down genetically nurture- mind was a blank slate upon which experience creates  
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psychoanalytical approach   Sigmund Freud unconscious mind psychoanalytic theory iceberg theory defense mechanisms  
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biological approach   Hippocrates genetics glands hormones chemicals pre-wired personality  
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humanistic approach   Maslow Carl Rogers gives us the most freedom to choose our behavior and personality hierarchy of needs self actualization  
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cognitive approach   Julian rotter mental processes internal and external locus of control  
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sociocultural approach   Zimbardo #1 approach today cultural norms, values, and expectation  
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clinical psychology   provides continuing and comprehensive help for mental illness medically  
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counseling psychology   focus or normative developmental and mental health issues and challenges faced by individuals  
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psychopharmacology   study of use of medications in treating mental disorders  
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psychometrics   quantification and measurement of mental attributes  
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research psychologist   use scientific methods to examine questions and test hypothesis  
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applied psychologist   how to put/ apply psychological theories to everyday life  
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industrial psychologist   scientifically based solutions to human problems in work or other organizational settings  
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theory   a claim that is tested  
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hypothesis   a testable statement (if then statement)  
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case study   a thorough study of a single person  
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naturalistic observation   behavior is observed in a natural setting  
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correlation/ causation   correlation- something seems to be connected, circumstantial causation- they are directly linked  
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survey   questionnaires and/or interviews that are used to gather information  
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experiment/filed/lab   investigation in which a hypothesis is tested  
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control group   group that isn't experimented on  
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experimental group   group that is experimented on  
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independent variable   variable that is being changed by the scientists  
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dependent variable   variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment  
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confounding variables   variables that could skew the outcome  
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random sampling   randomly select participants for a study so everyone has an even chance of being selected  
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placebo   a treatment that seems to be real but really has no effect  
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single/double blind studies   single- participants don't know what treatment group they are in but the researchers do double- neither the participants or researchers know the treatment groups  
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researcher/hindsight bias   researcher- encouraging one answer over another hindsight- "i knew it all along"  
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empiricism   based on concerned with or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic  
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central nervous system   decision maker brain spinal cord  
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peripheral nervous system   gathers and transmits the decisions  
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neurons afferent   towards brain  
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neurons efferent   away from brain  
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neurons sensory   detect physical and chemical changes  
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neurons motor   outgoing messages to the muscles  
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dendrite   receiving end, listeners  
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axon   transmitter, carries message  
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myelin sheath   makes neuron transmission move faster  
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threshold   value of the membrane potential that leads to the all or nothing initiation of action potential  
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synapse   space between terminal buttons and dendrites  
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nodes of ranvier   gaps in the mylien sheath  
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neurotransmitters   inhibitory v. excitatory  
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acetylcholine   new memories are formed  
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endorphins   elevate mood and decrease pain  
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serotonin   low levels = depression  
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sympathetic nervous system   stress response center  
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parasympathetic nervous system   balances sympathetic system  
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hindbrain   controls basic life support system  
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midbrain   between old and new brain  
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forebrain   'new brain'  
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medulla   hindbrain heartbeat/breathing  
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cerebellum   coordinates movement, judges time, non-verbal learning  
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thalamus   relay center  
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hypothalamus   body maintenance  
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reticular formation   collections of brain stem neurons that relay vital messages for survival  
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amygdala   hottest aggression and deepest fears  
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limbic system   midbrain  
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basal ganglia   collection of neurons that are responsible for motor control  
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frontal lobe   broca's area motor cortex  
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parietal lobe   somatosensory cortex  
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occipital lobe   visual cortex  
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temporal lobe   auditory cortex wernicke's area  
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cerebral cortex   covering over cerebellum mass full of neurons  
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motor cortex   motor skills  
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sensory cortex   skin senses  
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broca's area   LEFT ONLY muscles involved in producing speech  
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wernicke's area   LEFT ONLY comprehension  
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corpus callosum   connecting point between halves of brain  
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endocrine system   slower acting than nervous system Gland Man  
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adrenal glands   adrenaline  
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pituitary gland   growth  
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thyroid gland   controls metabolism  
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gonads   reproductive glands  
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testosterone   male hormone  
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estrogen   female hormone  
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androgen   male sex hormone  
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split brain therapy   two halves of brain don't communicate  
