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| Study of the mind, what happens in he brain, how people act |
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| What did B.F Skinner study |
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| the study of behavior and mental processes |
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| what determines if a field is a science |
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| use of the scientific method |
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| What makes psychology a science |
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| science is needed to reveal its core concepts |
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| what are the 5 goals of psychological sciences |
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explanation
prediction
control
application |
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| When was structuralism first studied |
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| 1879 W. Wundt and introspection |
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| When was functionalism first studied |
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| When was behaviorism first studied |
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| 1920s B.F. Skinner and J. Watson |
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| When was the cognitive revolution |
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| What are the relative influences of genetics and experience on human behavior |
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| both are applied, sometimes one affects more than the other. ex. schizophrenia is purely genetic |
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| do we truly have choices of are we behaving as a result of past experience |
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| all behavior is under the control of our past experiences and the current circumstances of our enviornment |
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| What are some warning signs of pseudoscience |
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| use of impressive scientific language, use of loopholes to explain negative findings, fails to connect to existing science, and avoids peer review |
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| good scientific theories must do what |
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| fit known facts, predict discoveries, be testable and able to be disproved, |
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| What is the scientific method |
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| ID the problem, design and carry out a true test, determine the truth of the findings, publish/share results |
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| how do you conduct a true experiment |
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| systematic manipulation of one variable measuring the outcome on another, independent vs dependent variables |
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| study of behavior and mental processes from the perspective of the structure of the brain |
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| function to receive, store, and transmit incoming info |
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| looks like branches; receive signals from other neurons |
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| What is contained in the cell body |
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| the long thin straight fiber that is covered in myelin that conveys a signal over the body to the brain |
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| Neural communication is _____ when within cells and ____ between cells |
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| What are the function and disorder associated with Acetylcholine |
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| what are the function and disorder associated with dopamine |
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| emotion and reward / schizophrenia and addiction |
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| what are the function and disorder associated with Norepinphrine |
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| emotion and arousal / depression |
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| what are the function and disorder associated with seratonin |
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| emotion and sleep / depression |
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| what is a psychotropic drug |
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| any chemical that acts on the nervous system that changes behavior and metal processes |
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| How do psychotropic drugs work nigga? |
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| they interfere of promote chemical activity. some act as neurotransmitters |
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| what is physical dependance to a drug nigga? |
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| changes in your physiological functioning due to repeated drug use. body becomes accustomed to the drug |
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| what are withdrawal symptoms? |
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| manifestation of the disturbances following a drug sensation. some examples might be sickness, headaches, and physical shakes |
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| what is psychological dependence? |
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| experience cravings, obsess over drug, changes in thought, feeling of need for drug |
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| diminished effectiveness of a drug due to continued use |
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| signs of drug dependance/addiction |
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| compulsive use, tendency to escalate dosage, impairments in personal life |
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| What factors in a drugs potential to be abused |
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| cost, availability, onset of action, magnitude of effects, social consequences |
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| What is the brain reward center |
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| What was being studied at Mcgill university? |
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| brain stimulation using rats |
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