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| 5578266892 | psychology | Scientific study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
| 5578276506 | psychologists understand behavior and mental processes through the | scientific method | 1 | |
| 5578286113 | Case study | detailed study of one person | 2 | |
| 5578288559 | Correlation coefficient | the # that indicates the strength and direction of a relationship between 2 variables | 3 | |
| 5578306235 | which variable is being manipulated? | independent | 4 | |
| 5578314138 | Humanistic perspective | we have a free will to choose our behavior | 5 | |
| 5578322224 | who is known as the father of Psychology? | Wundt | 6 | |
| 5578329663 | Informed consent | researcher informs participant of risks of the study | 7 | |
| 5578336276 | Neuron | Basic cell of nervous system that transmits Info. | 8 | |
| 5578355054 | Axon_____, info / dendrites_____, info. | sends, receives | 9 | |
| 5578362067 | Function of endorphins | Pain relief | 10 | |
| 5578370509 | Central Nervous System made up of | Brain and Spinal Cord | 11 | |
| 5578378463 | Anatomy nervous system: contains___________--"Fight or Flight" | Sympathetic | 12 | |
| 5578388393 | Limbic System | Emotional and Motivational processes | 13 | |
| 5578394759 | Function of Amygdala | fear, response | 14 | |
| 5578405013 | Left cerebral hemisphere of brain | Languege | 15 | |
| 5578427348 | Absolute thresthold | The minimum intensity of stimulus detected 50% of the time. | 16 | |
| 5578433762 | ___________is the sense of smell | Olfaction | 17 | |
| 5578445431 | Flavor involves the senses of ________ and _________ | taste and smell | 18 | |
| 5578451528 | Kinesthetic senses | Location of your body parts in relation to the ground and each other | 19 | |
| 5578465450 | Define: Size constancy | tendency to interpret objects as always being the same size | 20 | |
| 5578496822 | The sense of balance is know as | Vastibular | 21 | |
| 5578499681 | Define: Perception | interpretation of sensory info. | 22 | |
| 5578507046 | Define: Illusion | a perception that doesn't correspond to reality | 23 | |
| 5578515536 | Define: Consciousness | Awareness of everything going on around you | 24 | |
| 5578525070 | Adults sleep _________ than infants. | less | 25 | |
| 5578527184 | What hormone is released to facilitate sleep | melatonin | 26 | |
| 5578533038 | Define: Narcolepsy | fall asleep during alert part of the day | 27 | |
| 5578539019 | Psychoactive drugs | substances that influence our brain and behavior | 28 | |
| 5578549864 | 3 most commonly used drugs in Americans over age of 12 | Nicotine, Caffeine, Alcohol. | 29 | |
| 5578558062 | Define: Tolerance | need more of a drug to achieve the same effect | 30 | |
| 5578568171 | What do stimulants do to the functioning of the nervous system? | Increase it (Alcohol is depressant) | 31 | |
| 5578588288 | what are biological determined , innate patterns of the nervous system? | instincts | 32 | |
| 5578602386 | Examples of_________ primary drives---thirst, hunger, sexual desire. | primary, (need) | 33 | |
| 5578614063 | Need for _______ --attaining goals | achievement, (want) | 34 | |
| 5578619788 | A BMI over 30 indicates | Obesity | 35 | |
| 5578632015 | Dieting can be effected by which emotions? | Sadness, happiness. | 36 | |
| 5578657000 | What 2 acts characterize bulimia? | binging and purging | 37 | |
| 5578681745 | Perfectionism is correlated with | anorexia | 38 | |
| 5578686677 | Kinsey believed sexual orientation is on a | continuuam | 39 | |
| 5578698505 | Defina: Emotion | complex reaction to an internal or external event | 40 | |
| 5578706559 | Facial feedback hypothesis | our emotional state is affected by the feedback from our face | 41 | |
| 5578734839 | These are basic emotions | anger, happiness, fear, sadness | 42 | |
| 5578747863 | Define: Learning--- | reletivali permanent change in behavior brought by experience or practice | 43 | |
| 5578779649 | Who was responsible for classical conditioning? | Pavlov | 44 | |
| 5578787357 | Pavlov experiment of classical conditioning ? unconditioned stimulus conditioning stimulus | dog food the bell | 45 | |
| 5580557874 | Learning to make a reflex to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus. | Classical conditioning | 46 | |
| 5580564772 | The loud noise in the Little Albert study by Watson | Unconditional Stimulus | 47 | |
| 5580567094 | ____________ learning applies to voluntary behavior | Operate | 48 | |
| 5580568421 | The difference in Positive and Negative reinforcement | Treat Avoiding something bad | 49 | |
