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Psychology definition |
Scientific study of behavior & mental processes |
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Important founders of Psychology |
Wilhelm Wundt, Edward B. Titchener, William James, Sigmund Freud |
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Cross-cultural Psychology |
Branch of psychology that studies the effects of culture on behavior & mental process |
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Individualistic |
Emphasize the needs & goals of the individual over needs & goals of group |
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Collectivistic |
emphasize needs & goals of the group over needs & goals of individual |
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areas of psychology for career |
counseling forensic industrial health |
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4 basic goals of psychology |
describe, explain, predict, control behavior and mental processes |
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4 basic steps involved in scientific method of studying psychology |
formulate a specific question that can be tested. design a study to collect relevant data. analyze the data to arrive at conclusion. report results. |
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Naturalistic observation |
parents at game being negative toward players |
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endorphins |
brain's natural opiods. block or lessen pain |
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sympathetic nervous systems |
pupils dilate, inhibits salivation, rapid shallow breathing, increased heartbeat, stimulates sweat glands, inhibits digestion |
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Parasympathetic nervous systems |
pupils contract, stimulates salivation, sweat diminishes, slow deep breathing, slow heartbeat, stimulates digestion |
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reticular formation |
network of nerve fivers located in the center of the medulla that regulates attention, arousal, sleep |
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cerebral cortex |
wrinkled outer portion that has most sophisticated brain centers |
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corpus callosum |
think band of axions that connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres & acts as a communication line between them |
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4 lobes of brain |
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal |
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Frontal lobe of brain |
planning, initiating, executing volutary movements |
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Parietal lobe of brain |
process bodily info, touch, temperature, pressure, receptors in muscles & joints |
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occipital lobe of brain |
visual information recieved |
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temporal lobe of brain |
auditory information recieved |
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role of limbic system |
involved in emotion, motivation, learning, & memory |
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purpose of split brain surgery |
reduce or stop severe cases of epilepsy that cannot be handled in any other way |
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perception |
process of integrating, organizing, interpreting sensations |
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Perception (5) |
sounds-sound waves, taste-dissolvable chemicals in mouth, vision-light waves, feel-pressure, smell-airborne chemical molecules |
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Rods |
long & thin with blunt ends, more than cones, more sensitive to light, used frequently |
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cones |
short & fat like a cone, adapt quicker to light settings |
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color blindness |
when individual cannot distinguish difference between colors |
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outer ear |
pinna, ear canal, eardrum catches sound waves & funnels to ear canal |
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middle ear |
hammer, anvil stirrup doubles amplification of sound |
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inner ear |
transduction takes place cochlea |
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chemical senses 2 |
olfaction-smell gustation-taste |
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pheromones |
hormone emitted to attract a mate |
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taste bud |
receptor cell for taste
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figure ground relationship example |
tiger in front of rock scenery |
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ESP |
paranormal clairvoyance coincidence telekinetic |
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depth perception |
ability to distinguish depth |
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aspects of consciousness |
focused attention, awareness of internal sensations |
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circadian rhythm |
internal clock that tells us when to sleep and when to wake up |
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long sleepers |
8 to 10 hours of sleep, protective of sleep, teens are affected more, often labeled as lazy, longer REM sleep |
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short sleepers |
4 to 6 hours, view sleep as waste of time, hold down several jobs, men more prone, shorter REM sleep |
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Non REM sleep stages (4) |
everything fades>breathing slows>slow wave sleep>relaxation |
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REM |
dreams |
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sleep apnea |
stop breathing and suddenly jolt because felt like falling |
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para-somnia |
sleepwalkin |
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cataplexy |
suddenly losing voluntary muscle movement |
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2 kinds of nightmares |
nightmares, incubus |
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freud's concept of dreams |
sexual and aggressive |
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effects of drugs that are depressants |
drowsiness, sedation, sleep |
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drugs that are stimulants |
caffein, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine, mescaline, LSD, marijuana. |
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psychedilic stimulants |
create distortions, alter mood, affect thinking |
