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31 Cards in this Set
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Hindshight Bias |
Tendency people have to view events as more predictable then they really are. Believing that they knew the outcome of an event before knowing. |
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Hypothesis |
A proposition for the occurrence of phenomena. |
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Thesis |
What you believe and what you intend to prove. |
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Case Study |
In- Depth study of one person |
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Correlation Research |
A statistical measurement of the relationship of two variables |
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Experimental Method |
Manipulating one variable to determine if changes in one variable cause change in another |
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Synapse |
The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron |
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PET Scan |
Visual display of the brain |
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Amygdala |
Linked to Emotion |
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Hippocampus |
Memory |
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Thalamus |
Replies to the cerebellum and medula |
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Plasticity |
The brain's ability to change, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways |
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REM Sleep |
Rapid eye movement, sleep stage during which vivid dreams occur |
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Sleep Apnea |
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings. |
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Temperament |
A person characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
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Central Nervous System |
Made up of the brain and spinal cord |
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Peripheral Nervous System |
Made up of the nerve fibers that branch off from the spinal cord and extend to all parts of the body, including the neck and arms, torso, legs, skeletal muscles and internal organs |
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Dendrites |
A short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body |
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Axon |
A nerve fibre, is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body |
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Cell Body |
Is the bulbous end of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus |
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Endocrine System |
The collection of glands of an organism that secrete hormones directly into the circulatory system to be carried towards a distant target organ |
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Placebo Effect |
A substance with no medical effects. Is a fake treatment that in some cases can produce |
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Myelin |
A material that forms a layer, the myelin sheath, usually around only the axon of a neuron |
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Degeneration of Myelin Sheath |
Multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Neuromyelitis Optica, transverse myelitis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, central pontine myelinosis |
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"Master Gland" |
Also known as the Pituitary Gland, controls the functions of many of the other endocrine glands attached to the hypothalamus |
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Teratogens |
Any agent that can disturb the development of an embryo or fetus. Teratogens may cause a birth defect in the child |
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Pruning |
The normally occurring process that change and reduce the number of neurons, synapses and axons that exist within the brain and nervous system |
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Collectivism |
A social psychological term that relates to the manner in which humans identify themselves and prioritize their goals |
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Individualism |
A social psychological term that refers to the ways in which people identify themselves and focus their goals |
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Natural Selection |
The gradual process by which heritable biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of the effect of inherited traits on the differential reproductive success of organisms interacting with their environment |
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Endorphins |
Endogenous opioid inhibitory neuropeptides. They are produced by the central nervous system and pituitary gland, natural pain and stress fighters |