| 5580572445 | Continuous reinforcement | Reinforcing every correct response | 50 | |
| 5580575362 | Types of schedules of reinforcement | Fixed - weekly paycheck Variable - Fishing Ratio - Number of responses | 51 | |
| 5580581626 | Latent Learning | Learning that is stored even when behavior is not reinforced | 52 | |
| 5580588882 | The 'aha' moment or sudden realization on how to solve a problem | Insight | 53 | |
| 5580590734 | Stage of memory that is retention for a period of time | Storage | 54 | |
| 5580592398 | Ebbinghaus found that information is more quickly forgotten | Using maintenance rehearsal rather than elaborative rehearsal | 55 | |
| 5580594962 | Relating new items to items you already know to assist you in memory | Elaborative rehearsal | 56 | |
| 5580598820 | Memory problem of people with Alzheimer's dementia | Anterograed amnezia | 57 | |
| 5580601812 | Multiple choice tests use: | Recognition | 58 | |
| 5580603990 | Flashbulb memories | Encoding that occurs because an event has emotional ties or association | 59 | |
| 5580608276 | In problem solving, heuristics are know as | Rule of thumb | 60 | |
| 5580611172 | Type of thinking that is best when a creative solution is needed | Divergent thinking | 61 | |
| 5580612501 | Functional fixednes | Being able to see objects in their typical roles | 62 | |
| 5580616125 | Tendency to use methods to problem solve that have worked in the past | Mental set | 63 | |
| 5580619368 | Problem-solving with we estimate when we probability of an event | Judgement | 64 | |
| 5580619369 | Pragmatics | Social skills of language | 65 | |
| 5580622246 | Someone high in practical intelligence is good at | Adapting to the environment | 66 | |
| 5580626465 | _________ is heredity and __________ the influence of environment | Nature Nurture | 67 | |
| 5580631265 | Sequence of prenatal stages | Germinal Embryonic Fetal | 68 | |
| 5580633902 | Zygote | Fertilized egg | 69 | |
| 5580637159 | Chromosomal disorder with extra 21st chromosome | Downs Syndrome | 70 | |
| 5580639996 | An example of this motor skill is climbing trees | Gross | 71 | |
| 5580641363 | Piaget says children over age 12 use this type of thinking | Abstract | 72 | |
| 5580642490 | Vygotsky's scoffolding | When teacher helps more in the beginning and withdraws help as the learning improves | 73 | |
| 5580649864 | What the Strange Situation was developed to measure | Attachment | 74 | |
| 5580645886 | Stranger anxiety | Distress that an infant feels when faced with strangers | 75 | |
| 5580655011 | The average infant born today is | 7 lbs, 20 inches long | 76 | |
| 5580656103 | Rooting Reflex | When you touch the side of the baby's cheek, the baby turns that way | 77 | |
| 5580658086 | Attitude | Our belief that we have about something | 78 | |
| 5580660376 | Foot in the door technique | Increasing compliance by asking for a small request which leads to something bigger. | 79 | |
| 5580666091 | Attribution | Act of assigning cause to a behavior | 80 | |
| 5580676588 | Cognitive Dissonance | Inconsistencies between attitudes and behavior | 81 | |
| 5580678183 | Stereotype | Idea about a particular group of people | 82 | |
| 5580679975 | We are attached to others who are __________ to us | similar | 83 | |
| 5580683107 | Stereotype threat | When fears of being discriminated against cause people to conform to a stereotype | 84 | |
| 5580691368 | Abnormal | Behavior that is rarely seen | 85 | |
| 5580692889 | Origins of mental disorders | Biology Sociocultural | 86 | |
| 5580694479 | Schizophrenia is a | psychological disorder | 87 | |
| 5580697608 | The main symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Anxiety | 88 | |
| 5580698796 | Delusions | False belief held by someone who doesn't believe it is false | 89 | |
| 5580709755 | Characteristics of personality disorders | Patterns of behavior that make social interactions difficult | 90 | |
| 5580719090 | Learned helplessness | The belief that you cannot control the outcome of events | 91 | |
| 5580724424 | Compulsions | behaviors | 92 | |
| 5580727257 | 2 main symptoms of depression are changes in | How you are sleeping and eating | 93 | |
| 5601823081 | Fixed ratio | # of response required for reinforcement. Snow cone | 94 | |
| 5601823082 | Variable ratio | # of response required for reinforcement changes. Slot machine | 95 | |
| 5602145575 | Fixed interval | Time btw reinforcement is same. Weekly paycheck | 96 | |
| 5602145576 | Variable internal | Time btw reinforcement changes. Fishing | 97 | |
| 5602145577 | Obsessions | Thoughts | 98 | |
| 5616702626 | 2 motor skill | Fine | 99 |
