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LCCC Psychology

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1879?   show
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show looking at specific atoms of the mind ( or structures)  
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show to self examine our emotional states and mental processes  
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show concentrated on how behavior functions and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments  
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show (Hermann Ebbinghaus and Max Wertheimer) focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" sense rather than on the individual elements of perception  
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show objects near each other tend to be grouped together  
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Law of Closure   show
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Margaret Floy Washburn   show
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth   show
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show Studied memory, first female president of the american psychological association  
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Karen Horney   show
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June Etta Downey   show
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show Notable contributions to the treatment of abnormal behavior  
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Mamie Phipps Clark   show
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Neuroscience Perspective   show
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show (Sigmund Freud) behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control  
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behavioral Perspective   show
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cognitive perspective (information processing)   show
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show (Carl Rogers, and Abraham Maslow) Individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior  
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show the scientific study of behavior (what we do) and mental processes (inner thoughts and feelings)  
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nature vs nurture   show
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clinical psychologist   show
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show medical professionals who use treatments like drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients  
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The scientific method   show
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show greater the number of bystanders in an emergency situation, the smaller the share of the responsibility each person feels  
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show designed to systematically investigate a person, group or pattern of behavior  
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naturalistic observation   show
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show A technique in which one person is studied in depth to reveal underlying behavioral principles. It can be more than one person in unique or unusual situations.  
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show two sets of variables are examined to determine whether they are associated, or "correlated"  
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show Behaviors, events, or other characteristics that can change, or vary, in some way  
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show a high (low) value on X tends to be associated with a high (low) value on Y  
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Negative Correlation   show
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show when one trait or behavior accompanies another, we say the two correlate.  
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show is a statistical measure of the relationship between two variables  
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show 1) Maintains naturalness in observation, no artifical setting 2) Takes into account variables you cannot control 3) More economical in terms of time, effort, expense because conditions already exist.  
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show 1) Cannot draw cause-effect statement from correaltion 2) Third variables or spurious relationship may exist.  
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Experiment   show
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show all terms used in a descriptive statement must be defined by some observable measurement. Most basic component of research.  
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show all variables in experiment are being systematically processed so that not more than one variable is changing at a given time  
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show an explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts behavior or events  
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show a testable prediction, often prompted by a theory, to enable us to accept, reject or revise the theory  
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show Experimenters 1)Exert control 2)introduce variables 3)manipulate variables and 4)measure results in terms of a dependent variable  
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show that which you are measuring ( usually a behavior or a mental process.  
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show a factor manipulated by the experimenter. The effect of the independent variable is the focus of the study  
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show conditions experimenters try to prevent from affecting experiment  
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population   show
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sample   show
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show every person has equal chance of being chosen for the experiment  
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random assignment   show
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control group   show
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show exposed to the independent variable  
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show meaningful results, make it possible for researchers to feel confident that they have confirmed their hypotheses  
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show research that is repeated  
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APA Ethical Guidelines   show
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Informed Consent   show
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show factors that distort the way the independent variable affects the dependent variable in an experiment  
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show Experimenters unintentionally transmit cues to subjects about the way they are expected to behave in experimental condition: this affects outcome  
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participant expectations   show
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show the body's information system is built from billions of interconnected cells called: they are nerve cells, building blocks of our nervous system, have a nucleus which incorporates hereditary material, and they have cell membranes  
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cell body   show
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show recieve messages from other neurons and bring information toward the cell body  
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show long single extension of a neuron, covered with Myelin sheath. Takes information away from the cell body.  
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show hold neurons in place, provide nourishment, insulate, repair damage  
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show thin covering over the axon that helps speed up movement of message down the axon  
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terminal buttons   show
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action potential   show
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how neurons fire   show
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threshold   show
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synapse   show
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neurotransmitters   show
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show increase likelihood that neuron will fire  
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show decrease likelihood that neuron will fire  
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reuptake   show
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Types of neurotransmitters   show
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show found at every junction between motor neuron and skeletal muscle; causes muscle to contract plays vital role in learning, memory, and muscle movement  
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dopamine   show
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serotonin   show
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show natural opiates released in response to pain and vigorous exercise  
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show consists of all the nerve cells. It is the body's speedy, electrochemical communication system.  
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show the brain and spinal cord  
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)   show
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show acts to prepare the body for action in stressful situations by engaging all of the organism's resources to run away or confront the threat "fight or flight"  
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Parasympathetic Division   show
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show the body's "slow" chemical communication system. Communication is carried out by hormones synthesized by a set of glands.  
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Hormones   show
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show the "master gland". The anterior pituitary lobe releases hormones that regulate other glands. The posterior lobe regulates water and salt balance.  
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