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psych ch 1-4
intro to psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | The study of behavior and mental processes |
| Freud | Behavior is controlled by your unconscious desires; psychodynamic theory |
| Pavlov | Conditioning dogs to salivate at the sound of the bell/buzzer |
| What percentage of women achieve PhDs in psychology | Over 50% |
| Sexual orientation | the direction of sexual interest towards members of the same sex, the other sex, or both sexes |
| Gender roles | The expectations that women cook and clean and men have to support their family; &etc. |
| Cause and effect relationship | Demonstrated by experimental research method |
| Case studies | Research method with test subjects |
| Correlation | Relationships between 2 or more variables |
| oldest of modern schools of psychology | NOT cognitive |
| Psychiatrist | This profession is a doctor |
| Neuron | Smallest functional unit |
| Darwin’s theory | Natural selection |
| Amniocentesis | Test to check fetus for problems |
| Chromosomes | 23 pairs in humans |
| Testosterone | Hormone long linked to aggressive behavior |
| Estrogen | Hormone recently linked to aggressive behavior |
| Hypoglycemia | Due to oversecretion of insulin |
| Thyroid | Regulates hormone for metabolism |
| Sympathetic N.S. | Adrenaline from rage/fear |
| Efferent | Send messages FROM brain outward |
| Hypothalamus | Sleep, temp control, eat, drink, emotions, stress reactions |
| Cerebellum | Balance |
| Temporal | Hearing, balance + equilibrium |
| Parietal | Sensory info |
| Depression | From lack of serotonin and norepinephrine |
| Neural impulse | When it reaches the end of the axon, releases neurotransmitters |
| Placebo effect | Believe that pill or procedure will reduce pain |
| Race most sensitive to motion-sickness | Asians |
| Tri-chromatic theory | Color vision |
| Most important sense | Vision |
| Cochlea | Gathers sound waves from external environment |
| Hammer | Part of ear attaches to ear drum |
| Auditory nerve | Receives vibration and sends signals to the brain |
| Lens | Focuses light onto retina |
| Perception | Making meaningful connections |
| Hypnosis | Trance-like state |
| Hallucinogens | Peyote + mescaline |
| Amphetamine | Ecstasy |
| Narcolepsy | Nod off, lose muscle tone |
| Nicotine | Most addictive drug |
| Insomnia | Can’t sleep |
| R. E. M. | Rapid eye movement |
| Adenosine | appears to trigger sleepiness |
| Consciousness | Awareness of mental processes; i.e. deciding |
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