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psychology chapter one test Flashcards

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What is the biggest question in Psycholgoy?

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Nature or Nurture

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What is the significance of the activity we did in class?

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Because you can’t predict something just by rubbing someone head

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in general they are interest in the chemistry of the brain

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Neuroscience

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they are interest in things with motivation, incentives; thought processes

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Cognitive

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environment, stuctrional facts

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Behavioral

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social influences

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Social/Cultures

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behaviors that assisted in survival

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Evolutionary

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hidden impulses, child’s head trauma, sexual motivations

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Psychodynamic

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DNA from parents; direct biological influence on behavior

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Genetic

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What is the definition of Psychology?

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Behavioral and mental process

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conducted the first experiment

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Wilhelm Wundt

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He wrote the psychology notebook called “principle of psychology”

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William James

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Crossroads” discipline is a blend between

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Hard and soft sciences

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13
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Sleep talking happens on what stage

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Stage 2

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Avoiding expertise within two of bedtime is a suggested way to combat insomnia

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True

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Which stage of sleep is sometimes called”paradox sleep”

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Rem

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How is a picture of a tiny Earth from 3.5 billion miles away significant to the study of Psychology

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Because the earth is the same as psychology. We don’t know as much as we think that we know because there’s to much to know.

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Psychology is a relatively young discipline

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True

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The first Psychology textbook–principles of psychology–was published in ______ by ______

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1879/ William Wundt

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Nurture works on what nature endows means that

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Nature and nurture work together to shape behavior and mental processes

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What are the 3 components of the scientific Attitude?

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Curiosity
Skepticism
Humility

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Example of skepticism

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Willingness to question

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Guidelines established by the APA

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Full consent
Protected from harm (physical and psychological)
Identities protected
Experiment must be fully explained at the end

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How can Psychology be consider dangerous?

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Because psychology knowledge can be a bother. Experiments could go bad

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in general they are interest in the chemistry of the brain

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Neuroscience

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they are interest in things with motivation, incentives; thought processes

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Cognitive

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environment, stuctrional facts

Social/Cultural - social influences

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Behavioral

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behaviors that assisted in survival

Psychodynamic- hidden impulses, child’s head trauma, sexual motivations

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Evolutionary -

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hidden impulses, child’s head trauma, sexual motivations

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Psychodynamic

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muscle action, leaning, memory - too little?? Alzheimes’s

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Acetylcholine -

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movement, attention, a motion, learning, – too little?? Porkinsin’s – too much?? Schizophrenia

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Dopamine

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mood, hunger, sleep, arousal – too little?? Depression

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Serotonin

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inhibitory effects – too little?? Seizures, tremors, insomnia, migraines

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GABA

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excitatory effects – too much ^^(all the ones above)

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Glutamate

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Alcohol
Heroin
Tranquilizer

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Depressants

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Caffeine
Cocaine (destroyes the nervous in your brian)
Methamphetamine
Painkillers

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Stimulants

36
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Marijuana
LSD
Ecstasy

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Hallucinogens

37
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difficulty of falling asleep and staying asleep
Most common sleep disorder
Treatment
Medicinal sleep aid
Don’t exercise within 2 hours of falling asleep
No caffeine after 2 pm
No screen time…

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Insomnia –

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suddenly and randomly
Treatments
With medication

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Narcolepsy –

39
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person stops breathing
Wake up frequently without knowing
Low-quality sleep
Correlated with obesity
Treatment
CPAP medicine
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Sleep apnea

40
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a panic attack in your sleep
Stage 4
Usually outgrows them

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Night terrors

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light sleep
hallucinations
hypnagic sensations (falling)
myoclonic jerks

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Stage 1:

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light to deeper

sleep talking

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Stage 2:

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transitional to deep sleep

difficult to wake up

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Stage 3:

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deep sleep
sleep walking
bedwetting

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Stage 4:

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paradoxical sleep, brain is highly aroused…looks like wakefulness, BUT, your body is paralyzed (motor cartex symals are blocked)

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Rem: ***paradoxical sleep, brain is highly aroused…looks like wakefulness, BUT, your body is paralyzed (motor cartex symals are blocked)

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