Psych 100 Exam 1

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Psychology as a science

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Psychology uses systemic methods to observe human behavior and draw conclusions

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Critical thinking

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The process of reflecting deeply and actively asking questions and evaluating the evidence

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Psychology emerged from what field?

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Philosophy and biology

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Structuralism

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Wundt’s approach to discovering the basic elements or structures of mental processes so called because of its focus on identifying the structures of the human mind

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Charles Darwin

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British naturalist theory of evolution through natural selection (functionalism)

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Neuroscience

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The scientific study of the structure, function , development, genetics, and biochemistry of the neurons system emphasizing that the brain and neurons system are central to understanding behavior thought and emotion

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BF Skinner

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Behaviorist Skinner emphasized that psych should be about what people do actions and behaviors

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Behavioral psych

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Emphasizes the scientific study of observable behavioral responses in their environmental determinants

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Psychodynamic

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An approach to psychology emphasizing unconscious thought the conflict between biological Drives such as the drive of sex and societies demands in early childhood family experiences

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Humanistic

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Emphasizes a persons positive qualities the capacity to positive growth and the freedom to choose one’s destiny

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Evolutionary Psych

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An approach to psychology centered on evolutionary ideas such as adult adaptation reproduction and natural selection as the basis for explaining specific human behaviors

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Cognitive Psych

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Emphasizing the mental processes involved in knowing how we direct our attention perceive remember think and solve problems

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THEORY

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A broad idea or set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain observations and to make predictions about future observations

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Operational definition

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A definition that provides an objective description of how a variable is going to be measured and observed in a Particular study

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Data analysis

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Is when the information collected in a research study is measured and tested in order to glean results

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Meta-analysis

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A method that allows researchers to combine the results of several different studies on a similar topic in order to establish the strength of an effect

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Descriptive research

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Research that determines the basic dimensions of a phenomenon defining what it is how often it occurs and so on

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Correlation

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Research that examines the relations between variables with the purpose of determining whether and how two variables change together

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Observation

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Observational methods and psychological research entail observation and description of a subjects behavior observation is one method for collecting research data involves watching a participant and recording relevant behavior for later analysis

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IQ

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Intelligence quotient a standard measure individuals intelligence level based on psychological

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Experiment research

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A carefully regulated procedure in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables that are believed to influence some other variable

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Sympathetic

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A part of the nervous system that serves to accelerate the heart rate constrict blood vessels and raise blood pressure the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system constitute the autonomous nervous system

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CNS

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The part of the nervous system which invertebrates consists of the brain and spinal

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Nerves

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Is the body’s electrochemical communication circuitry

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Autonomic-nervous system

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The body system that text messages to and from the body‘s internal organs monitoring such processes as breathing heart rate and digestion

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Parasympathetic

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The part of the autonomy nervous system that calms the body

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Neuron

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One of two types of cells in the nervous system neurons are the nerve cells that handle the information processing function

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Dopamine

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Dopamine helps to control voluntary movement in effect sleep mode attention learning and the ability to recognize opportunities rewarding experiences in the environment stimulant drug such as cocaine and amphetamines produce excitement alertness and sometimes increase motor activity mainly by activating dopamine receptors

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Medulla

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Governs breathing and reflexes

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Top down

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The operation and sensation and perception launch by cognitive processing at the brains higher levels that allows the organism to sense what is happening in to apply that framework to information from the world

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Sensory receptors

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Specialized cells that text stimulus information and transmitted to sensory afferent nerves and the brain

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Absolute Threshold

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The minimum amount of stimulus energy that a person can detect

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Webers law

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The principle that to stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage rather than a constant amount to be perceived as different

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Attention

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The process of focusing awareness on a narrow aspect of the environment

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Perceptual

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A predisposition or readiness to perceive something in a particular way

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Sensory adaptation

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A change in the responsiveness of the sensory system based on the average level of surrounding stimulation

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Eye

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The eye like a camera is constructed to get the best possible picture of the worlds an accurate picture is in focus is not too dark or too light and has good contrast between the dark and light parts