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physiological psychology is the study of...
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biological basis of human behavior, thoughts and emotions.
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developmental psychology is the study of..
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all aspects of growth and change.
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in a controllwed experiment the group subjected to a change in the independent variable is called the...
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experimental group.
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humanistic psychologist that is helping a client overcome psychological problems would
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help the client discover an inner sense of identity by focusing on self improvement, altered states of consciousness and non verbal experience.
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James argued that consciousness....
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flows in a continuous stream.
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Watson felt that psychologists should study...
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observable behavior
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sample
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when psychologists pick a select group
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correlational method
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used to indentify relationships between variable
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Graduated from Watson... fear of rabbits
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Mary Cover Jones
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Cognitive Psychologists are concerned with the scientific study of...
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mental processes
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Couch..
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Free Association
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Watson argued that an infant is..
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Tabula Rasa (blank state)
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Gestalt psychology has made important contribution to the study of....
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motivation and emotions
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Social Psychologists deal with....
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behavior
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Watson made a school of..
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Behavior
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Case study is
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reasearcher divides participants into two groups giving one group a powerful medicine while other group gets a placebo
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neurons are
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the smallest unit of nervous system. underlies the activity of entire nervous system.
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plasticity is
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the ability to adapt to new conditions
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Neurons that receive information from sensory organs and relay that information to the spinal cod and brain
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Afferont Neurons
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Neuron is polarized..
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it cannot fire.
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all or none law
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refers to a neuron fires at full strength or not at all
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people with parkinsons or schizophrenia have a problem with which neurtransmitter?
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dopamine
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morphine and other opiates are able to bind to the receptor sites for
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endorphins
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eating, drinking, sexual behavior,sleeping and temperature control are regulated by the
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hypothalmus
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Outer covering of the brain
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Cerebral Cortex
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structure that connects two hemispheres of brain and coordinates
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corpus callosum
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part of the brain that helps regulate hearing, balance and equillibrium, certain emotions and motivation, and recognizing faces is
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temporal lobe
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sends signal "alert" to higher centers of the brain in response to incoming messages is...
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reticular formation
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the _____ hemisphere is dominant in language tasks
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left
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the ______ hemisphere of cerebral cortex is usually dominant in spatial tasks.
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right
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limbic system is responsible for...
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controlling learning and emotional behavior.
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coordinates and integrates behavior by secreting chemicals into the bloodstream
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endoctrine system
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human genome project
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identify chromosomes and determine which genes influence human characteristics
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damage cerebellum causes
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severe problems in movement.
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overactive thyroid
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difficulty focusing on tasks and reduced concentration
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this gland is connected to the hypothalmus it influences blood pressure, thirst, sexual behavior, body growth and other functions
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pituitary gland
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specialized cell that responds to a particular form of energy
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receptor cell
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something occurs below our level of awareness
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subliminally
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doctrine of specific nerve energies
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a person hit in the eye and sees stars
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subliminal messages have no--
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significant effects on behavior
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Retina
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contains receptors cells responsible for vision
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in the dark the______ is almost useless
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Fovea
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Sharpest sense of smell
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women age 20-40
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enter a bright room eyes work this way....
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cornea, pupil, lens, retina
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sensitivity to monosodium glutamate
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umami
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information from the kinesthetic senses travel mainly to the ______lobe
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parietal lobe
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how long does it take for your cones to adjust to the dark
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30 minutes
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information from skins nerve receptors go to the ______ of the brain
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parital lobe
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Humans.... secrete and
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detect pheromones
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motion sickness appears to be related to
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both race and genetics
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perceptions takes place in the....
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brian
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the existance of after images in complementary colors best suppors the _______ process theory of color vision
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Hering Opponent
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awareness of various mental processes such as making decisions, daydreaming, reflecting and concentrating is
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consciousness
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altered state of consciousness that occurs without deliberate effort
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daydreaming
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chemical that triggers sleepiness
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adenosine
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the human biological clock is governed by a cluster of cells known as
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suprachiasmatic nucleus
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hormone that peaks during the night and promotes sleep is
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melatonin
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irregular low voltage brain waves produced during relaxed wakefullness or the twilight stage between waking and sleeping are called the _________ waves
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alpha
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slepp depravation is linked to
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depression
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night terrors occur in ________ sleep
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nonREM
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associated with depression, sexual dysfunction, difficulty concentrating, headaches in adults, hyper activity, conduct disorder, and aggressiveness among children and adolescents....
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APNEA
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According to Freud, the visible or directly observable content of a dream is its ________ content
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manifest
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during dreams the __________ system is wildly active while the forebrain remains relatively inactive
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limbic system
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