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Chapter 1, 2, 3, 5

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show thoughts & feelings  
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show nervous system & anything associated with it  
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show actions  
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Why is it hard to study psychology?   show
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What serves as the stable factor when studying psychology?   show
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show philosophy & physiology  
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Why is psychology considered a science?   show
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animism   show
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dualism   show
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show study of mind, brain, behavior, & their interactions  
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modified dualism (Descartes)   show
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What part of the brain did Descartes believe allow the mind to interact with the body?   show
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show mind product of the brain (no soul)  
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show knowledge acquired through sensory experiences opposed nativism  
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natural selection (Darwin)   show
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different scientists who tried to understand brain & nervous system (7)   show
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Who founded psychology? When? Where?   show
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show components of thought (parts make whole) & introspection (looking at oneself) - not replicable/consistent  
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show focused on roles of thought & behavior (reasoning) & how they adapt  
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show a lot happened in the unconscious  
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show whole is different from the sum of its parts context & expectations influence what you see  
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show focused on observables & not mind fails to take mental processes & evolutionary history into account  
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What are the 2 categories in psychological disciplines/areas?   show
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What are the steps of the scientific method?   show
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show educated guess, falsifiable ideas in should/shouldn't format  
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show explanation of how things work  
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experiment   show
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show specific mental abilities associated with parts of brain  
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hysteria   show
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show approach to understanding humans with emphasis on positive potential  
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cognitive psychology   show
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behavioral neuroscience   show
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cognitive neuroscience   show
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show mind & behavior adaptive & preserved by natural selection  
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social psychology   show
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show how cultures reflect & shape psychological processes  
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show culture has little influence on psychology  
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show phenomena vary & should be viewed in context of specific culture  
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What are the 3 experimental variables?   show
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show cause & effect  
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show no manipulation helps to see relationships  
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show idiosyncratic - specific to an individual insightful, but not generalizable  
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observational studies   show
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show counterbalancing - balance out costs to remove variability & see only your effects random assignment  
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show unconscious expectations from researchers can influence outcome  
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demand characteristics   show
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single-blind studies   show
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double-blind studies   show
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experiments/studies should have _______ & ________   show
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generalizability   show
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show people who listen to Mozart score better on intelligence tests NOT replicable  
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show informed consent - sign a form debriefing - tell them everything after confidentiality IRB (institutional review board) - approves studies value - cost/benefit ratio  
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show -no needless harm -help others -no coercion -deception needs a good reason -protect powerless & vulnerabl (minors, handicapped, prisoners)  
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validity   show
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types of validity   show
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show replicability  
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inter-rater reliability   show
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normal data distribution curve   show
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descriptive statistics   show
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show evaluate hypotheses using probability  
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show central tendency & variability  
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show mean (arithmetic average) median (middle score) mode (most popular response)  
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When do you want to use the median value?   show
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bimodal data   show
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types of variability   show
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types of data plots   show
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show reliable differences same bar caused by random variation  
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Type I error   show
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Type II error   show
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rule of parsimony   show
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show respect for persons beneficience (max benefits & min risks) justice (benefits & risks distributed equally)  
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third variable correlation   show
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show participants identical in terms of third variable  
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show participant identical to one other in terms of a third variable  
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parts of a neuron   show
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show where info goes out has neurotransmitters on the end  
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dendrites   show
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myelin sheath   show
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show gaps in between axons  
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show white matter - myelinated neurons (white = fat) gray matter - unmyelinated  
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show afferent (sensory) - periphery to CNS efferent (motor) - CNS to periphery interneurons - shuffling info to help mind think  
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show helps maintains neurons  
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show -provide nutrients -clean up waste -hold neurons in place -insulate neurons -remove dead neurons -create myelin  
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show neural impulse --> synapse  
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show -77 mV  
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show gets more positive  
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show all or none - either they fire or they don't randomly fires more impulse = more firing  
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2 important components of neural coding   show
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show potassium and sodium  
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show negative  
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show Na ions flow in  
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What happens during repolarization?   show
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show K gates close pump moves Na ions out & K ions in no action potential can be initiated  
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show -lock & key system -binding site on post-synaptic neuron for vesicles -neurotransmitters are released  
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What are the two types of neurons involved in neural firing?   show
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glutamate   show
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show -inhibitory -anxiety regulation & learning -stimulated by alcohol, barbituates, benzodiazapine  
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neuromodulators   show
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two types of neuromodulators   show
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show -inhibitory -opiods (pain regulation) -blocked by Naloxone  
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cannabinoids   show
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show reuptake with autoreceptors enzymatic deactivation/neutralization  
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show -re-uptake blocker of serotonin -agonist  
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how does learning occur?   show
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two parts of the nervous system   show
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two parts of the PNS   show
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show sympathetic (dynamic) & parasympathetic (relaxed)  
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show brain & spinal cord  
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show forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain  
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show surrounded by cerebral spinal fluid made by ventricles, meninges, blood-brain barrier  
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show glial cells  
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show mediates brain & PNS, reflexes  
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list 3 parts of brain from oldest to newest   show
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2 parts of hindbrain/brain stem   show
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2 parts of myelencephalon   show
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show pons (sensory info, respiration) cerebellum (fine motor control, coordination, balance)  
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show tegementum (reticular activating system..arousal & sleep-waking, movement) tectum (superior colliculus/unconscious vision, inferior colliculus/unconscious hearing, orientation)  
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show motor & metabolic processes  
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what are 3 neurological imaging measures?   show
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what are 4 electrical measures?   show
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compare two types of neurological imaging   show
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show PET (radioisotopes in blood) fMRI (oxygen molecules examined) NIRS (refraction patterns on scalp)  
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why is looking at brain damage not very informative?   show
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show diencephalon & telencephalon  
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2 parts of diencephalon   show
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4 parts of telencephalon   show
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3 parts of limbic system   show
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show -study of the mind -bumps & depressions on skull represent different functions  
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4 lobes of the cortex   show
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how many lobes do you have total?   show
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show damaged frontal lobe led to different emotions & behavior  
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show parts dedicated with respect to how sensitive they are  
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show parts dedicated with respect to how much you need to control it  
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show -active when watching others do things/you do things -origin of empathy  
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example of mirror neurons in action   show
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show strokes, phantom limbs  
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2 types of language areas   show
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show can't speak well, little syntax, can't write, CAN understand, laborious speaking  
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show trouble understanding others & themselves, talk a lot  
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show contralateral except for sense of smell  
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what is the left hemisphere better at (3)   show
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show spatial processing holistic processing  
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how do hemispheres exchange information   show
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show project to opposite hemispheres & respective side of the eye  
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what happens during the resting period of neural firing?   show
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show depolarization until max potential is reached repolarization hyperpolarization  
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salitory conduction   show
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show -inhibitory & excitatory -involuntary motor control -activates muscles  
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show Alzheimer's  
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show -inhibitory & excitatory -regulates motor behavior, motivation, pleasure, emotions  
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show Parkinson's  
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abundance of dopamine   show
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show -excitatory -mood & arousal  
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show -inhibitory -regulation of sleep, eating, aggression  
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L-dopa & MPTP   show
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show -agonist -stimulates release of norepinephrine & dopamine  
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propranalol   show
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show hormone-producing system  
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