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Cognitive Psychology with Dr. May

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Science is not   show
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Cognitive Science doesn't rely on   show
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Description   show
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Explaination   show
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Good Theory   show
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show anticipe outcomes that wll have implications for our lives.  
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Naturalistic Observation   show
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show investication that explores relationship bc existing variables. *looks at unmanipulatable variables * cannot prove causality  
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Two important factors of correlation study   show
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What is the strongest and weakes correlation values?   show
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Experimental Designs   show
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show must be operationally defined or can be objectively measurd by all scientist  
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show experimenter comes in with preconcieved ideas  
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Demand Characteristics   show
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show wants to prove you right  
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show doesn't want you to be right  
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show evaluation apprehensive  
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show double blind study  
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show behavior/events have a cause that can be identified  
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Reality of nature   show
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Consistency/Regularity   show
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show 1. Identify problem/ generate hypothesis 2. design an Experiment 3. Conduct experiment 4. Analyze the data 5. Report the data  
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Disadvantages to Human patients with brain damage   show
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show railroad worker w/ frontal lobe damage. Radical behavior change after accident  
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Henry Gustav Molaison "HM"   show
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show retrograde amesia  
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EEG/ERP   show
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show capitalizes on blood flow. measures glucose levels percise but slow  
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show magnetic fields to produce an image of brain *fast and percise *very expensive, clausterphobic, loud  
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Physical energy   show
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show Hue/Color  
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Amplitude   show
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show 125 mill/eye scotopic vision light/dark rhodopsin periphery  
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show 6-7 mill/eye photopic vision color/fine detail iodopsin fovea  
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Sensory receptors convert energy from the world into ____________   show
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show Any color can be produced by mixing pure versions of blue, green and red light in different ratios.  
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show stare at dot. counter colors  
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show pitch  
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amplitude   show
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what are the sensory receptors for audition?   show
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show hair cells at particular place on basilar membrane respond most to a particular frequency of sound.  
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Volley theory or frequency matching theory   show
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show timing of hair cell responses  
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show # of hair ells respond  
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show chemical senses  
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show Basic featues of stimulus are analyzed and recombined to create perceptual experience.  
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show Some aspects are guided by knowledge, expectations are other psychologicl factors.  
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show knowledge from experiences  
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show knowledge innate brain characteristics  
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show storage and organization of information in memory  
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How does the definition of knowledge relate to empiricist and ntivist views?   show
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Internal representation   show
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model   show
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show means to represent the rules used in the establishment of a model.  
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Neuroscience   show
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Computer science   show
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Evolutionary Psychology   show
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show invasive. use probe to measure electronic impulses in the brain.  
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show study of relationships bt stimuli and the sensations and perceptions envoked by stimuli. (threshold studies)  
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show used to study cognitive processes  
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show stimulus is presented and then after a delay, a second stimulus is presented and participant is asked questions about stimuli.  
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show measure eye movement to find information on attention and understand disabilitie like dyslexia  
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show studies on the two hemispheres of the brain  
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Case Studies   show
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show studies involving pictures of the brain as its working  
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show debate on the connection between the mind and body  
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show 1. dendrites 2. cell body 3. axon 4. presynaptic termnals  
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gyri   show
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sulci   show
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cerebral cortex   show
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show brain like a muscle and can be exercised. and like a muscle areas that are well developed will bulge out.  
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show destroying portions of frontal lobe has calming effect.  
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show brain opperates as holistic organ  
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Split-brain research   show
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cerebral commissurotomies   show
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computational brain   show
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show initial detection of energy from physical world  
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show interpretation of sensory information  
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