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What are the four major research perspectives?
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Biological, Cognitive, Sociocultural, Behavioral
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BBCS
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Biological psychologists look for causes within our _____, _____, and _____.
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physiology, genetics, human evolution
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inside and history
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What is a prototype? (Fruit)
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The image that we each feel represents a certain group. (Apple, orange)
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model
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What do behavioral psychologists study?
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How environmental factors influence our actions.
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environment
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What do sociocultural pyshcologists study?
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How other people and the cultural context impact our behavior.
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culture
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Operant conditioning involved the relationship between _____ and ________.
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our behavior, environmental consequences
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us and it
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What three categories do all research methods fall into?
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Experimental, correlational, and descriptive
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DES
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What are the three types of descriptive methods?
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Case studies, observational techniques, and survey research
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one person, lots of people, and no one knows
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Third variable problem
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the idea that a variable that isn't an independent now dependent variable can mess up findings
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What are the two types of descriptive statistics?
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central tendency, measures of variability
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middle and different
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what are the three types of central tendency
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mean, median, mode
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average
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mean
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the actual average
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normal
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median
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very middle score
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middle
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mode
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score that occurs the most
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numbers
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range
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difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution
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difference
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standard deviation
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average extent that the scores vary from the mean of the distribution
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from the middle
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normal distribution percentages
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68% in first S.D., 95% in second S.D., 99% in third S.D.
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right skewed distribution
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a bell curve that leans to the left
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tail
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left skewed distribution
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a bell curve that leans to the right
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tail
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psychology
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the science of behavior and mental processes
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outside and inside
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glial cells
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support system for the neurons
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ladder
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ratio of glial cell to neurons
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10:1
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how much blood is pumped to the brain
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20%
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how much oxygen does the brain use
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25%
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agonist
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a drug or poison that increases the activity of one or more neurotransmitters
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antagonist
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a drug or poison that inhibits the activity of one or more neurotransmitters
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acetycholine (ACh)
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a neurotransmitter involved in learning, memory, and muscle movement
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school, cards, sports
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dopamine
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a neurotransmitter that impacts our arousal, mood states, thought processes and muscle movements
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what four things happen when your high?
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GABA
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the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous system
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endorphins
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the main neurotransmitters involved in pain perception and relief
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excersize burn and cool
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what are the two major parts of the nervous system?
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peripheral nervous system, central nervous system
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PNS, CNS
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what are the three types of neurons in the CNS?
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interneurons, sensory neurons, motor neurons
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inside, outside, between
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spinal reflex
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a simple automatic action that doesn't involve the brain
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reflex
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what are the two parts of the peripheral nervous system?
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somatic nervous system, autonomic nervous system
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inside, outside
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somatic nervous system
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moves the outside parts of your body
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outside
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autonomic nervous system
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moves the inside parts of your body
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inside
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what are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system?
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parasympathetic nervous system, sympathetic nervous system
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sorry, not sorry
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parasympathetic nervous system
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the nervous system that takes over control of your insides when you're not in a state of arousal
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not sorry
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sympathetic nervous system
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the nervous system that takes over when your body is in a state of arousal
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sorry
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how are the endochrin glandular system and the nervous system connected?
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they aren't, but they work together to make everything run smoothly
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trick
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exochrine glands (examples?)
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excrete chemicals outside of the body, sweat and tears
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exo
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endochrine glands (example)
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secrete chemicals inside the body into the bloodstream, hormones
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endo
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hormones
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a chemical messenger secreted by the endochrine system into the bloodstream and sent to a specific part of the body
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facial hair
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Hypothalamus controls?
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the pituitary gland and endochrine system
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russian dolls
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pituitary gland controls? secretes? what do the secretions do?
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everything but the hypothalamus, hormones, tell other glands to release their own hormones
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vice president, phone tree
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three components of emotions
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cognitive, behavioral, physiological
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the behavioral component of emotion is a product of the ____ nervous system?
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somatic
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James-Lange theory
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emotional follows physiological and behavioral response
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no sense
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Cannon-Bard theory
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all responses happen at the same time
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makes sense
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Schachter and Singer two-factor theory
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physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal trigger emotions
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complicated
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central core components
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brain stem, medulla, thalamus, reticular formation, cerebellum, basal ganglia
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hand gestures
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limbic system components
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hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus
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hand gestures
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medulla
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regulates heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, digestion
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things u cant change
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reticular formation
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arousal and awareness
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sex and consciousness
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cerebellum
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balance, movements, motor and procedural learning
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vertigo
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thalamus
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relay station for sensory information
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jump off
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basal ganglia
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initiation and execution of physical movements
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do it
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hippocampus
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memories
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hungry hungry hippos
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amygdala
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regulates emotional experiences, fear, anger and aggression
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the word looks pissed
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