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-literally-the study of the mind
-The science of behavior(crying/smiling) and mental processes(feeling/thinking) |
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| What are the 5 types of psychological research? |
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-Experiment
-Correlational Studies
-Survey
-Naturalistic Observation
-Case studies |
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| What is Experimental Research (This question relates to the 5 types of psych research) |
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| -Tool used to identify cause and effect under tightly controlled conditions |
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| Correlational Studies (5 types of Psych research) |
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-The relationship between variables is studied
-correlation coefficient summarizes/rates the relationship btwn the 2 variables(-1.0 to 1.0)
-0:no relationship
-positive:one variable increases, so does the other
-negative:one variable increase, the other decreases |
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| Survey ( 5 types of psych research) |
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| Naturalistic Observation ( 5 types of psych research) |
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| -Researchers observe subjects in own surroundings |
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| Case studies ( 5 types of psych research) |
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-Focus on a few ppl (or 1)
-in depth study w/ rare/unusual ppl
-Criticism: subjective/small sample size |
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A stimulus condition that the experimenter changes differently from all the controlled experiemnts
-Depends on what is being controlled in experiment |
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Responses of ppl in experiment
-Depends on conditions on which the subjects have been exposed to |
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| What are the applied Psychological Specialties? |
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-Industrial/Organizational
-Sports
-Engineering
-School
-Rehabilitation
-Clinical/Couselors |
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-Release chemical contents into synapse
-Send messages across gap to next neuron in the train
-Strongly refer to table 2.1 for list of neural transmitters |
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-Deals with Cerebral Dominance
-bundle of nerve cells that connect the two hemisphere of the brain and relay info between the two |
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-form of behavioral learning
-a neutral stimulus gets power to mimic the same response by the other stimulus |
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| Stimulus GIVEN to increase the chance of a response reoccurring |
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| Stimulus TAKEN away to increase the chance of a response reoccurring |
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| aversive (to avoid) stimulus is given to decrease chances of reoccurring behavior (spanking,time out) |
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| removal of stimulus as consequence to decrease chance of reoccurring behavior (take away car keys, phone |
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| encoding,storage and retrival |
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| What are the 3 stages of memory |
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-sensory
-working/short term memory
-long term |
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| disability in forming NEW memories |
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| What are the 3 stages of Prenatal development? |
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