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Psychology Final

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show the human brain has approximately 86 billion neurons  
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Somabody   show
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dendrites   show
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show transports the electrical message  
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myelin sheath   show
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show make it possible for one neuron to interact with other neurons  
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show the larger the axon, the faster the signal  
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show the more myelinated an axon, the faster the signal  
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show space between neurons  
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show transfer info from the axon terminal of one neuron across the synapse to the dendrites of the next neuron  
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Acetylcholine   show
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Beta-endorphin   show
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show mood, sleep and learning  
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show brain function and sleep  
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Glutamate   show
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show heart, intestines, alertness  
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show mood and sleep  
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Glial Cells   show
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Cerebral Cortex   show
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Basal Ganglia   show
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show controls body temperature, hunger, fatigue, sleep  
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Thalamus   show
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Amygdala   show
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Hippocampus   show
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show Substantia nigra, VTA  
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show cerebellum, pons and medulla  
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Concussions   show
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show (more serious) the brain is bruise or torn when it hits the skull  
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Stroke   show
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show seizures resulting from uncontrolled electrical charges in the brain  
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show 50000 babies are born each year in the US with alcohol-related defects(25% qualify for FAS)  
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Psychology   show
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show explain, predict and control  
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structuralism   show
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show Wilhelm Wundt; founded psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany  
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Functionalism   show
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Gestalt   show
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Psychoanalytic   show
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Who founded Behaviorism   show
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Behaviorism   show
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B.F Skinner   show
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show emphasis to understand how we process information  
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Humanistic Existential   show
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Abraham Maslow   show
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show albert- bandura; importance of observational learning  
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Multicultural Psychology   show
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show detailed description of a particular individual; good for researching areas that would be unethical to test  
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naturalistic observation   show
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laboratory observation   show
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electroencephalograms   show
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computed tomography   show
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positron emission tomography   show
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show exists when a drug becomes so central to a person's thoughts, emotions and activities that it is extremely difficult  
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Physical dependence   show
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show a condition in which increasingly larger amounts of a drug are required to produce the effect previously achieved with smaller doses  
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show repetitive behaviors in the face of negative consequences  
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Controversial subjects   show
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show occurs when sensory info is detected by a sensory receptor  
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perception   show
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amplitude   show
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wavelength   show
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frequency   show
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visual spectrum   show
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show frequency of a sound wave  
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show high pitch  
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low frequency wave   show
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show the volume of a sound  
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show all colors in the spectrum are a combination of red, green and blue; 3 types of cones-each correspond to one of the colors  
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Opponent- Process Theory   show
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Binocular Cues   show
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Monocular Cues   show
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Temporal Theory   show
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show different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies  
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Monaural cues   show
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show help located sounds on a horizontal plane  
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show the inability to hear  
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show failure to transmit neural signals from the cochlea to the brain  
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show being born deaf  
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show caused by age, genetics, exposure to extreme noise, illnesses, damage from toxins  
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show sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami and fatty; life cycle of 10-14 days; 2000-8000 taste buds  
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vestibular sense-   show
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show perception of body position  
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show percept ion of body's movement through space  
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figure   show
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show background to the primary focus  
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show a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience  
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2 types of learning   show
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show classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning  
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show Ivan Pavlov  
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show process by which we learn to associate stimuli and to anticipate events  
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operant conditioning   show
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elements of operant conditioning   show
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antecedent   show
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show something an organism does  
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reinforcement   show
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show any outcome that decreases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated  
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