Exam #1

Question 1

Define psychology

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Science of behavior & mental process

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Goals of psych

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Describe predict and explain behavior and mental processes

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Wundt

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Founder of psychology

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Structuralism

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Analyze consciousness into its basic elements (structure)

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Functionalism

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Analyze how consciousness works - its function or purpose

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Psychoanalytic

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How the unconscious mind influence behavior

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Behaviorism

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Learning behaviors

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Humanism

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Unique qualities of humans

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Cognitive

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Study of peoples minds and how they are unique

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Academic psychologist

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Study how people change mentally over a long period of time

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Clinical psychologist

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OCD, ADHD, Anxiety

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Health psychologist

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Help reduce stress to make body more physically healthy

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Gestalt Psychology

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Emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its parts

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Scientific method steps

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Research questions
Hypothesis
Test hypothesis
Analyze data and draw conclusion

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Confounding Variables

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Variables that vary systematically with the independent variable

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Operational Definitions

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Concept defined in terms of how its measured

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Experimental method

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Manipulate or controls variable and look for changes in the 2nd variable

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Random sample

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Everyone in your population has an equal chance of being in your study

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Random assignment

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Everyone in your study has an equal chance of being placed in different groups

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Correlational Method

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Descriptive or observational, recording behavior

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Nervous system

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Complex communication network

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Major categories of cells

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Glia, neurons

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Absolute threshold

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Minimum amount of stimulation necessary or a particular stimulus to be detected 50% of the time

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Difference threshold

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Minimum difference in stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time

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Subliminal

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Affected by stimuli that are too weak to notice

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Sensory adaptation

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Diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus

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Retina

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Tissue that lines the back of the eye, absorbs light

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Cones

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Gives us color vision

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Rods

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Sensitive to light levels, gives vision in low light

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Optic nerve

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Blind spot of the eye

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Fovea

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Responsible for central vision

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Amplitude - hearing

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Loudness

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Frequency - hearing

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Pitch

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Cochlea

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Inner ear, Bony fluid part of the inner ear concerned with hearing

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Oval window

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Membrane that covers opening from middle ear to inner ear

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Basilar Membrane

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Lines cochlea and contains receptor cells for hearing

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Perceptual organization

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How we organize our sensations into perceptions

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Proximity

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Items near each other belong together

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Similarity

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Groups things that are similar

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Continuity

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Groups things in smooth continuous patterns

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Closure

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Fill in to make a sense of closure and completeness

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Depth perception

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Ability to see in 3-D, estimating distance

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Binocular Cues

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Retinal disparity, Convergence

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Monocular cues

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Relative size, Overlap, Relative height, Linear perspective, Motion parallax

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Perceptual Constancies

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Tendency to perceive a stable perception in the face of continually changing sensory input

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ESP

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Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition

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Top down processing

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Perceptions begin with the most general and move towards more specific

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Bottom up processing

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Perceptual processing for recognizing meaningful patterns by piecing together pieces of sensory information