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MRI   magnetic field to see the density of brain material  
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PET   what areas of the brain are most active doing certain tasks  
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CAT   x-ray structure of the brain  
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EEG   look at brain waves  
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Lesioning   precise removal of brain tissue  
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receptive/expressive aphasia   recpetive - someone is able to speak well but what they say might not make sense expressive - cannot speak but has comprehension  
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parkinsons disease   movement disorder of the nervous system that gets worse over time  
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sensation   process of receiving information from the environment  
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perception   selecting and interpreting information from environment  
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absolute threshold   the point in which a stimulus can be detected 50% of the time  
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just noticeable difference (JND)   minimal change in stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time  
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weber's law   JND is proportional and varies from stimuli to stimuli  
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sensory adaptation   decline in receptor activity when stimuli remains constant  
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habituation   sensitivity to stimuli declines after repeated stimuli, but will activate with increase/decrease in stimuli  
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hue   subjective quality of color  
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intensity (eye)   minimum luminescence required to produce a visual sensation  
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cornea   protective layer of eye, outer surface  
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iris   muscle in eye  
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pupil   dilates and constricts depending on amount of light  
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lens   bends light to form image  
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retina   hundreds of thousands of receptor cells TRANSDUCTION  
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cones   center of retina detects color in brighter light  
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rods   periphery of retina see at night, no color  
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accommodation   when new information or existing information effect your schemas  
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optic nerve   where axons are located to send messages to the brain  
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blind spot   optic nerve where all the axons pass out of the eye to the brain  
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ganglion cells   relay information from retina to optic nerve  
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bipolar cells   transmits impulses from eye and transfers them to ganglion cells  
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Young- Helmholtz Theory   we only have 3 types of color receptors  
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opponent process theory   each cone has opposite color on it two colors on each cone  
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color constancy   ability to perceive colors as relatively constant over varying illuminations  
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audition   energy sense sound waves  
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frequency   frequency of neural impulses sent up auditory nerve  
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pitch   number of waves per seconds that pass a certain point  
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intensity (ear)   minimum amount of noise in order to stimulate hearing  
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middle ear   malleus incus stapes  
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inner ear   semicircular cochlea  
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pinna   outer ear  
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cochlea   TRANSDUCTION  
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basilar membrane   contains hair cells and act as the sensory receptors in the ear  
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somatosensation   touch  
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pressure, temp, and pain in relation to touch   3 skin senses lips and nose are most sensitive to pressure ; toes are least  
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gate control theory   some people are wired to feel more pain and vice versa  
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kinesthesis   our body knows where are limbs are in relation to eachother  
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validity   it accurate and precise  
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reliability   if something is the same over multiple experiments  
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bell curve   continuous probable distribution that is symmetrical on both sides of the mean  
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standard deviation   how spread out the data set is  
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mean   average of the data set  
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median   middle values  
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mode   highest repeated number  
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type A   high achievement, competitiveness, impatience  
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type B   easy-going, flexible  
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personality   a person'a characteristics patters of thinking, feeling, and acting  
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id   immediate gratification little devil  
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ego   reality principle  
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superego   conscious, knowing right from wrong little angel  
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defense mechanisms   what ego uses in order to cope  
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repression   preventing thoughts from entering consciousness  
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regression   going backward to an earlier stage of development  
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projection   seeing your own thoughts or motives in others  
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sublimation   channeling prohibited impulses into socially acceptable activities  
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thematic apperception test (TAT)   show someone a photos and have them create a story  
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trait   characteristics  
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personality inventory   long questionnaires that assess several traits at once  
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MMPI   personality inventroy test personality test  
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self actualization   becoming the best version of yourself  
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self esteem   how we value and perceive ourselves  
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external locus of control   destiny or luck  
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internal locus of control   in control  
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gesalt   belief that when we see information we look for patterns  
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figure ground   objects related to their surrounding  
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grouping   proximity similarity continuation closure How we group things together  
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proximity   closer together GROUPING  
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similarity   color, size, shape GROUPING  
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continuation   the ability to create continuous patterns  
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closure   fill in the blank GROUPING  
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depth perception   two types monocular binocular how we perceive distance  
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visual cliff   used to investigate depth perception  
