Behavioral Sciences

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Decks in this class (41)

History of Neuropsychology (1.1)
Franz gall,
Pierre flourens,
William james
6  cards
Human Nervous System (1.2) [HY]
Interneurons,
Reflex arcs,
How many spinal nerves are there
9  cards
Organization of the Brain 1.3 [HY]
Meninges,
Mnemonic for meninges layer,
Dura mater
35  cards
Parts of Forebrain (1.4)
Forebrain is,
What does the thalamus do,
Functions of the hypothalamus
29  cards
Influences on Behavior (1.5) [HY]
Acetycholine affects,
Epinephrine and norepinephrine ef...,
What are the three catecholamines
20  cards
Development (1.6)
What re critical periods,
How does neurulation occur,
What does the neural tube form
14  cards
Sensation vs Perception 2.1
How is sensation processed,
What is perception,
Distal vs proximal stimuli
17  cards
Vision 2.2 [HY]
What s sclera,
Choroidal vessels,
Retina vessels
35  cards
Hearing and Vestibular Sense 2.3
Vestibular sense,
Pinna,
External auditory canal
19  cards
Other senses 2.4 [HY]
Does smell go through hypothalamus,
Pheromones,
Smell pathway
14  cards
Object Recognition 2.5 [HY]
Bottom up data driven processing,
Top down conceptually driven proc...,
Perceptual organization
17  cards
Learning 3.1 [HY]
Habituation,
Dishabituation,
Classical conditioning
29  cards
Memory 3.2 [HY]
Encoding,
Automatic processing,
Controlled effortful processing
60  cards
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 3.3
How does the brain acquire memory,
Neuroplasticity,
Synaptic pruning
6  cards
Cognition 4.1 [HY]
Dual coding theory,
Jean piaget,
Lev vygotsky
5  cards
Problem Solving and Decision Making 4.2 [HY]
Mental set,
Functional fixedness,
Algorithm
16  cards
Consciousness 4.3 [HY]
Reticular formation reticular act...,
How do eeg s do,
Beta waves
22  cards
Consciousness-Altering Drugs 4.4
Depressants,
Effects of alcohol,
Disinhibition with alcohol
24  cards
Attention 4.5
Selective attention,
Cocktail party phenomenon,
Dichotic listening tests
5  cards
Language 4.6 [HY]
Categorical perception,
Morphology,
Semantics
20  cards
Motivation 5.1 [HY]
Reasons for motivation,
Instinct theory of motivation,
Arousal theory
14  cards
Emotion 5.2 [HY]
What re 3 elements of emotion,
Physiological response,
Behavioral response
23  cards
Stress 5.3 [HY]
Primary appraisal,
Secondary appraisal,
Distress
10  cards
Self-Concept and Identity 6.1 [HY]
Self concept,
Self schema,
Identity
8  cards
Formation of Identity 6.2 [HY]
Freud s theory of human psycholog...,
Fixation freud,
Freud s stages of psychosexual de...
10  cards
Personality 6.3 [HY]
Identity vs personality,
The psychoanalytic perspective of...,
Id
48  cards
Types of Psychological Disorders 7.2 [HY]
Negative symptoms,
Delusions of reference,
Delusions of persecution
57  cards
Biological Basis of Nervous System Disorders 7.3 [HY]
Causes of schizophrenia,
Somatic body markers associated w...,
Somatic body markers associated w...
7  cards
Group Psychology 8.1 [HY]
Michelangelo phenomenon,
Social action weber,
Yerkes dodson law of socialfacili...
17  cards
Socialization 8.2 [HY]
Socialization,
Cultural transmission,
Cultural diffusion
28  cards
Attitudes and Behavior 8.3 [HY]
Social cognition,
3 components of attitude mneumonic,
Functional attitudes theory
10  cards
Elements of Social Interaction 9.1 [HY]
Ascribed status,
Achieved status,
Master status
27  cards
Self-Presentation and Interacting with Others 9.2 [HY]
Basic model of emotional expressi...,
Appraisal model,
Social construction model
15  cards
Social Behavior 10.1 [HY]
Interpersonal attraction,
Factors that affect attraction,
Self disclosure
22  cards
Social Perception and Behavior 10.2 [HY]
Social perception social cognition,
Attributions,
3 primary components of social pe...
24  cards
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination 10.3 [HY]
Purpose of stereotype,
Difference between stereotypes pr...,
Stereotype content model
9  cards
Sociology: Theories and Institutions 11.1 [HY]
Psychologists vs sociologists,
Micro level sociology,
Meso level sociology
37  cards
Culture 11.2
Culture lag
1  cards
Demographics 11.3 [HY]
Life course perspective,
Dependency ratio,
Youth ratio
24  cards
Social Class 12.1 [HY]
Social cohesion,
Social stratification,
Ascribed status
37  cards
Epidemiology and Disparities 12.2
Social epidemiology,
Epidemiology statistic terms inci...,
Second sickness
4  cards

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