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Define physiological
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A psysical state.
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Define cognitive
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A mental state.
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What is psychology?
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The study of behaviour and mental processes.
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What are the four goals of psychology?
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1. Predict
2. Describe 3. Explain 4. Control |
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What does a basic science deal with?
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Research
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What did Wundt develop?
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1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism |
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What is Functionalism?
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Every action we excert is to survive.
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What was Galton fascinated with?
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The study of inherited traits.
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What did Freud develop?
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1. Free Association
2. Psychoanalysis |
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What did Watson believe?
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All behaviour is the result of conditioning.
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How can you develop re-enforcement?
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Through rewards and punishments.
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What are humanists?
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People who believe humans react to stimuli, rather than remain passive.
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What are behaviourists?
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People who concern themselves with the study of observable traits.
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What are the gaps between nerve cells?
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Synapses
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What is the function of receptors?
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To collect information.
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Define physiological
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A psysical state.
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Define cognitive
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A mental state.
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What is psychology?
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The study of behaviour and mental processes.
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What are the four goals of psychology?
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1. Predict
2. Describe 3. Explain 4. Control |
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What does a basic science deal with?
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Research
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What did Wundt develop?
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1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism |
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What is Functionalism?
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Every action we excert is to survive.
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What was Galton fascinated with?
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The study of inherited traits.
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What did Freud develop?
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1. Free Association
2. Psychoanalysis |
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What did Watson believe?
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All behaviour is the result of conditioning.
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How can you develop re-enforcement?
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Through rewards and punishments.
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What are humanists?
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People who believe humans react to stimuli, rather than remain passive.
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What are behaviourists?
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People who concern themselves with the study of observable traits.
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What are the gaps between nerve cells?
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Synapses
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What is the function of receptors?
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To collect information.
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What are the function of neurotransmitters?
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The excite or inhibit the alongside neuron.
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What does the somatic nervous system control?
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Voluntary movements.
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What does the autonomic nervous system control?
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Involuntary movements?
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What part of the NS prepares the body for emergencies?
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The sympathetic nervous system.
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What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?
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Conserves energy.
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How do receptors alert the brain?
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The thalamus.
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Where is the spinal cord located?
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The central nervous system.
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What are the three parts of the brain?
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1. The hindbrain
2. The medulla 3. The pons |
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What does the medulla control?
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Breathing and other reflexes.
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What do the pons control?
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Balance, hearing.
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What part of the brain controls posture and balance?
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The cerebellum.
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What part of the brain relays sensory information?
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The midbrain.
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What alerts the brain of incomming signals?
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The reticular activating system.
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What part of the brain monitors sleep and emoitions?
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The hypothalamus.
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Where are the "higher" thinking processes housed?
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In the forebrain.
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What connects the two hemispheres of the brain?
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The corpus collosum.
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How can scientists study the brain? (3)
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1. Recording
2. Stimulation 3. Leisons |
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How are hormones carried throughout the body?
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The endocrine system.
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What is the master gland of the body?
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The pituary gland.
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What is the reaction to stimuli?
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Sensation
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What is the organization of sensory information?
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Perception
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What is the absolute threshold?
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The minimum amount of physical energy to produce a sensation.
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What is the difference threshold?
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The amount of physical energy to dectect a difference.
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State Webber's law:
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The larger a stimulus, the larger a change will be required to detect a difference.
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What is the fusion of the two images our eyes see called?
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Binocular fusion.
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What is steteopsis due to?
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Retinal disparity.
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How does sound travel to our brain? (which nerve)
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The auditory nerve.
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How does the sensation of taste travel to our brain? (which nerve)
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The olfactory nerve.
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How is the body's sense of balance regulated?
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The vestibular system.
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What is the sense of movement and body position?
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Kinesthesis.
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What is developmental psychology?
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The study of changes that occur in people as they age.
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Name two reflexes a baby has.
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1. The Grasping reflex
2. The Rooting reflex |
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What is internally programmed growth called?
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Maturation
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What are Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development?
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1. Sensorimotor Stage
2. Preoperational Stage 3. Concrete Operational Stage 4. Formal Operational Stage |
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What are permament learnig process, and when are they learned?
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Imprinting, during the critical period.
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Name the defense mechanisms.
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1. Repression
2. Projection 3. Reaction Formation 4. Regression 5. Displacement |
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Who developed archetypes?
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Jeung
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Who developed the inferiority complex?
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Adler
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What is our drive to suceed called?
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Self efficacy
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Who developed observational learning?
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Bandura
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Who devloped conditions of worth?
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Rogers
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Who developed factor analysis?
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Hands Eysenck
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What is test reliability?
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The test's consistency
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How can you test reliability?
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1. Test-Retest
2. Inter-Scorer 3. Split Half |
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What is validity?
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The ability for the test, to test what it was intended.
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Who developed the first intelligence test?
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Binet
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