Psychology first test

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psychology

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the scientific study of behavior and the mind

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psychology orgin

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Early greek philosophy

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founded 1st lab for experimental psych in 1879

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Believed that we are all driven by an unconscious desire, and they press on your conscious level and come out other ways (ex dreams)

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Sigmund freud

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behaviorism

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Psychology was redefined as the study of observable behavior

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Which 2 are completely opposite ends?

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Introspection and behavuorism

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what are the 3 key elements of psychology?

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Science, behavior, mind

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how And when was the cognitive revolution created?

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!960’s, renewed interest in mind, mental activity, and consciousness.

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what does psychological psychology do?

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investigate the biological basis of human behavior, and links between brain functioning and overall behavior.

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What is cognitive psychology?

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Decision-making,language,learning,memory, and study skills.

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What is social psychology?

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First impressions, attraction, how attitudes are formed and maintained, prejudice and persuasion
conformity and obedience.

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Personality psychology

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study the differences between people in such traits as anxiety,
sociability, self-esteem, aggressiveness

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Developmental psychology

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nature vs. nurture debate (biological vs. environmental factors), stage
theories, change and growth

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Clinical and counseling psychology

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counseling
o diagnosis, cause, and treatment of psychological disorders.

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popular psychology

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Evaluating posychology in the news, critical thinking, and photographic memory.

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Scientific methods

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Theory: an organized set of principles that describes, predicts and explains some phenomenon; hypothesis - a specific, testable prediction derived from a theory. Descriptive studies vs. correlations vs. experimentation.

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naturalistic observation

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recording behavior in its natural context
pros- behavior can be measured objectively, natural behavior
cons- inner states can only be inferred from behavior, not seen. Observer bias, reactance, time consuming.

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Case studies

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in depth look at a single indivdiaul or small group
pros- rich description of behavior, ideas for future study
cons- difficult to generalize beyond single case, very time consuming.

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Surverys

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Large scale measurement of many respondents, must be careful with wording
random sampling is important for generalization to a larger population
pros- lots of info at relatively low cost
cons - dishonest, response bias,

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Correlations

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used to investigate the relatioship between variables
correlation coefficients indicate strength and direction of relationship
pros - prediction is possible
cons - no causality: cannot explain the relationship.

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experimentation

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maniuplate independent variable : measure dependent variable
control groups and random assign meant are nesecarry for reaching conclusions
clarify operational definition
pros- conclusions can be drawn about casual relationship
cons - ethical considerations, behavior constrained in lab.

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neurons

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neurons send and revieve info throughout the body in form of electrochemical signals

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synapse

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tiny gap between two neurons. Where neurotransmitters are released ( releasing dopamine through neurotransmitters to other neuron)

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reputake

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neurotransmitters relasing to th eother neuron and going back to the original neuron/

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acetycholine

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Neurotransmitter responsible for muscle activty, learning, and memory.

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gaba

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slows everything down, withpput the inhibitory effects of Gaba the excitation of neurons can get out of control, gaby may lead to anxiety

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serotonin

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many people with depresion have an undersupply of serotonin, SSRI

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dopamine

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in control of voluntary movements undersupply - difficulty in initiating movement Oversupply - causes pschizosprhenia

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Oxytoxin

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It is released when you have sex (love hormone) also released when a woman is in childbirth.

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How do we study the brain?

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brain imaging techniques lesions electrical simulation

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brain imaging techniques can be :

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structural- taking pictures of the brain, cat scans, MRI's ) or functional - they can tell which part of the brain is active when you are doing something.

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hippocampus

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plays a role in forming new memories

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amygdala

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agression center _ plays a role in regulating emotions

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hypothalamus

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plays a role in forming new memorie

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frontal lobe

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motor cortex - output - motor cortex - left himisphere section, controls body right side

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temporal lobe

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audtory cortex, language comprehension./

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hemispheric specialization

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contralateral - opposite side left himsphere vs right hemisphere left hemisphere- controls language right hemisphere - plays a greater role in non verbal abillities.

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the split brain

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serving corpus callosum eliminates communication between the hemispheres.

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neural plasticity

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brains ability to change in response to experience

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hermispherectomies

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removal of the left or right half of the brain.

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consiousness

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defined as an awareness of the sensastions, thoughts and feelings that one is attending to at any given moment.

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slective attention -

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we cannot focus on everything at the same time.

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change blindness

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inability to notice changes

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divided attention

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- multitask success in performance depends on how easy or hard the task is.

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circadian rhythm -

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tiny cluster of neurons in hypothalamus responsible for regulating circadian rhythm

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REM

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rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a stage of sleep when people experience vivid dreams, and their eyes move rapidly while closed.