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The science of psychology, the biological perspective, and learning.

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Wilhelm Wundt   show
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Abraham Maslow   show
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show Lived after getting a steel rod go through his head.  
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Carl Rogers   show
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John Watson   show
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Ivan Pavlov   show
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B. F. Skinner   show
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Sigmund Freud   show
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show Focus on operant conditioning, punishment, and reinforcement  
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show Free will. Self-acutalization  
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Cognitive Perspective   show
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show Modern psychoanalyis  
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show Relationship between social behavior and culture  
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show Behavior to biological events.  
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Evolutionary Perspective   show
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show Tremendous amounts of detail given but cannot apply to others.  
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show data from large numbers of people. Have to ensure representative sample. Courtesy bias.  
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Naturalistic Observation   show
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show control over environment and allows use of specialized equipment. but may result in artificial behavior  
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show to determine cause-and-effect relationships  
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show description, explanation, prediction, and control  
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show What is happening?  
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Explanation   show
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Prediction   show
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show How can it be changed?  
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show Scientific study of behavior  
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show Variables related in same direction  
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Negative Correlation   show
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show definition of a variable of interest that allows it to be directly measured  
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representative sample   show
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show clinical, counseling, development  
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show PH.D., academic training  
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show M.D. or D.O., specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.  
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show Therapy based on Sigmund Freud  
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show Masters degree, trained in social work,focus in environmental conditions that impact a person.  
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show The focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind.  
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Functionalism   show
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show Focusing on perception and sensation, particularly the perception of patterns and whole figures.  
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show The theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud  
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show Tubelike structure that carries the neural message to other cells  
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Dendrites   show
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show the cell body of the neuron responsible for maintaining the life of the cell  
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Receptor Sites   show
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show Fatty substances produced by certain glial cells that coat the axons of neurons to insulate, protect, and speed up the neural impulse.  
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show chemical found in the synaptic vesicles that, when released, has an effect on the next cell  
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Synaptic Vesicles   show
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show Major inhibitory neurotransmitter, involved in sleep and inhibits movement  
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Dopamine   show
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Serotonin   show
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show process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles  
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Nerve   show
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show cell that provide support for the neurons to grow on and around, deliver nutrients to neuron, produce myelin to coat axons, clean up waste products and dead neurons.  
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Basic types of neurons   show
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show The ability within the brain to constantly change both the structure and function of many cells in response to experience or trauma.  
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show division of the PNS consisting of nerves that control of the involuntary muscles, organs, and glands  
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show division of the PNS consisting of nerves that carry information from the senses to the CNS and from the CNS to the voluntary muscles of the body  
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show Responsible for fight or flight events  
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Parasympathetic   show
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EEG   show
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PET   show
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show using computer-controlled x-rays of the brain  
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show using radio waves and magnetic fields of the body to produce detailed images  
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show mri-based. allows for functional examination of brain areas through change in brain oxygenation.  
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show medulla, pons, retucular formation, and cerebellum  
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Cerebellum   show
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Cerebral Cortex   show
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Hippocampus   show
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show fear responses and memory of fear  
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Corpus Callosum   show
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Medulla   show
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Hypothalmus   show
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show frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital  
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Broca's aphasia   show
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Wernicke's aphasia   show
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spatial negelect   show
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Adrenal   show
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show regulates metabolism  
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show controls blood sugar levels  
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show sex glands  
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Pituitary   show
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Left hemisphere   show
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Right Hemipshere   show
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show learning to make an involuntary response to a stimulus  
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Stimulus generalization   show
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show tendency to stop making a generalized response to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus.  
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show the disappearance of a learned response  
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Spontaneous Recovery   show
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show occurs when a strong conditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus  
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Conditioned emotional response   show
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show classical conditioning of a reflex response or emotion by watching the reaction of another person.  
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show development of nausea or aversive response to a particular taste.  
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biological preparedness   show
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show classical conditioning occurred because the conditioned stimulus became a substitute for the unconditioned stimulus  
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cognitive perspective   show
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Operant conditioning   show
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show law stating that if and action is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated  
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Operant   show
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Reinforcement   show
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show event or object that increase the likelihood of that response occuring again  
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show any reinforcer that is naturally reinforcing by meeting basic biological needs.  
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show after being paired with primary reinforcer becomes reinforcing  
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show the tendency for a response that is reinforced after some correct responses to be very resistant to extinction  
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Continuous reinforcement   show
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discriminative stimulus   show
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successive approximations   show
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instinctive drift   show
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show the use of operant conditioning to bring about desired changes in behavior  
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show rewarded with tokens  
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show uses a variety of behavioral techniques to mold a desired behavior or response  
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biofeedback   show
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neurofeedback   show
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show learning that remains hidden until application is useful  
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insight   show
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learned helplessness   show
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observational learning   show
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learning/performance distinction   show
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