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observes and describes behavior and mental processes withou manipulating variables.
descriptive research
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when one views ones own ethnic group as "correct" and judges others according to its standard
ethnocentrism
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Expirementer bias always
produces flawed results
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6 steps of the scientific method
- review liturature
- formulate testable hypothoses
- choose a research design
- statistical analysis
- peer reviewed scientific journal
- building theory furthor
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researchers can isolate a single factor and examine thw effect of the factor alone on a particular behavior through what?
experements
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Focuses on free will, self actualization, and human nature as positive and growth seeking.
Humanistic perspective
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advantages of experimental method
minimizes artificiallty, it is easier to collect data, allows description of behavior and mental processe as they occur
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Psychiatrists
medical doctors and have an MD degree with a specialization in psychiatry and a license to prescibe medications and drugs
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Problem with correlations
many people assume correlation implies causation
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the cell body recieves info from the
dendrites and provide life-support functions
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What is the largest and most prominent part of the human brain
the forebrain
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Glial cells make up how much of the brains cells ?
90% and play a direct role in the nervous system communication
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What does norepinephrine (NE) affect?
learning, memory, dreaming, emotion, waking from sleep, eating, alertness, wakfulness, and reactions to sleep.
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What connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex?
the corpus callsum
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The sending neurons normally reabsorb what?
the excess neurotransmitters or they are broken down into by special enzymes
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What does the sympathetic nervous system convey?
sensory info to the CNS and sends motor messages to muscles and can control involuntary basic life functions like a heartbeat
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Both grasping and the rooting reflex are
innate
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The hypothalamus is part of they lymbic system and controls
sex and thirst
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The autonomic nervous system is responsible for
independent activities such as digestion and salivation
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The amygdala is part of the lymbic system and controls
agression, fear, and possible influence on emotions such as depression
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The cerebelum coordinates
fine muscle movement, balance and some perception and cognition
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the pons cordinate
respiration
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The Broca's are is part of the
frontal lobe and controls language comprehension
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Stages of General adaption syndrom (GAS)
- Alarm
- resistance
- ehhaustion
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During acute stress, cortisol prevents
the retrieveal of existing memories or the laying down of new memories and general information processing
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Type A personalities
- hostile
- agitaged
- easily angered
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Children experience PTSD after
exposure to a traumatic life event
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Behavior modification, biofeedback and relaxation techniques
effective means for helping an individual undergoing chronic pain
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In which appraisal of a stresful situation does an individual choose a coping method
secondary
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increase in cortisol causes
and increase in damage to the hippocampus
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the SAM system is the bodys
initial, rapid-acting stress response, involving the symphathetic nervous system and the adrenal medulla.
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what is one of the 10 most common hassles for a college student?
being lonely
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positive life changes
can cause a person stress
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Long term memory has
permanent storage, relatively permanent duration and relatively unlimited capacity
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A weak echo (echoic memory) of auditory info
can last up to 30 seconds
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implicit or nondeclarative memory is a type of memory that occurs
without conscious recall
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example of a episodic memory
recalling of your high school graduation
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elaborative rehersal
seeking to understand new info and not just memorize info
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retrograd amnesia
people lose memory for events that occur before a brain injury
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acronyme
Dendrites, Cell Body, A?
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Client centered therapy
- carl rogers
- encourages people to actualize their potential and relate to others in genuine ways
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Identify your belief system and dispute the self defeating ideas and thoughts you had learned or addopted
alber Ellis
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Women seek therapy for
mental disorders due to stresses of poverty, mutiple roles, aging, and violence in relationships
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Overgeneralization
the process of drawing negaitve conclusions about ones self-worth.
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therapy attepmts to change
disturbed thoughts, disturbed emotions, disturbed behaviors, biomedical distubances and interpersonal and life situation difficulties.
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psychosurgueries such a labotomy
durning 1950 , not really today
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magnification is the process
of focusing only on the negative events while ignoring the positive events
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ativan valium and xanax
common medications used to assist in the treatment of anxiety orders
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aversion therapy
uses the principles of operant conditioning.
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social pychology
study of how peiople infulence thought feelings and actions
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