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1st psyc experiment? who was responsible?
- experiment about people's hearing
- wilhem wundt
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3 main levels of analysis
- biological
- psycological
- social culture
- all equal biopsychosocisl approach
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replication
repeating the essence of the research study
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correlation?
when one trait of behavior is related to or accompanies another we say the two correlate
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positive correlation
a direct relationship meaning two things increase or decrease together
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negative correlation
an inverse relationship as one thing increases another decreases
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illusionary correlation
the the perception of a relationship where no exsit (super stious belief)
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study method
- S tudy
- Q uestion
- R ead
- R ehearse
- R eview
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variables
independent-vary with 1 factor
dependent-change in response to the independent variable
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motor neurons
carry ongoing information from the cns to the bodies tissues
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hippocampus
process memories and facts and episodes
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sympathetic nervous system
arouses and expands energy
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parasympathetic
conserves energy as it calms you
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circadium
the biological clock, regular body rythm, 24 hour cycle
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narcalepsy
a person who can fall asleep in the midst of a heated arguement
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sigmund freud
believes dreams are latent content or hidden meaning
dreams are symbolic fulfillmet of erractic wishes
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suprachaismetric neucleus
cluster of brain cells that control the circadion rhythm
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heredity
predisposes aspects of personality known as temperment
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fraternal twins
develope from a seperate fertilized egg
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identical twins
develope from a single fertilized egg
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biopsycnosocial approach
approach to understanding individual development
- biological influences
- psychological influences
- social influenses
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conception
zygote-fertilized egg with 100 cells by 14 days to zygote turns into an embryo
9 wks embryo turns into a fetus
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teratogens
chemical and viruses, that can reach the embryoor fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
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cognition
refers to all the mentsl abilities associated with thinking, knowing ,remebering and communication
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assimilation
incorporated new exsperience into curret understanding (schema)
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accomodation
the process of adjusting a schema and modifying it
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egocentrism
when you can not percieve things from another point of view
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basic levels of moral thinking
preconventional
conventional
postconventioal
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preconventional
before age.. sho morality to avoid punishment and gain reward
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conventional
by early adolescence... social rules and laws are upheld for there own sake
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postconventional
affirms formulate there own beliefs
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fluid intelligence
ability to reason speedily
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crystaline intelligence
accumilated knowledge and skill
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biological psycologist
study abnormalities in depressed patients
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neural networks
learning occurs as exsperience strengthens certian connections in cell work
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autonomnic nervous system
controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
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somatic nervous system
CONTROLS THE BODIES skeletal muscles (voluntary movement)
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hypothalamus
reward center of the brain,is linked to emotion keeps the bosy internal enviroment steady by regulating thirst hunger and body temp
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components of autonomic nervous system
parasympathetic
sympathetic
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sensory neuron
information carried from the tissues to the central nervous system to the body
transmit signals to the motor neurons
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