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binocular cues   using both eyes  
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monocular cues   using one eye  
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retinal disparity   left and right vision give different images when focusing on a single object  
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convergence   finer focus Binocular  
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relative size   similar objects can differ in size smaller = further away larger = closer  
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linear perspective   train tracks  
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perceptual constancy   keeping an object constant even though on retina it is consistently change (light, angle, distance)  
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ESP   telepathy  
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parapsychology   the study of things that cannot be proved using scientific psychology  
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olfaction   sense of smell  
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cilia   microscopic hair-like cells on the surface of cells that beat in unison to create movement  
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gustation   taste  
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papillae (taste buds )   packed together = no hot food (tasters) loosly packed = hot food (non tasters)  
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consciousness   level of awareness about yourself and your surroundings  
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subconsciousness   monitoring things you are not attending to in conscious awareness  
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unconscious   repressed thoughts, dreams, odd behavior  
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circadian rhythm   body's clock  
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REM   rapid eye movement barely asleep  
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NREM   stages of sleep  
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alpha waves   awake  
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delta waves   NREM 3 deep sleep  
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insomnia   dissatisfaction of one's amount of sleep  
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narcolepsy   affects the brains ability to control sleep-wake cycles  
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sleep apnea   cannot reach NREM 3 (deep sleep)  
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night terrors   sit up and scream  
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incubus attacks   hallucination of an incubus on your chest  
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nightmares   disturbing dream associated with bad feelings that awakens you  
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manifest content   the actual images, thoughts, and content contained within the dream  
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latent content   symbolic meaning of a dream  
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hypnosis   brink of awareness but instead of perceiving your surrounding, you perceive your emotions and memories  
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posthypnotic amnesia   difficulty remembering after hypnosis  
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psychoactive drug   can alter state of consciousness by affecting state of behavior, mood, and perception  
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tolerance   must make more of the substance to create the same effect  
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depressents   sedatives alcohol  
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hallucinogens   LSD marijuana PCP serotonin  
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stimulants   cocaine meth nicotine caffeine excite neural activity  
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withdrawal   is use of substance is stopped then there would be physical and psychological effects  
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developmental psychology   study of why and how human functioning delevops and changes over time  
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chromosomes   rod shaped structures in DNA and genes found on them  
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genes   code that DNA is arranged into  
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recessive genes   a gene that carries information to DNA  
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dominant genes   expresses itself more dominantly than other genes  
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maturation   sequence of growth and change relatively independent of external events  
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schema   person's knowledge about a situation  
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assimilation   making new information fit within your existing world  
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sensorimotor stage   birth - 2 yrs investigative actions and consequences object permanance developed  
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object permanence   ability to understand that even though you cannot see something, it is there  
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ego centrism   only aware of their perspective  
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peroperational stage   2-7 yrs start to use language to represent objects thinking occurs but it is absent  
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conservation   amount stays the same even though shape changes  
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concrete operational stage   8-12 yrs conservation takes place can draw a map - start to see overall picture  
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formal operational stage   12 - start to think in abstract terms  
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preconventional   youngest group made decisions to avoid punishment, how would action affect them  
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post conventional   true moral reasoning societal rules are not blindly followed  
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conventional   moral reasoning is based off of how others will see your actions social approval  
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psychosexual development   sensual pleasure of the world freud  
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latency stage   6-12 development of moral code, defense mechanisms  
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phallic stage   gender identity  
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genital stage   focus on sexual pleasure through sex organs  
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anal stage   toilet training  
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erik erikson   psychosocial stages  
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piaget   4 stages of cognitive development  
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kohlberg   morality development  
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freud   psychosexual stages  
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oedipus complex   child's attachment to the parent of the opposite sex  
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fixation (freud)   if one of the psychosexual stages was not fulfilled then they will have a fixation on that stage  
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william james   1 president of APA first major psychology book  
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wilhelm wundt   set up first psychological lab  
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sigmund frued   psychoanalysis, unconscious mind, psychosexual approach  
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carl jung   analytical psychology  
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harry harlow   maternal seperation dependency needs social isolation experiments monkeys  
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abraham maslow   humanistic psychology hierarchy of needs  
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stanley milgram   milgram experiment learning and punishment  
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carl rogers   humanistic approach  
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philippe pinel   moral therapy  
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mary ainsworth   child psychology  
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charles darwin   theory of evolution evolutionary perspective  
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