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psychology

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scientific study of mind and behavior

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gestalt

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uses series of principles to describe how we organize bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes; the whole is different from the sum of its parts; Ebbinghaus

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behavioral

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how the brain and nervous system determine behavior; the effects of heredity on behavior

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psychodynamic

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behavior is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which we have little awareness or control; Sigmund Freud; ex. dreams and slips of the tongue

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humanistic

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individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, control their lives and behavior; Carl Rogers and Maslow; emphasis on free will; seek fulfillment

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cognitive

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focuses on higher mental processes such as thinking, memory, reasoning

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evolutionary

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seeks to identify behavior patterns that resulted from genetic inheritance from our ancestors

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scientific method

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the way we systematically study and understand knowledge; independent and dependent variables; confound: anything that affects dependent v that is not independent v

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experimental research

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needed to find cause; correlation does not equal causation

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parts of a neuron

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dendrites, soma (cell body), nucleus, myelin sheath, axon, terminal buttons

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sympathetic PNS

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put systems on alert; fight or flight; ex. increase heart rate

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parasympathetic PNS

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relax; ex. slow heart rate

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autonomic PNS

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involuntary movement; has 2 divisions: sympathetic and parasympathetic

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central nervous system

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brain and spinal chord

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somatic PNS

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voluntary movement

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peripheral nervous system

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made up of neurons with long axons and dendrites

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dendrites

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branch out from spinal chord and brain and reach the extremities of the body

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heritability

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traits passed down from parent to offspring

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twin studies

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Bouchard and Tellegen: discovered genetics have large influence on behavior through twins separated at birth

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sensation

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activation on sense organs by physical energy (stimulus)

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perception

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sorting out, analysis, how stimuli are interpreted

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absolute thresholds

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smallest intensity of a stimulus that must be present for it to be detected; ex. candle in dark 20 mi away

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difference threshold

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smallest level of added or reduced stimulation required to sense a change; the just noticeable difference; ex. takes a certain level of strength to notice grip on arm has gotten stronger

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Weber’s law

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just noticeable difference is a constant proportion of the intensity of an initial stimulus; 50:1 ratio

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rods

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colorblind (do not process color); process motion, night vision, shadows

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cones

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color reception; do not work in the dark

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Gestalt laws of organization

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  1. similarity
  2. continuation
  3. closure
  4. proximity
  5. figure/ ground
  6. symmetry/ order
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Gestalt laws: similarity

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elements that are similar in appearance are perceived as grouped together

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Gestalt laws: continuation

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on a line or curve

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Gestalt laws: proximity

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we perceive elements that are closer together as grouped together

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Gestalt laws: closure

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we group elements to form enclosed or complete figures rather than open ones

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learning

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relatively permanent change in behavior brought by experience

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habituation

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a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations

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classical conditioning

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unconditioned stimulus leads to unconditioned response (naturally occurring); ex. balloon popping and guy flinching; neutral stimulus becomes conditioned: learned/ trained

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Pavlov’s dogs

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present dog with food and it drools, ring a bell when giving food, ring the bell without food and the dog drools

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extinction

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disappearance of conditioned response

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generalization

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response to similar stimuli

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discrimination

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between conditioned stimulus and others

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operant conditioning

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change in behavior using reward and punishment

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Skinner

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operant conditioning in rats in a box, rewarding them if they pressed lever

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punishment

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pros: appropriate for dangerous behavior
cons: ineffective, physical is harmful mentally, does not give alternative

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insight

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sudden awareness of the relationships among various elements that had previously appeared to be independent of one another; lightbulb idea; Wolfgang Kohler and the chimps stacking boxes

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observational learning

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learning through imitation; mirror

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Bandura

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social cognitive approach; learning through observing model behavior and its consequences in social interactions

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memory

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process by which we encode , store, retrieve info

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chunks

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grouping of info that can be stored in short term memory; ex. phone numbers

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primacy vs recency effect

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tendency to remember the first and last thing we encounter

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mnemonic devices

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organize info to make it more likely to be remembered

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short term memory

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memory store in which info first has meaning; magic number 7 +/- 2; working memory: visual store, verbal store, episodic buffer

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visual store

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visual and spatial

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verbal store

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speech, word, numbers

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episodic buffer

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episodes, occurences

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flashbulb

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extremely vivid memory, traumatic experience you remember specific details

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sensory memory

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sight: iconic, sound: echoic; forget within 1 second

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capacity

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digit span: how many digits a person can remember, 5-8

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heuristics

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thinking strategy that may lead to solution but may sometimes lead to error; ex. dots game

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intelligence

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knowing the context of where you are and what it would take to thrive/ solve and being able to do it

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WAIS

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Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV: Stanford-Binet intelligence scale; vary to the age of the person being tested

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reliability

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tests measure consistently what they are trying to measure

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validity

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tests actually measure what they are supposed to measure

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G factor

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general intelligence

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emotional intelligence

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set of skills underlie assessment, evaluation, expression of emotions

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most preventable metal retardation

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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emotion

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prepares us for action, shapes our future behavior, helps us interact more effectively with others; what drives you to action

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Maslow’s Hierarchy

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ordering motivational needs; certain primary needs must be satisfied before moving onto higher order; basic needs: biological needs and survival; psychological needs: connection and self-esteem; self-actualization: state of self-fulfillment in which people realize their highest potential

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learned helplessness

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one concludes that unpleasant stimuli cannot be controlled; mimics depression: nothing I do will change it and its not going to change; ex. dogs on shock floor

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sexual response cycle

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excitement, plateau: maximum level of arousal, orgasm: peak, resolution stage: interval after orgasm in which body returns to unaroused state, refractory period: temporary period in which male cannot develop an erection again

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androgens

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main sex hormone in men

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estrogens

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main sex hormone in women

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Freud and psychological determinism

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unconscious forces act as determinants of personality

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structure of personality

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id: raw, reduce tension created by primitive drives (rage), pleasure principle
ego: buffer between id and outside world, executive of personality, reality principle
superego: represents rights and wrongs of society, conscience, perfection principle

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defense mechanisms

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unconscious strategies that people use to reduce anxiety by distorting reality and concealing source of anxiety; ex. repression: unpleasant id impulses are pushed back into unconscious

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big five OCEAN

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion vs introversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

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MMPI-2

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Minnesota multiphase personality inventory-2: self report test that identifies people with psychological difficulties

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Rorscharch test

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projective method: person is shown ambiguous stimulus and asked to describe it; ink blot tests

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TAT

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Thematic Apperception Test: shown pictures where you can see multiple images

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Eysenck

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3 dimensions of traits:
1. extraversion: degree of sociability
2. neuroticism: emotional stability
3. psychoticism: degree that reality is distorted

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teratogens

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environmental agents such as drug, chemical, virus to produce a birth defect

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Piaget

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temperament

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attachment

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securely attached: mother as home base, explore independently, exhibit stress when she leaves
avoidant: does not cry when mother leaves
ambivalent: wary of strangers, stressed when separated from parent but not excited when they return
disorganized: lack of clear attachment style, confused

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Kohlberg’s theory of moral development

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Level 1: Pre-Conventional Morality
- Stage 1: obedience and punishment
- Stage 2: individualism and exchange
Level 2: Conventional Morality
- Stage 3: developing good interpersonal relationships
- Stage 4: maintaining social order
Level 3: Post-Conventional Morality
- Stage 5: social contract and individual rights
- Stage 6: universal principles

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Erikson’s stages

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Stage 1: trust vs mistrust
Stage 2: autonomy vs shame/ doubt
Stage 5: identity vs confusion

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