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| sensation--raw data rpcesses by sensory receptors---Peception=sensations are preocessed in the brain |
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| screening out messages to cortex by reticular formation |
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| coverting stimulus into neural impulses |
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| sounds and smells interpreted diferently based on the path they travel to brain |
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| Gate control theory of pain |
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| blocking pain in the spinal cord, decides to block pain or not |
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| selecting to the voices that are interesting |
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| respond only to certain sensory information, (frog has bug receptors) |
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| habituation vs sensory adaptation |
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habituation=prewired for certain stimuli
sensory adaptation=PNS decrease in signals sent to brain |
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| Gestalt thoery in form perception |
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figure ground--the ground is always seen as farther away than the figure---
prximity---objects that are physically close together are grouped together----
continuity----objects that coninue a pattern are grouped together---
clsure--tenedency to see a finished circle
---similaryity similar objects are goruped together.... |
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| 4 types of perceptual constancy |
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size constancy, --peceptions based on prior experience
shape constancy-size based on past experience--
color constancy---perceiving color despite changes in light-- |
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| depth perception and visual cliff |
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| suggests infant can percieve depth |
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| awarness of self and surroundings |
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| controlled vs automatic processes |
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| mental activities requiring focused attention,-----mentoal activities rquirring minimal attention |
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repair/restoration theory------
evolutionary theory----- |
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sleep helps us recuperate from depleting daily activities---
evolved to conserve energy |
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stage 1= regular breathing, heart rate slows
2= sleep spindles, high amplitude brain waves
3+4 deep sleep, 4 wetting the bed |
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| consolodating new ideas, and increases during periods of learning |
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| road to the unconsious, which is normallly repressed and personally unacceptable desires rise to the surface |
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| dream the by product of random stimulation of brain cells |
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| dreams are an exstention of everyday life |
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insomnia--literally means lack of sleep
sleep apnea--interuption of breathing
narcolepsy----
night terrors |
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| mental desire or craving to achieve the ffects produced by a drug. |
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| bodily processes that make a drug necessary for daily activities |
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ability to tune out sompeting snesory stimuil
incrsease use of imaginttion
passive and receptive attitude
decrease responsivenenss to pain,
heightened suggestibitliy |
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| sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational |
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| most basic units of intelect, patterns that organize our interactions |
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| processo foabsorbing new information into existing schemas |
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| occurs when new information or simulit cannot be asimilated. |
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| cant see hidden objects, on schemas |
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| children in the preoperation stage belive that objects have feelings |
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| childs limited ability to distinguish between his or her own perspective and someone elese's |
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| criticisms of piagets thoery |
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underestimated a young childrens cognitive development, can mimic faces,
underestimated genetic and cultural influences, |
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| kohlbergs thoery of moral development |
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| preconvetntional level, conventional level,,postocoventional level..... |
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| carol giligans criticisms of kohlberg's theory |
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| moral reasoning versue behavior,,,,cultural differences,,,possible gender bias |
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| eriksons's 8 stages of psychosocial development |
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| stage 1--crisis trust vs mistrust---stage 2-4----autonomy verus shame and doubt--5-6 identify versus role confusion---7-8-generativity versus stagnation00 |
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| securely attache, avoidant, anxiousn/ambivalent |
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| permissive, authoritarian, authoritative |
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easy -children , happy most of the time
difficult--moody, easily frustrated
slow to warm up--showed mild responses, were somewhat shy and withdrawn |
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