Psychology Final Carrington Rn Program

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The amygdala

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part of the brain involved in emotional responses

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The Sympathetic division of the nervous system

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is involved in emotions

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What causes heart rate to increase, digestion to slow down, and energy to be sent to the muscles to help deal with whatever action the stressful situation requires?

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The sympathetic nervous system

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Bulimics

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binge and then vomit

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Anorexia nervosa

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people who are attempting to become extremely thin by refusing to eat.

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Leptin

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is the hormone that causes you to feel full

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What causes blood sugar levels to drop and causes you to feel hungry?

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Insulin

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What needs must be met first according to Maslow?

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Physiological needs

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What increases your chances of contracting an STD?

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More sexual partners

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What STD's symptoms are first mistaken for the flu usually?

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AIDS

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Organic dysfunction

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are sexual problems that result from physical causes

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Masters and Johnson

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did NOT participate in sexual activity with thier subjects, they observed only

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what is the 1st phase of sexual response?

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Excitement

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Who designed equipment to measure physiological activity during sexual activity?

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Masters and Johnson

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Equal treatment in genders

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is probably decreasing the differences in cognition

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A gender stereotype

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is an assumption as to what a person or group of people is like based on a person or group being female or male.

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Membership in a religous organization

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assists in not feeling alone with one's struggles

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Having a good social support system is correlated with

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a person's ability to cope

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What can lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients?

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20 minutes of meditation

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Denial

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is the refusal to recognize or acknowledge a threatening situation

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Symptoms to burnout

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include dissatisfaction, pessimism, and a desire to quit your job.

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What depresses the release of natural killer cells, making unchecked growth for cancer more likely

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STRESS! is a killer!

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Diffusion of responsibility

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is what happens because each person thinks someone else will take responsibility

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The bystander effect

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is the phenomenon that occurs when people dont help because they think others will do so

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Altruism

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is defined as healing others for no personal benefit

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Aggressive children

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tend to watch more violent TV more than nonaggressive children

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Testosterone

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is associated with aggression

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Proximity

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means physical nearness

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Repeating a question is different ways

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helps testers check for valid answers

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The Rorschach test

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is a projective test focusing on the interpretation of inkblots

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The Halo Effect

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our 1st impression of someone can cause us to interpret future info that we recieve from them with a positive view

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Interviewer bias

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causes us to interpret info falsely

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An eclectic view

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means using a variety of approaches

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The minnesota twin study

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concluded that identical twins who share the same genes are more similar in personality than are any other type of sibling

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Twins and schizophrenia

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A person with an identical twin diagnosed with schizophrenia is at greatest risk for developing it

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Delusions and hallucinations

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are a feture of paranoid schizophrenia

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remaining in the same position for hours

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is a feature of catatonic schizophrenia

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Humanism

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some argue that humanism does not pay adequate attention to unpleasent or negative human qualities

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Flat affect

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is a lack of emotional responsiveness

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Hallucincations

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when on experiences false perceptions, such as seeing demons or hearing voices

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Delusions of persecution

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are false beliefs in which people are convinced that others are trying to hurt them in some way

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the biological explination for mood disorders

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emphasizes an imbalace of brain chemicals

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Depression

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is anger turned inward

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A prefrontal lobotomy

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is a form of psychosurgery

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ECT

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is used to treat severe depression and was originally develped to induce seizures in schizophrenics

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MAOI's

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used to treat depression require dietary modifications and carful observation of other medication due to interactions

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SSRI's

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have fewer side effects than other catigories of antidepressant drugs

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Trycyclic antidepressants

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increase the activity of serotonin in the brain

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Anticonvulsants

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are used to treat mania