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| method used in psych research |
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| criticism of introspection "research" |
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- not scientific
- can't confirm mental components
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- study of conscious experience/ thinking emotions
- perception
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- functions of mental activity allowing people to adopt enviroment
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| focus of observance and measurable behavior |
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| broad explanations concerning phenomena |
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| examines existing data to confirm hypothesis |
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| change in other variables |
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| relationship between 2 variable |
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| statistic of relationship |
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- behavior
- events that change
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| measurable and expected to change |
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| manipulated by expirament |
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| deal with pain and elevate mood |
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- skeletal muscles
- memory
- alheimers (low levels)
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| calms body of emergency and stores energy |
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- brain
- spinal cord
- primary inhibitory
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| secrete neurohormones to stimulate anterior pituitary |
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- relay center
- handles incoming/ outgoing signals
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- newbrain
- sophisticated info
- 4 lobes
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- key component
- master gland
- controls endocrine system
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- balance
- above medulla, behind pons
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- eating
- aggresion
- reprosuction
- hippocampus
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- frontal lobe
- production of speech
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| absolute refractory period |
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- resting period between when receptors leave the site and neurotransmitters are returned to vesicle
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| neurotransmitter antagonist |
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| chemical communication system involving hormones |
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| fibers recieving messages |
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| fibers recieving messages |
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| carries messages to recieving axon |
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| end of axon that sends messages |
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- cell body
- holds +/- charges in membrane
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| cell body to axon, "book keeper" |
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| neurons are either on or off |
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| excitatory messages EPSPs |
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| more likely recieving neurons will fill |
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| inhibitory messages IPSPs |
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| less likely recieving neurons will fill |
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| smallest amount of energy most people percieve |
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| trichromatic theory of color vision |
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| 3 kinds of cones in retina |
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| location of hair cells, the sensory neuron of hearing |
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| beside membrane (cochlea) |
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| frequency theory and adaptation theory of hearing |
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| basilar membrane acts as vibrating as a whole in response to a sound |
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| the basic taste sensations |
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| bitter, sour, sweet, salty, savory |
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| the sandard categories if skin sensation |
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| touch, temperature, pressure, pain |
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| substance P messages to the brain |
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| chemical that's released when cell is damaged (pain) |
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| stimulation of sensroy nerves- stimuli is analyzed |
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| physical objects are percieved as unvarying and constant despite used to stimulate that continues on the same level |
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| happens so briefly below absolute threshold- perception with no awareness |
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| depth and assistence with one eye |
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| nature vs. nuture controversy (essay) |
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| how people's behavior is due to genetically determined nature (heredity) or due to nuture- their influences of their physical and social enviroment as a child |
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| correlation coefficient information (essay) |
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| tells the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables by a mathmatic statistic |
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| behaviorists view of human nature (essay) |
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| James B Watson- observable, measurable behavior should be the focus of study- inner wokings of the mind- desired behavior can be controlled by a person's enviroment |
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| humanist;s view of human nature (essay) |
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| People controlt heir behavior and naturally try to reach their full potential |
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| positive correlation (essay) |
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| 2 variables change together in the same direction |
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