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25 Cards in this Set
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Name the three vitals that the medulla is responsible for regulating |
breathing, heart rate, vomitting |
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Cerebellum |
the structure of the brain responsible for coordinated motor movement. This is heavily used when learning new motor skills such as driving or kicking a soccer ball |
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Temoral |
the lobe responsible for language processing and memory storage. this lobe, when impaired by alcohol, results in being "black out drunk" |
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Parietal |
the lobe responsible for perception, this structure is impaired during alcohol consumption when you take looks of disgust at your dancing abilities for looks of desire |
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Frontal |
the lobe of the brain first impacted by alcohol, it is responsible for executive functioning |
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Approx how many neurons are in the brain? |
85 billion |
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Psychology |
the study of behavior and mental process |
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"I think, therefore I am" |
Rene Descartes |
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Science |
knowledge through systematic observation and experiment |
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Case Study |
the descriptive method used when studying one or few unique individuals |
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Confirmation Bias |
seek evidence, refute/ignore,counter data -jc cant drive |
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Objective,not subjective |
Pizza example |
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systematic, not hit or miss |
findings occur everywhere |
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repeatable findings |
how many times can we make it happen? |
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scientific theory |
set of facts and relation among facts |
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hypothesis |
educated guess |
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descriptive methods |
understanding through oberservation |
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Naturalistic Observation |
observe natural environment |
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survey |
lots of information quickly |
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correlational method |
measures direction and strength between two variables -positive, negative,zero |
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experimental methods |
independent and dependent variables control group |
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validity |
measure concept intended |
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reliability |
can you get constant measures |
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neuron |
nerve cells found in central nervous system |
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soma |
boss rick ross of the neuron, this structure controls the neuron |
