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40 Cards in this Set
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Psychology
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The scientific study of human and animal behavior and mental processes
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Structuralism
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The study of psychology that argues that the mind consist of 3 basic elements: sensation feeling, images
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Functionalism
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School of psychology that emphasizes the uses of functions of the mind rather than experience
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Behaviorism
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Learn through observable behaviors
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Humanistic
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Examines how people strive to reach their full potential
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Neuroscience/Neurobiology
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More of a physical approach to psychology
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Socio-Cultural
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How behavior varies through situations and culture
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Population
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ENtire group of people about whom you want to know more about
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Random Sample
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A sample that fairly represents a population because each member of the population has an equal chance of being included
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Experimental Bias
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Looking at the experiment's results that you want to tsee
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Experimental Design
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The way the experiment is set up
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Scientific Method
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A way to conduct experiments in order to answer the question you asked
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Survey
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A research technique that questions a sample of people to collect info about their behavior and attitudes
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Case Study
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A research technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal priciples
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Control Group
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Participants not exposed to the independent variable
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Experimental Group
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Participants exposed to the independent variable
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Placebo
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Inactive pill with no known effects
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Natural Selection
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The way we tend to be attracted to the opposite gender
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Behavior genetics
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Studying the role of genetics in animal/human behavior
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Gender Schema
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The way we are supposed to play our roles as a male/female
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Twin Studies
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Designs a behavior genetics which aid the study of individual difference between two similar beings
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Adoption STudies
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Those who are adopted act the way their enviornment is presented
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Norms
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Rule of acceptable that is understood by people within a population
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Genes
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Unit of heredity that is passed on from parent to offspring
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Neuron
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A nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system
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Axon
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Extension of neuron through which neural impulses are sent
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Dendrite
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The branching extensions of a neuron that receive info and conduct impulses toward the cell body (soma)
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Cell Body
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Life support center of a neuron
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Synapse
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A gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another
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Nucleus
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Control and most important part of an object's movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth
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Neurotransmitter
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Chemical messenger that travels across the synapse from one neuron to the other and influences whether a neuron will generate an action potential
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Action Potential
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Neural impulse, breif electrical charge
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Refractory Period
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Time after a neuron fires
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Synapse
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A gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another
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Absolute threshold
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The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
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Difference threshold
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The smallest change in stimulation that a eprson can detect
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Central Nervous System
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The brain and spinal cord
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Peripheral Nervous System
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The sensory and motor nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body
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Somatic Nervous System
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controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscles
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Autonomic Nervous System
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Controls self-regulated action of internal organs and glands
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