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Psychology

9-27-23-10-23-23

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When does sensation occur? When information interacts with our sensory receptors.
sensory receptors? how we receive information through our sensors
What does Perception do? It interprets our senses
What are the 5 senses? Sight, Taste, Hearing, Touch, Smell
What is Vision? Its the king of the senses.
How much of the world's information do we take in through our eyes? 80%
3 Parts of the eye? Sclera, Pupil, Iris
What is the sclera? The white part of the eye, it protects the eye from damage and helps maintain the shape.
What is the Pupli? Its the dark round opening of the eye, it lets light reach the back of the eye
What is the Iris? The color part of the eye
What is heterochromia? two different colored eyes; one eye gets more pigment than the other eye.
Normal vision? The lens of the eye focusses the image of what's being looked at directly on the retina.
What is Myopia? near-sited When the eyeball is longer than normal It focuses on far away objects in front of the retina instead of on it
Near-sited means? (myopia) You can see close objects but have a hard time with far away objects.
Hyperopia? far-sited You focus objects behind the retina
Far-sited means? you can see far away objects but have a hard time with close objects.
Amblyopia is? Lazy eye
Astigmatism? The cornea is oval instead of rounded
What is Nystagmus? Rapid abnormal movement
Computer vision syndrome? We stop blinking when on electronics
How much does your blinking decrease by when on electronics? 50%
When our eyes get dry what rule should we follow? Explain the rule) 20/20/20 Every 20mins on the electronic we look away for 20secs at something that is 20ft away.
Presbyopia is? (Describe it) Old eyes A decline in close range focusing ability.
What 3 steps can keep our eyes healthy? Don't smoke, Eat a healthy diet or multi-vitamins, Wear sunglasses.
What is our dark/light adaption? Cones and Rods
Cones are? Colored vision, we use them in the day and well lit rooms
Rods are? Black & white, night time poor lit rooms
What is Trichromatic ? Normal color vision, you can see all 3 primary colors, red, green, blue
Dichromatic is? Can only see 2 colors, Color vision deficiency
Protanopia is? When you have a hard time with red
Deuteramatic is? When you have a hard time with green.
Tritanopia is ? When you have a hard time with blue
Monochromatic is? When you see no color at all/ color blind
Hearing is the ____________ Most easily damaged
What is conduction hearing impairment? Damaged ear drums or bones in the ear drum.
Nerve hearing impairment? Nervous tissue in the inner ear is destroyed.
What is Tinnitus? A high pitch ringing (usually if you work in loud environments.
What is Presbycusis? Old ear
What is Old ear? Progressive lost of hearing in both ears for high pitch sounds.
What is the Decibel level? 85% or higher
Noise and behavior? People who work or live near noisy places have higher rates of anxiety disorder and higher rates of stress disorder (blood sugar)
Females are what by noise at home? Negatively Impacted
Where are men more impacted by noise at? Work
Men can do what with noise? Tune it out better.
What noise has an impact on men and woman equally? Babies crying
Taste is what kind of sense? Chemical sense
What does taste help us process? The Chemicals in the air
What are the 4 taste sensations? Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter
Who came up with the 4 taste sensations? Hans Heming in 1916
What's the 5th taste sensation? Unami?
What is Unami? Asian term for brothy
Who made the 5th taste sensation? B. Lindeman in 1996
What is considered Unami? Sou Sauce, Tuna, Parmesan cheese, Mushroom, Tomatoes
Humans have how many tastes buds? 300-10,000
What are supertasters? People who have 10,000 tastebuds and they can taste everything to the extrem
What's your blind-spot? No tastebuds in the middle of the tongue
Why does spicy food affect us? It hits our Trigeminal nerve at the back of the throat and spicy food hits that nerve ending making your mouth hot.
What are Endorphins? A natural Opyd that our brain releases.
What is condition taste aversion? When you learn to associate getting sick with the food or drink you consumed before throwing up.
What is Taste Sensitivity for babies? Babies show a present for sweet bcs of breast milk
When do babies show a like for salty taste? Around 4 months.
Smoking and Drinking affect what? your tastebuds
What does taste and smell work together to do? They help us register and interpret the chemicals in the air
What is Anosmia? Complete lost of smell
What is Hyposmia? Partial lost of smell
When does your smell peak? At 20 yrs old
Mens hearing does what? Declines faster
Touch is what kind of sense? A Somesthetic sense (to do with skin)
(Touch) What are the 3 different systems? Kinesthetic sense, Vestibular Senses and Skin Senses
What is Kinesthetic Sense? Body Movement and positioning.
What is Vestibular Senses? (In your ear) Stay balanced and motion sickness, Motion sickness when your eyes are seeing something from the vestibular.
What is skin senses? Touch, Temperature, Pressure, and Pain.
