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Intro To Psychology Exam 1: Module 5-6

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Behavior Genetics

Behavioral Genetics - The Study Of The Rela...

Identical Twins

Same Sex Only, Have A Lot Of Similarities

Temperament

You Can Take Temperament Of When You Were 3...

Nature

Starts In The Womb

Exam 4 Psyc

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Long-term Potentiation Is An Example Of

A Potential Learning Mechanism

Aplysia Was An Animal Talked About In Class B...

It Is A Simple "model" System

The Fluid Surrounding Brain Cells Is Called _...

Extracellular

To Maintain Proper Fluid Balance, The Body Co...

Blood; Cells

Positive Psychology Exam 1

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Historical Development Of Positive Psychology

Martin Seligman (1999) Credited With Initiati...

Traditional Psych Vs. Positive Psych Focus

Traditional Psych Focuses On The Negative In ...

Growth Mindset

PotentialProblem SolvingBecomingOpen MindWill...

Fixed Mindset

StuckStubbornStaticConcreteLimitingNeed For V...

Psychology 111 Exam 3

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Situation Forces

Can Lead People To Act In Ways Which Would ...

Situation Forces Example

Zimbardo And The “Stanford Prison Study” ...

Altruism

Helping Behavior

Diffusion Of Responsibility

Kitty Genovese: When Others Are Present The R...

Psych Exam 2. Chapters 4,5,7

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Sensation

Physical Process. The Stimulation Of Our Sens...

Perception

A Psychological Process. The Act Of Organizin...

Sensory Adaptation

The Process By Which Our Sensitivity Diminish...

Transduction

The Conversion Of Physical Into Neural Info&n...

Human Cognitive Psychology Exam 1- Chapter 1

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Cognitive Psychology

The Study Of The Mental Operations That Suppo...

Human Information Processing

The Psychological Approach That Attempts To I...

Sensory Store

The Part Of Memory That Holds Un-analyzed Sen...

Pattern Recognition

The Stage Of Perception During Which A Stimul...

Psychology Exam Two

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Chromosomes

A Coiled- Up Thread Of DNA

DNA (deoxyribonucleic Acid)

A Large Molecule That Contains Genes

Genes

Small Segments Of DNA That Contain Informatio...

Genome

All Of The Genetic Information In DNA

Psychology Exam 3

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Steroid Hormones

4 Carbon Rings, Derive From Cholesterol 1. B...

Sex Limited Genes

Control Most Diff Btw Male/female

Within In Brain, Sex Hormones Increase/decrea...

Apoptosis-causing Certain Areas To B Slightly...

Y Chromosome...

Alters Expression Of Genes On Other Chromosom...

Psychology Exam 3

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Learning

Experience That Results In A Relatively Perm...

Unconditioned ResponseConditioned Response

Unconditioned Response (UR): A Reflexive Rea...

What Serves As The US In Second-order Condit...

A Stimulus That Acquired Its Ability To Prod...

What Is Spontaneous Recovery?

The Tendency Of A Learned Behavior To Recove...

Psychology Exam 4

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Stress

Psychological And Physical Response To Any St...

Two Types Of Stressors

1. Acute2. Chronic

Acute

Short-term Stressor

Chronic

Long-term Stressor

Ethnic Minority Psychology Exam 1

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Kenneth & Mamie Clark

Brown V. Board Of Education (Overturned Seper...

Cross Cultural Psychology V. Ethnic Psycholog...

Differences Btwn. Nations V. Differenced W/in...

Largest Ethnic Minority Group

HISPANICS

3 Elements Of Cultural Competence (Marmol)

Knowledge, Beliefs/Attitudes & Skills

Psych 102 Exam 1

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Capacity To Change.

Plasticity

Produce Changes In An Individual's Physical N...

Biological Processes

Refer To Changes In The Individual's Thought,...

Cognitive Processes

Involve Changes In The Individual's Relations...

Socioemotional Processes

Psychology Exam 3-Chapter 8

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Language Comprehension

The Ability To Understand The Message.

PhonologyPhoneme

The Structure Of Sounds That Can Be Used To P...

Language Production

The Ability To Speak Or Use Words, Phrases An...

Syntax

An Acceptable Arrangement Of Words.

Intro To Psychology Exam #2

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Not Being Able To Recognize Visual Images

Visual Agnosia

Stimulation If Sense. Detect Physical Energ...

Sensation

Translating Sensory Info Into Something Mea...

Perception

Natures Gift That Suits An Organism's Needs...

Senses

Psyc 100!! Exam Prep

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The Study Of Psychology Of Language Is Know A...

Psycholinguistics.

Language Is Important Because?

It Allows For Symbolic Expression Of Thoughts...

Basic Structure Of Speech And Language Is? An...

Phonemes. Individual Vowel And Consonant Soun...

Voice-onset Time Is?

The Delay Between Starting sound And Th...

Psych 310 Final Exam Flash Cards 3

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Acoustic Shadow

Decreases Level Of High Frequency Sounds. Occ...

Head-related Transfer Function (HRTF)

Diff Btwn Sound Source (distal Stimulus) And ...

Auditory Scene

Array Of Environmental Sounds.

Auditory Scene Analysis

Process By Which Listener Separates Diff Soun...

Psychology Module 2 Exam

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Central Nervous System

Brain And Spinal Cord

Peripheral Nervous System

Somatic And Autonomic Nervous Systems

Somatic Nervous System

Voluntary Muscles

Autonomic Nervous System

Parasympathetic And Sympathetic

Psychology Exam 3

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Interactionist

When Nature And Nurture Both Play A Role In D...

Maturation

Much Of Early Development Is Determined By Ge...

3 Stages Of Prenatal Development

1. Germinal Stage2. Embryonic Stage3. Fetal S...

Germinal Stage

First Two Weeksconception, Implantation, Form...

PSYC 250 Exam #1

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Development

Systematic Continuities And Changes In The In...

Developmental Psychology

Branch Of Psychology Devoted To Identifying A...

Developmental Continuities

Ways In Which We Remain Stable Over Time Or C...

Developmentalist

Any Scholar, Regardless Of Discipline, Who Se...

Psychology Exam 4

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Solomon Asch

Primacy Effectconformity Study And Lines

% Of Population That Will Experience A Psycho...

48% (50%)

Baron

Thouught And Behavior That Is Maladaptive And...

3 Requirements For A Psychological Disorder

Abnormalmaladaptivecauses Distress