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| psychology is the science of ____ & _____ |
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| What are the goals of psychology? |
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| describe explain predict control |
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| this asserts that people are conscious, self aware, and capable of free choice and self fulfillment |
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| a neurotransmitter that controls muscle contractions |
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| what do afferent neurons do? |
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| transmit messages from sensory receptors to the brain |
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| what do efferent neurons do? |
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| transmit messages from the brain to the muscles and glands |
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| what does the peripheral nervous system consist of? |
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| autonomic and somatic nervous system |
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| what regulates breathing and heartbeat? |
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| what is involved in muscle contraction and balance? |
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| what controls the endocrine system |
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| the sensory relay part of the brain |
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| the view that the perception of sensory stimuli involves the interaction of physical, biological, and psychological factors |
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| the process of becoming less sensitive to constant stimuli |
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| informs us about our bodies position relative to gravity |
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| who discovered classical conditioning? |
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| the law of effect was given by who? |
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| increase the rate of responding |
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| this method of successive approximation teaches complex behavior |
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| the process of treating something abstract as concrete |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| motivation is the desire to contribute to the gene pool |
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| sociobiological perspective |
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| desirable for its own sake |
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| preventing unconscious material from consciousness |
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| your own forbidden desires to someone else |
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| the redirection of unacceptable urges onto a substitute |
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| the physiological manifestations of psychological disturbances |
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| shows delusions of persecution |
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