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28 Cards in this Set
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Absolute poverty |
Poverty wherein people do not have enough resources to acquire basic life necessities such as shelter,food,clothing,and water. |
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Absolute threshold |
The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. |
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Accommodation |
Process by which existing schemata are modified to encompass new information. |
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Acetylcholine |
A neurotransmitter associated with voluntary muscle control. |
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achieved status |
A status gained as a result of direct,individual action. |
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Acquistion |
In classical conditioning,the process of taking advantage of relflexive responses a neutral stimulus into a conditioned stimulus |
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Adaptation |
In perception, a decrease in stimulus perception after a long duration of exposure in learning the process by which new information is processed consists of assimilation and accommodation. |
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Adaptive value |
The extent to which a trait benefits a species by influencing the evolutionary fitness of the species. |
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Ageism |
Prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age |
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aggression |
A behavior with the intention to cause harm or increase relative social dominance can be physical or verbal |
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Alcohol myopia |
The inability to think about consequences and possible outcomes of one's actions due to alcohol intoxication. |
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alertness |
State of consciousness in which one is aware able to think and able to respond to the environment nearly synonymous with arousal. |
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aligning actions |
An impression management strategy in which one makes questionable behavior acceptable through excuses |
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alter casting |
An impression management strategy in which one imposes an identity onto another person. |
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Altruism |
A form of helping behavior in which the persons intent is to benefit someone else at a cost to him- or herself |
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Amphetamine |
A central nervous system stimulant that increases activity of both dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain |
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Amygdala |
A portion of the limbic system that is important for memory and emotion especially fear |
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Anomie |
A state of normlessness anomic conditions erode social solidarity means of excessive individualism social equality and isolation |
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Anxiety disorders |
Disorders that involve worry unease fear and apprehension about future uncertainties based on real or imagined events that can impair physical and psychological health |
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Appraisal model |
A similar theory to the basics model accepting that there are biologically predetermined expressions once an emotion is experienced accepts that there is a cognitive antecedent to emotional expressions |
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Archetype |
In Jungian psychoanalysis a thought or imagine that has an emotional element and is a part of the collective unconsciousness |
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arcuate fasciculus |
A bundle of axons that connects Wernicke's area (language comprehension) with Broca's area (motor function of speech) |
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Arousal |
A psychological and physiological state state of being awake or reactive to stimuli nearly synonymous with alertness |
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Arousal theory |
A theory of motivation that states there Is a particular level of arousal required in order to perform actions optimally summarized by the yerkes-dodson law |
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Ascribed status |
A status that one is given at birth such as race ethnicity or sex |
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Assimilation |
In psychology the process by which new information is interpreted in terms of existing schemata in sociology the process by which the behavior and culture of a group or an individual begins to merge with that of another group |
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Associative learning |
The process by which a connection is made between two stimuli or a stimulus and a response example include classical conditioning and operant conditioning |
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Attachment |
A very deep emotional bond to another person particularly a parent or caregiver |
