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33 Cards in this Set
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Pathological Skepticism |
Tendency to dismiss any claims that contradict one's beliefs |
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Random Assignment |
Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance |
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The Scientific Method |
1. Ask questions 2. Search literature 3. Make a hypothesis 4. Test the hypothesis 5. Analyze results |
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Observational Studies |
Observe the behaviors of interest |
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Archival Studies |
Examine past records of events and behaviors |
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Surveys |
Ask people questions |
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Case Study |
One person is studied |
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Correlation Coefficient |
Used to measure the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables (R) |
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Experimental Condition |
Condition that exposes participants to the treatment |
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Control Condition |
Contrasts with the experimental treatment |
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Independent Variable |
Manipulated variable |
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Dependent Variable |
May change in response to manipulations of the independent variable |
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Cell Body |
Contains nucleus, DNA, and regulates protein |
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Axon |
Extension of neuron that sends messages to other neurons or muscles and glands |
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Terminal Buttons |
End of the axon that releases chemicals into dendrites |
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Synapse |
Junction between axon tip of sending neuron and dendrite of receiving neuron |
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Neuron |
A nerve cell |
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Sensory Neurons |
The input; sensory organs to the brain and spinal cord |
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Motor Neurons |
The output; from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands |
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Interneurons |
Carry info. to other neurons in brain and spinal cord |
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Dendrite |
Branching extension of a neuron that receives messages and conducts impulses |
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Action Potential |
How neurons communicate; based on movements of ions between outside/inside of the cell |
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Neurotransmitters |
Messengers that traverse the synaptic gaps between neurons, and influences neural impulses |
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Resting Potential |
Electrical polarization across the membrane of an axon |
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All-Or-None Law |
An action potential is an on-off message |
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Threshold |
Occurs at approx. -55 mV |
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Wundt |
1st Lab |
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Hall |
1st U.S. Lab |
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Titchener |
Structuralism/Introspection |
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James |
Functionalism/Principals of psych |
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Watson |
Behaviorism |
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Freud |
Psychodynamic Theory |
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Skinner |
Neo Behaviorism/Cognitive Revolution |
