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psychology 101
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/15/2008

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psychology is the science of ____ & _____
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behavior & cognition
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What are the goals of psychology?
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describe explain predict control
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this asserts that people are conscious, self aware, and capable of free choice and self fulfillment
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humanistic perspective
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a neurotransmitter that controls muscle contractions
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acetylcholine
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what do afferent neurons do?
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transmit messages from sensory receptors to the brain
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what do efferent neurons do?
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transmit messages from the brain to the muscles and glands
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what does the peripheral nervous system consist of?
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autonomic and somatic nervous system
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what regulates breathing and heartbeat?
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medulla
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what is involved in muscle contraction and balance?
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cerebellum
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what controls the endocrine system
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hypothalamus
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the sensory relay part of the brain
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thalamus
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the view that the perception of sensory stimuli involves the interaction of physical, biological, and psychological factors
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signal detection theory
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the process of becoming less sensitive to constant stimuli
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negative adaptation
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informs us about our bodies position relative to gravity
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vestibular
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what is a depressant?
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alcohol
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what is a stimulant?
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cocaine
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what is a hallucinogen?
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marijuana
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who discovered classical conditioning?
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pavlov
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the law of effect was given by who?
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thorndike
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increase the rate of responding
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positive reinforcers
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this method of successive approximation teaches complex behavior
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shaping
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of general knowledge
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semantic memories
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just repetition
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rote
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the process of treating something abstract as concrete
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reification
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acquired knowledge
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crystallized intelligence
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motivation is the desire to contribute to the gene pool
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sociobiological perspective
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states of depression
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needs
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desirable for its own sake
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intrinsic motivation
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preventing unconscious material from consciousness
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repression
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your own forbidden desires to someone else
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projection
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the redirection of unacceptable urges onto a substitute
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displacement
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the physiological manifestations of psychological disturbances
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conversion disorder
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shows delusions of persecution
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paranoid schizophrenia
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