Intro To Psychology

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psychology

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science of behavior and mental processes

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introspection

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focusing on inner sensations images and feelings

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cognitive neuroscience

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study of brain activity linked to mental activity.

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humanistic psychology

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growth of healthy people and individuals potential for personal growth

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psychodinamic perspective

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how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

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clinical psychologists

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asses and treat mental emotional and behavioral disorders

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psychiatrists

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liscenced to prescribe drugs snd treat physical causes

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hindsight bias

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i knew it all along

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case study

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examines one individual in depth

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random sampling

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sample that fairly represents a population

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illusory correlations

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perceived but nonexsistant correlations

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biopsychosocial approach

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incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis

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counseling psychology

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assist people with problems with living

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operational definition

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statement of procedures used to define research variables

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naturalistic observation

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observation in a natural habitat

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threshold

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the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

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hillock

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at top between head and myelin sheath where threshold occurs

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acetylcholine-ach

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helps movement and memory. help with learning. it's cheap and easily made

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dopamine

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influences movement, attention, emotion, learning

too much causes halucinations, skitzifrinia too little causes parkinsens

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seratonin

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affects mood, hunger, sleep, arousal and alertness.

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norepinephrine

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alertness and arouosal

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gaba

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inhibitory neurotrasmitter

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glutamine

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major excitory neurotransmitter involved in memory

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lesion

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tissue distruction

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Broca's area

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controls speech

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wernickes area

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where we process language

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hippocampus

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processes memory

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association areas

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involved in higher mental functions

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zygote

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fertilized egg

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embryo

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2 weeks- 2nd month

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fetus

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human organism from 9 weeks- birth

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teratogens

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agents that can cause serious harm to the embryo or fetus

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accomidation

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adapting to ones current understanding to incorporate new information

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schema

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a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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assimililation

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interpreting new experiences based on our framework of understanding

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sensorimotor stage

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birth to 2 years

experiences the world through senses and actions. object permanence and stranger anxiety occur

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preoperational stage

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2 to 6

representing things with words and images using initiative rather than logical reasoning
pretend play, egocentrism, language development

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concrete operational stage

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thinking logically about concrete events
conservation, mathematical transformations