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show Plato's teacher. Believed that mind was separate from the body. Knowledge is innate. Nature.  
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show Derived principals from careful observation. Believed knowledge was NOT preexisting. Nurture  
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show Nature. Disected animals and said a fluid in brains cavities contained "animal spirits." Now called nerves.  
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John Locke   show
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show Measured "atoms of the mind." Birth of psychology.  
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William James   show
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Edward Titchener   show
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Mary Calkins   show
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show First female psych PhD. 2nd female APA president. Wrote "the animal mind." Denied to join organization of experimental psychologists.  
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Confounding variable   show
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Control group   show
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Correlational coefficient   show
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Normal curve   show
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show All cases in a group being studied where samples may be drawn.  
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show Sample that fairly represents a population because each member had equal chance of inclusion.  
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Statistical significance   show
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show Neural impulse; breif electric charge that travels down an axon.  
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Adrenal glands   show
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Autonomic nervous system   show
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Axon   show
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Central Nervous System   show
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Dendrite   show
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show "slow" chemical communication system. Set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.  
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show Neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure.  
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Motor neurons   show
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show Layer of fatty tissue encasing fibers of many neurons. Causes greater speed of neural impulses.  
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show Bundled axons connecting CNS with muscles, glands, and sense organs.  
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Nervous system   show
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show Chemical messages manufactured by endocrine glands. Travel through blood stream and effect other tissues.  
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Neurotransmitters   show
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show Calms the body and conserves energy.  
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show Endocrines most influential gland. Regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.  
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Reuptake   show
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Sensory neurons   show
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Somatic nervous system   show
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show Division of ANS that arouses the body in stressful situations.  
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Synapse   show
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Threshold   show
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show Two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to emotion.  
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Aphasia   show
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Association areas   show
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show Oldest part and central core of the brain. Responsible for automatic survival functions.  
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show Controls language and expression; usually in left frontal lobe.  
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Cerebellum   show
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show Fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemisphere; ultimate control and information processing center.  
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show Interdiseiplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition.  
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show Large band of neural fibers connecting the 2 hemispheres and carrying messages between them.  
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show Information is often simotaneously processed on separate concious and unconcious tracks.  
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EEG   show
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show Portion of cerebral cortext just behind the forehead; involved in making plans and judgements.  
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fMRI   show
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show Support, nurish, and protect neurons.  
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show Directs maintenance activities.  
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show Continuing to see an image after it's left.  
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show Mental short-cut relying on readily available knowledge.  
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Misinformation Effect   show
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Optimistic Explanatory Style   show
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show Forgetting because of events that occurred prior to what you wanted to learn.  
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Drive Reduction Theory   show
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show Maintaining a balanced and constant internal state.  
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Incentive   show
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show Sugar that circulates in blood to provide energy for body tissues.  
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show Where a persons "weight thermostat" is set.  
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Basal Metabolic Rate   show
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Sexual Response Cycle   show
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Refractory Period   show
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Estrogens   show
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show Most important male sex hormone.  
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Sexual Orientation   show
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Emotion   show
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show Responses caused by physiological responses to emotion - arousing stimuli.  
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show Physiological response and emotion appear simultaneously.  
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Two-Factor Theory   show
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show Releasing aggressive energy, relieves aggressive urges.  
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show Tendency yo be helpful when already in a good mood.  
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show Forming judgements based on prior experience.  
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show Thinking we're worse off than who we compare ourselves to.  
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show Applying behavioral and medical knowledge to health and disease.  
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show How we precieve and respond to events.  
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show Response to stress; alarm, resistance, exhaustion.  
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show Competitive, hard-driving, impatient, and anger-prone.  
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show Term for easy-going, relaxed people.  
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show How endocrine, neural, and psychological processes effect the immune system.  
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show Blood cells apart of immune system.  
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ADHD   show
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show Thought that psychological disorders are treatable via hospitals.  
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Anxiety Disorders   show
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GAD   show
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Panic Disorder   show
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Phobia   show
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show Unwanted repetitive thoughts or/and actions.  
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PTSD   show
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Somatoform Disorder   show
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show Very specific physical syptom with no physiological basis.  
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show Interpreting normal physical sensations as a disease.  
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show Concious awareness becomes seperated from memories.  
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DID   show
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show Characterized by emotional extremes.  
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Mania   show
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Bipolar Disorder   show
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show Disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions.  
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show False beliefs. Often of persecution or grandeur.  
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show Empathetic listening with echoes, restatements, and clarification.  
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Antianxiety Drugs   show
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show Drugs used to treat depression and sometimes anxiety.  
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Antipsychotic Drugs   show
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show Counter conditioning associating a Unpleasant State with a Unwanted Behavior.  
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show Learning principals to the elimination of Unwanted Behavior.  
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show Prescribed medications acting on the nervous system.  
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Client-Centered Therapy   show
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Cognitive Therapy   show
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Cognitive-behavioral Therapy   show
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show Evoking new responses to stimuli; exposure therapy and aversive conditioning.  
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Eclectic Approach   show
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show Electric current through depressed patient.  
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show Intregrating research, expertise, and preferences in decision-making.  
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Exposure Therapy   show
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show Views unwanted behavior as influenced by a member of the family.  
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Insight Therapy   show
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show Dream meanings, resistances, promoting insight.  
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Lobotomy   show
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Meta-Analysis   show
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show Freud's theory to analyzing thoughts and unconcious motives.  
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show Effects of drugs on behavior and mind.  
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show View individuals as responding to unconcious forces and childhood experiences.  
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Psychosurgery   show
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show Treatment between therapist and person looking to ove4rcome a problem.  
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Regression Toward the Mean   show
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Resilence   show
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Resistence   show
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Systematic Desensitization   show
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Tardire Dyskinesia   show
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show Exchanging tokens for desired behavior for treats/priveledges  
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Transference   show
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show Seeing someone positively despite wrong doings.  
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