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17 Cards in this Set
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Basic Research |
Enhancing Knowledge |
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Applied Research |
Find solutions and improve quality of life |
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School Psychologist |
Subfield of clinical psychology that deals with treatment of learning problems |
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Frontal Lobe |
Focuses on speech |
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Acetylcholine |
Affects movement, learning, memory, and REM sleep |
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Spinal Cord |
Sends sensory information to the brain and controls simple reflexes |
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Amygdala |
Memories, emotional expression, reaction to fear, and perception |
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Hippocampus |
Storing of new long term memories and neural maps |
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Parietal Lobe |
Focuses on Touch |
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Broca's Area |
Focuses on talking |
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Wernicke's Area |
Focuses on sound, hearing, and unscrambling words |
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Absolute Threshold |
Smallest amount of sensory stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time |
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Difference/Just Noticable Threshold |
Minimum increase or decrease in sensory stimulation thats a noticable difference |
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Linear Perspective |
Trees or image receding into the distance |
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Accommodation |
Flattening and bulging action of the lens as it focuses on objects |
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Relative Size |
Large objects seem close and small objects seem far |
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Motion Parallax |
Objects seem to be moving in an opposite direction |
