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| description of the procedures in a study |
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| description, prediction, explanation, control |
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| man as an active processor in his environment |
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| study of introspection and consciousness |
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| study how the mind works to allow an organism to adapt to its environment |
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| study of physiological forces that underlie human behavior. |
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| concerned with the human dimension of psychology. |
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| explores mental processes in judgement and decision making |
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| observes behavior as it naturally occurs |
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| quasi experimental design |
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| lack of random assignment but still measure variables |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| Apart of the Autonomic Nervous system, controls fight or flight |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| reverses effects of fight or flight response |
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demylination
blindess, paralysis, numbness, shaking, dementia |
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activates motor neurons, regulates memory, attention, arousal
Alzheimers |
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| modulation of mood and arousal (elevated by cocaine) |
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initiation of movement and motor control
pleasureable emotions
Parkinsons |
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inhibitory
motor control and muscle movement |
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mood, aggressive behavior, appetite, sleep
target for depression |
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| naturally occuring opiates |
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| naturally occuring opiates |
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| Selective Reuptake Serotonin Inhibitors |
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| prevent preynaptic neuron from uptaking serotonin so more is available to the postsynaptic neuron |
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| Medula, cerebellum, midbrain |
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| thalamus/hypothalamus/limbic system |
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| things like hunger, thirst, sex, forming new memories |
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| relaying sennsations, sleep, alertness |
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| body temp, hunger, thirst |
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| take in sensory info and make motor movements |
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| results from damage to Paritel lobe, cant make intentional movements |
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| interpreting info related to hearing |
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| comprehension of written words |
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| allows left and right brain to communicate |
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| language, mood, verbal abilities |
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| spatial and contextual skills |
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| frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal |
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| inability to understand language |
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cant articulate
damage to Brocas area |
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cant comprehend language
damage to Wernickes area |
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cant repeat words or sentences
damage to nerves connecting brocas and wernickes area |
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mostly involuntary movements
apart of PNS
spit inti sympathetic and parasympathetic movements |
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| mostly voluntary movements (apart of PNS) |
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