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In-depth study of a single research participant.
Case Study
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Group receiving treatment
Experimental Group
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Group receiving no treatment
Control Group
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What are the 7 perspectives of psychology
- Psychoanalytic/Psycho-dynamic
- Behavioral
- Humanist
- Cognitive
- Neuroscience/Bio-psychology
- Evolutionary
- Sociocultural
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What is the difference between M.D. and Ph.D?
M.D. can prescribe mediciation
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Pleasure and Reward Center
Tries to maintain homostasis
Hypothalamus
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What is Reward Deficiency Syndrome?
Damage to the Hypothalamus. People do not feel happy like normal people do
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Transmits messages from one hemisphere to the other
Corpus Callosum
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Chemical messengers that are secreted into the synapse are called...
Neurotransmitters
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Goes on in the Axon of the Neuron and carries a message from the cell body to the terminal branches
Action Potential/Neural Impulse
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When the brain repairs itself
Plasiticity
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Junction where information transfers from neuron to neuron
Synapse
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Is necessary for language reception/to answer back to something and is located in the left temporal lobe
Wernicke's Area
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Is necessary for talking/speech and is located in the left frontal lobes
Broca's Area
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What is the purpose of Biological Psychology
To see how the brain really works
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An organism's awareness of its own self and surroundings
Consciousness
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Repeated interruption of breathing during sleep because air passages to the lungs are physically blocked
Sleep Apnea
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Persistent problems in falling asleep, staying asleep, or awakening too early
Insomnia
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Biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycl
Circadian Rhythm
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Waves associated with drowsy relaxation
Alpha Waves
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Slow, high-amplitude waves, which signify deeper levels of sleep
Delta Waves
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Abrupt awakenings from NREM sleep accompanied by intense physiological arousal and feelings of panic
Night Terrors
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According to Freud, a dream's surface content, which contains dream symbols that distort and disguise the dream's true meaning.
Manifest Content
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The true, unconscious meaning of a dream, according to Freudian dream theory
Latent Content
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1st stage of prenatal development that begins with conception and ends with implantation in the uterus (first 2 weeks)
Germinal Period
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2nd stage of the prenatal development that begins after uterine implantation and lasts through the 8th week
Embryonic Period
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The third, and final stage of prenatal development (8 weeks to birth), characterized by rapid weight gain in the fetus and the fine detailing of body organs and system
Fetal Period
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Environmental agent that causes damage during prenatal development. Anything bad that the mother can do that can cause damage.
Teratogen
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When rubbing a baby's cheek and it turns its head and opens it's mouth in search of a nipple for food
Rooting Reflex
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Piaget's 1st stage (0-2 years old) in which schemas are developed through sensory and motor activities
Sensorimotor Stage
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Piaget's 2nd stage, (2-7 years) characterized by the ability to employ significant language and to think symbolically
Preoperational Stage
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Piaget's 3rd stage (7-11 years). The child can perform mental operations on concrete objects and understand reversibility and conservation, but abstract thinking is not yet present
Concrete Operational
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Piaget's 4th stage (11 years+) characterized by abstract and hypothetical thinking
Formal Operational
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Understanding that certain physical characteristics (such as volume) remain unchanged, even when their outward appearance changes.
Conservation
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Kubler-Ross' 5 Stages of Grief?
- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
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Maslow’s theory that some motives must be met before going on the higher needs
Hierarchy of Needs
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What is the best parenting style?
Authorative
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