(Personality Theories) What is the Psychodynamic Approach? All about the unconscious (Hidden parts of the mind)
(Personality Theories) What is the Psychoanalytic Theory? The Mind is divided into 3 parts
(Personality Theories) Who made the Psychoanalytic theory? Sigmund Freud
(Personality Theories) What are the 3 parts of the Psychoanalytic theory? Preconscious mind, Conscious mind, and the Unconscious.
(Personality Theories) What is the Preconscious mind? Long term memory
(Personality Theories) What is the Conscious mind? Short Term memory
(Personality Theories) What is the Unconscious? Dreams, Hidden part of the mind, you don't know what's happening.
(Personality Theories) Sigmund Freud was the first person to what? first person to interpret dreams. (what dreams mean) Water means mother. Freudian theory.
(Personality Theories) What is the Freudian Slip? Supposed accidental Slips of the tongue.
(Personality Theories) What's the Id? Instinctive urges, PLESSURE principle operate, the goal is to imamate classification.
(Personality Theories) What's the Ego? Develops overtime/ as we mature. The ego operates on the reality on the reality principal It uses LOGIC, and RESENING (the boss of your personality)
(Personality Theories) What is the superego? Your conscious, its known as the moral Brance or part of the personality. Makes you feel GUILTY = Psychosexual stages. (the Stay in order)
(Personality Theories) What is Oral stage? First 18 months of life = sucking, biting, and chewing.
(Personality Theories) What is Anal Stage? 18 months-3yrs, getting control of waste (going potty or holding it)
(Personality Theories) What is Phallic Stage? 3yrs-6yrs. They start to develop feelings for the parent of the opposite sex. They see the parent of the same sex as competition.
(Personality Theories) Castration anxiety is? When guy gets Dedimus complex.
(Personality Theories) Penis Envy is? Electra complex (girls get it)
(Personality Theories) What is Latency stage? 6yrs-12 All Sexual feelings pushed away.
(Personality Theories) What is Genital stage? Puberty and +. All the sexual feelings come back but they are towards people not of the family.
(Personality Theories) Fixate= Anal Retentive? Uptight ridged, your way.
(Personality Theories) Anal Expulsive? Same as anal retentive but they are slobs
(Personality Theories) What are neo-Freudians? Followers of Sigmund Freud
(Personality Theories) Who made the Analytical Theory? Carl Jung , 12 steps
(Personality Theories) Who made the Sociocultural theory? Karen Horney
(Personality Theories) What did Karen Horney say? She spoke out against Penis envy in 1920 she believed that mean got womb envy
(Personality Theories) Who made Individual Psychology? Alfred Adler
(Personality Theories) What is individual psychology? Birth order theory. Oldest= achievement, Baby=spoiled, Middle more social.
(Personality Theories) What is the Humanistic approach? The positive psychology appearance Developed in reaction, all about a persons self-concept
(Personality Theories) Who is Carl Rogers? A humanistic He made the Client- centered. theory.
(Personality Theories) What is the Client-centered theory? Everybody has the potential for fulfillment and growth, but you need 3 things to achieve it.
(Personality Theories) What are the 3 Needs to achieve client-centered theory? Genuineness, Unconditional Positive regard, Empathy
(Personality Theories) Genuineness? Presents yourself as who you truly are.
(Personality Theories) Unconditional Positive regard Someone who gives you complete acceptance for who you are.
(Personality Theories) Empathy? When someone really listens to you and they try to see your point of view. (but may not agree with you)
(Personality Theories) Who is Abraham Maslow? A humanistic His theory was the Hierarchy of needs.
(Personality Theories) What is the Hierarchy of needs? All and every action we do is bcs it meets some type of need
(Personality Theories) What are the 5 levels? Physiological, Safety, Love and belonginess, Esteem, Self-Actualization.
(Personality Theories) What is Trait theories? Every person is born with a personality or trait.
(Personality Theories) What are the Big 5 (factored models) ? (Ocean) Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeable, Neuroticism
(Personality Theories) Openness? How open you are to trying new things.
(Personality Theories) Conscientiousness? How careful you are with your belongings
(Personality Theories) Extraversion? Someone who is comfortable with being the center of attention
(Personality Theories) Agreeableness? easy going, friendly.
(Personality Theories) Neuroticism? Worry about everything and moody (anxiety)
(Personality Theories) What will the Behavioral Approach never use? introspection
(Personality Theories) Who are the behaviroal approach people? Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, B.F. Skinner
(Personality Theories) Who are the 2 social cognitive theorist? Albert Bandura, Walter Mischel
(Personality Theories) What Experiment did Albert Bandura do? Bobo Doll
(Personality Theories) What experiment did Walter Mischel do? Marshmallow study
(sleep) What 2 types of Insomnia is there? Sleep onset, sleep maintenance
(sleep) What is Sleep onset? Hard time falling asleep
(sleep) What is sleep Maintenance? Roller coaster of falling asleep and staying up
(sleep) Who is more likely to get insomnia? Woman (meds also encourage it)
(sleep) Somniloquy Talking in your sleep.
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