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| 5393871957 | psychology | the study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
| 5393871960 | biological approach | genetics, close-relatives, body functions | 1 | |
| 5393871961 | evolutionary approach | species - helped with survival (ancestors) | 2 | |
| 5393871962 | psychodynamic approach | (Freud) subconscious, repressed feelings, unfulfilled wishes | 3 | |
| 5393871963 | behavioral approach | learning (classical and operant) observed | 4 | |
| 5393871964 | cognitive approach | thinking affects behavior | 5 | |
| 5393871965 | humanistic approach | becoming a better human (behavior, acceptance) | 6 | |
| 5393871968 | types of research methods | descriptive, correlational, and experimental | 7 | |
| 5393871970 | case study | studies one person in depth may not be typical of population | 8 | |
| 5393871971 | survey | studies lots of people not in depth | 9 | |
| 5393871972 | naturalistic observation | observe + write facts without interference | 10 | |
| 5393871973 | correlational method | shows relation, but not cause/effect scatterplots show research | 11 | |
| 5393871975 | experimental method | does show cause and effect | 12 | |
| 5393871977 | sample | actual people who will be used (randomness reduces bias) | 13 | |
| 5393871978 | random assignment | chance selection between experimental and control groups | 14 | |
| 5393871979 | control group | not receiving experimental treatment receives placebo | 15 | |
| 5393871980 | experimental group | receiving treatment/drug | 16 | |
| 5393871981 | independent variable | drug/procedure/treatment | 17 | |
| 5393871982 | dependent variable | outcome of using the drug/treatment | 18 | |
| 5393871983 | confounding variable | can affect dependent variable beyond experiment's control | 19 | |
| 5393871984 | scientific method | theory hypothesis operational definition revision | 20 | |
| 5393871985 | theory | general idea being tested | 21 | |
| 5393871986 | hypothesis | measurable/specific | 22 | |
| 5393871997 | sensory neurons | travel from sensory receptors to brain | 23 | |
| 5393871998 | motor neurons | travel from brain to "motor" workings | 24 | |
| 5393871999 | interneurons | (in brain and spinal cord) connecting motor and sensory neurons | 25 | |
| 5393872000 | neuron |  | 26 | |
| 5393872004 | neurotransmitters | chemical messengers | 27 | |
| 5393872006 | excitatory charge | "Let's do it!" | 28 | |
| 5393872007 | inhibitory charge | "Let's not do it!" | 29 | |
| 5393872008 | central nervous system | brain and spinal cord | 30 | |
| 5393872009 | peripheral nervous system | somatic nervous system autonomic nervous system | 31 | |
| 5393872010 | somatic nervous system | voluntary movements | 32 | |
| 5393872011 | autonomic nervous system | involuntary movements (sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems) | 33 | |
| 5393872012 | sympathetic nervous system | arousing | 34 | |
| 5393872013 | parasympathetic nervous system | calming | 35 | |
| 5393872016 | endocrine system | slow uses hormones in the blood system | 36 | |
| 5393872017 | master gland | pituitary gland | 37 | |
| 5393872034 | frontal lobe | judgement, personality, processing (Phineas Gage accident) | 38 | |
| 5393872035 | parietal lobe | math and spatial reasoning | 39 | |
| 5393872036 | temporal lobe | audition and recognizing faces | 40 | |
| 5393872037 | occipital lobe | vision | 41 | |
| 5393872038 | corpus callosum | split in the brain to stop hyper-communication (eliminate epileptic seizures) | 42 |
