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| define- basis for all perspectives |
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all living things that have difficulty existing within, relating to, or feeling comfortable within their social group can be assisted by some form of a cognitive/behavioral program designed to slowly assist that human or animal by readjusting their maladaptive behavior to be more personally and socially acceptable. In modern psychology, often medication is useful and improves the acceptance and adjustment the cognitive/behavioral program applies. |
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| the state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings |
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| what is the brain part responsible for conciousness? |
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| what is developmental psychology? |
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| the scientific study of changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span |
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| what is cognitive/behavioral psychology? |
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| treats problems and boosts happiness by modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts |
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| what is social psychology? |
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| the scientific study on how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others |
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| the application of the principles of biology to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in human and non-human animals |
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| what do the central and peripheral nervous systems have to do with recognition? |
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| The central nervous system processes the information you already contain about someone, while your peripheral nervous system brings in information when you recognize someone |
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| what are sensation and perception? |
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| stages of processing of the senses in human and animal systems, such as vision, auditory, vestibular, and pain senses |
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| the memory of autobiographical events that can be explicitly stated |
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| the memory of meanings, understandings, and other concept based knowledge and underlies the conscious recollection of factual information and general knowledge about the world |
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| what is situational attribution? |
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| the tendency to analyze a person’s actions according to the situation that they are in |
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| what is personal/dispositional attribution? |
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| citing a person’s qualities as the reason for his or her actions or experiences |
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| what are the dimensions of psychology? |
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| cognitive, social, psycho-social, morals |
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| name the themes of development |
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| Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, nature vs. nurture, Freud’s stages of psychosexual development |
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| how do you or your doctor know when you are suffering from a mental illness? |
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| When your problem begins to interfere with your regular, day to day life |
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