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Wilhelm Wundt created which early school of psychology and what is it
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Structuralism- breaking down mental experience into its components parts
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William James was involved with which early school of psychology and what was it
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Functionalism- behavior tied to function
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John Watson was involved with which early school of psychology and what was it?
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Behaviorism- psychology as the science of observable behavior
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Max Wertheimer was involved with early school of psychology? and what was it
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Gestalt psychology- the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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Sigmund Freud was involved with which early school of psychology and what was it
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Psychoanalysis- exploring the unconscious
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What is the behavioral perspective in psychology?
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Focus on role of learning in explaining observable behavior
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What is psychodynamic perspectives in psychology
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Explores unconscious influences of unconscious conflicts on behavior
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What is humanistic perspectives in psychology
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focuses on conscious experience and self awareness
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What is physiological perspectives in psychology
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Focuses on biological underpinnings of behavior
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What are cognitive perspectives in psychology
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explores the mental processes by which we acquire knowledge of the world
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what are the sociocultural perspectives in psychology
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explores how behavior is influenced by social and cultural factors
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What are the steps of the scientific method
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1. Devoloping a research question 2. forming a hypothesis 3. Gathering Evidence 4. Drawing Conclusions
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What is the case study method of research
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Intensive study of individuals
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What is the survey method of research
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Measuring opinions and attitudes
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What is the naturalistic Observation Method of research
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Taking research into the field
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What is the Correlational method of research
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Examining relationships between variables
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What is the experimental method of research
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Exploring cause and effect relationships by manipulating independent variables and measuring their effects on dependent variables
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What is the soma?
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the cell body
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What is the axon?
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Cable that conducts outgoing messages or action potentials
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What are the dendrites?
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Rootlike projections that receive messages from neighboring neurons
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What are terminal buttons ?
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Knoblike structures at the end of axons that release neurotransmitters into the synapse
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What is Myelin Sheath?
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Protective coating of axons
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What are Action Potentials?
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Neural impulses or messages generated according to all or none principle
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What are neurotransmitters
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Chemical messengers that carry messages to neighboring neurons
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The central nervous system consists of what?
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The brain and spinal cord
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The peripheral Nervous System is what?
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The body's link to the outside world
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What is the Somatic Nervous system
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Part of the Peripheral Nervous System that relays sensory information from sensory organs to the CNS and motor commands from Central Nervous System to muscles
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What is the Autonomic Nervous System
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Controls automatic bodily functions and processors
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