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brain plasticity
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the brain's capacity for modification; reorganization after damage or trauma
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Asch's Experiment
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studied group conformity
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Milgram Experiment
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studied obedience to authority figures
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Zimbardo Experiment
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studied the relationship between prisoners and guards
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Endocrine System
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a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream
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Parts of the Endocrine System
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hypothalamus, pituitary gland, , thyroid gland, adrenal gland, and gonads,
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Pituitary Gland
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regulates growth
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Thyroid Gland
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affects metabolism
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Adrenal Gland
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triggers fight or flight responses
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Gonads
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sexual arousal
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Central Nervous System
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consists of the brain and the spinal cord
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Peripheral Nervous System
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connects the central nervous nervous system to the rest of the body
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
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calming reaction
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Sympathetic Nervous System
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arousing reaction
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Somatic Nervous System
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controls skeletal muscles (voluntary motion)
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Autonomic
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controls internal organs (involuntary processes)
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Circadian Rhythm
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the 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings
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What are the stages of sleep
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stage 1-4, then REM
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Stage One
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alpha waves
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Stage Two
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sleep spindles
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Stage Three and Four
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delta waves
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What are the three categories of drugs?
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hallucinogens, stimulants, and depressants
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alcohol, opiates, heroine
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depressants
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caffeine, cocaine, ecstasy, meth
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stimulants
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LSD, marijuana, PCP
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hallucinogens
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Bio-psychological Approach
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links biological processes and malfunctions to behavior
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Experimental Conditions
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group that is exposed to the treatment
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Control Conditions
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group that serves as a comparison in order to evaluate the treatment
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Stroboscopic Movement
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when the brain perceives continuous movement in rapid series of slightly varying images
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Perceptual Set
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a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
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Neural Networks
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interconnected neural cells
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Wundt
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created the first psychology lab
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Kahneman's Experiment
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explored how phrasing effected men and women
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Parallel Processing
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the ability to carry out multiple operations or tasks simultaneously
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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the tendancy for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the impact of personal disposition
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Selective Attention
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focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
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Manifest Content
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plot of a dream
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Latent Content
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hidden meaning of the dream
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Motor Cortex
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controls voluntary movements
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Sensory Cortex
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registers and processes body sensations
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Deindividuation
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the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
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