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PNS Subdivision

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autonomic
somatic

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Somatic

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volountary skeletel[walking]

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Autonomic[ Register sensory info and perform response

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automatic functions, organs and viseral glands

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Autonomic subdivisions

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PARA
SYMP

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Presynaptic neuron made of

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vesicles hold neurotransmitters on the axon terminal

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Post synaptic neuron made of

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Receptor sites and dendrites

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Dopamine function

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balance, movement and reward based learining + feeling pleasure

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Seretonin function

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regualtes mood and sleep

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Synaptic Plastisity

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sprouting
rerouting
pruining

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Sprouting

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formation of new neural connections

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rerouting

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establishing alternative synaptic connects to avoid damaged

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pruining

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removalof uneccersarry synapse to make others stronger

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hypothalamaus role

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coordirnate hormone realese

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adrenal glands

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produce cortisol and realese adreneline

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Primary apprasial

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Stress Beign positive irrelevent
threat challange harm/loss

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Secondary apprasial

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copingrecources adequate= handle stressor

inadequate= stress occur

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Classical Condtioning

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Before conditioning- The ns produce no specfic response, the ucselicts ucr

During condtioning- The NS is repeadtly paired with the ucs which elicts the ucr, the ns wass presented immeditaly before the ucs

after conditioning- the ns becomes the cs which elicits the cr

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Operant

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Antecedent- the stimulis/event
B/H- The volountary action in presence of antecedent
Consequnce- outcome of b/h impact likleyhood of doing b/h again

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Observational learining

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attention- activly focus
retention- make a mentel rep
reproduction- physical capabilities
motivation- desire to perform
reinforcement- postive consequnce from b/h more likley perform b/h

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situated learning

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learner in enviroment where practice is apllied

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Atkinson shiffrin

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sensory mem- iconoic- 0.3 sec Echoic- 3 sec both unlimited

Short Term- duration 18-30 5-9items

long term- unlimited duration and capacity

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Types of LTM

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Eplicit- semantic+ eposodic
Implicit- prodcedual + classical

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Explcit mem [concious retrived]

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eposodic- personal exp
semantic- facts genral knowladge

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implicit mem [unconcious retrive]

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procedual-tie show lace
classic- involountray responseeg feaf

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Brainstrucuture basic
neocortex- store ecplicit mem hippocampus- encode explcit amygdala- encode emotional basal ganglia+ cerebellum- encode andstore implicit mem
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Alzeihmers disease
dementia that is deteriation of brain neurons cause memory decline amyloid plaque between neurons neurofiballry tangles within neurons
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method loci
memorise info through placing item along imagery journey
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sung narratives
allows bigger chunks the stgm can store+ auditory aspect
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Song Lines
memory code used by aborgiinal to track journeys and desribe howtravellor passes through land peacfully
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Normal Waking Conciousness
standard and patter
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Altered State of Conciusness
anything not nwc, can be induced or natural
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DARE
Detect amplify and record electrical activity
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EOG
Detect activity of the muscles around the eyes
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EMG
Movement of muscles
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EEG
Activity in the Brain
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ultradian
sleep cycles occur mulitple 24 hrs
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Circadian
sleep wake cycle, 1 per 24 hr
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SCN Process
SCN send neural messages to pineal glands to secrete more or less meletonin
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zietgebers
external cues in the enviroment
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Total amount of sleep
neonatal- 16hr infancy- 13.5 children-11 adolescents-9 young adult and adult- 7-8 eldery- 6
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REM- NREM ratio
neonatal- 50/50 infancy- 65/35 rest- 80/20
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Sleep dept effect
affective behavioural cognitive
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sleepdept cognitive affect
slowed decision making, lack focus and lapse attention
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affective sleep dept
easliy irratated and increased mood swings
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behavioural sleep dept
fatigue, sleep inertia and micro sleeps and reaction time
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Circadian ryhtm disorder
delayed sleep phase syndrome' adavanced sleep phsase disorder
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BLT
Timed and safe exposure to safe levels of light that promotes wakefulness
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shiftwork
mismatch in body waking and sleep times, due to working at irregular hours
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Holistic and multidimesional
Holitic looks at someone as a whole and there diffrent needs that are multidimensional and are made up of interconnected diffrent components
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Stress
Soucre is genral known, can contribute to disorder and helpful in mild ways
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Anxiety
source not always known, can contribute to disorder and helpful small amounts
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Phobia
source known, is disorder and not helpful
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Protective factors
bio- adequate sleep and nutrition psych- CBS and mindfulness meditiation social- support
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Evidence based interventions
BIO-Benzodiazapine agents + Breathing retraining Psych- Cognitive beharviural therapy,systematic desensitisation Social- Psychoeducation
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Contribute factor
BIO-GABA dys, LTP Psych- Precipitate classical, perputate operant, cognitve bias[memory bias, catastrpohic thinking] social- stigma , specific enviro trigger
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cultural continutiy
ability to preserve and ablity to pass down cultrual traditions and beliefs from generations
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Self determination
ability to pursure there own cultrual, economic and social growth
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IV
Whats being minipulated
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DV
Whta being measured
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Extranous variable
other then iv that can cause change in Dv unwated
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Experimentor affect
can occur if experimentor is biased towards a certin group
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standard instructions
all participants are given instructiobns to follow a procedure to avoid extranous
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Single Blind
where participants are unaware of if there in experimental or control
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Double blind
both participants and the experimenter are unware of which is experimental and controlled
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Random Sample
every member in pop as equal chance at being selected
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stratified sample
divide population into distinct groups
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qualatative
description in words of results
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quantative
data and stats numbers
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standard deviation
how far within a set that are spread from the man high sx equal large spread low sx equal small spread
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Repeatability
measurement over and over in same condtion produce same result
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reproduceable
consistent test that is performed under diffrent condition
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validity
how accurate the testor method actually measure what it aims to
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Genralisation
how widley the results can be applied to other members, no ethical principles arebreached, no major ev or convienince sample used
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Ethical priniplces
volountary participation, inform consent and withdraw rights

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