psych soc Flashcards
1
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what do steroid hormones end in
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“-ol,” “-one,” or “-en.”
2
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hawthorne effect
A
research subjects act differently because they know they are being observed
3
Q
otolith organ
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for the vestibular system
4
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stereopsis
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depth perception collected from info received from both eyes
- retinal disparity: different images on each retina
- convergence: angular position of eyes
5
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monoamine hypothesis
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depletion of neurotransmitters cause depression
6
Q
what is damaged in parkingsons
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- dopamine neurons
- basal ganglia
7
Q
feature detection
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specific neurons that preferentially fire in response to specific stimuli
8
Q
parallel processing
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simultaneously processes many things
9
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spreading activation
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one node triggers the activity of other ones
10
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sensory adaptation
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diminishing nervous system response to stimuli that remains constant
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