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Broca's Area


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Vital for the formation of speech




Clinical & Counseling Psychology


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Help individuals experiencing a continuum of psychological difficulty




Learning-Based Inference

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View that perception is primarily shaped by prior learning and experience




Pseudo-science


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Erroneous assertion or practices set forth as being scientific psychology --
6th sense, ghost whisper, astrology




Five Types of Psychological Research


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1. (True) Experiments
2. Correlational Studies
3. Surveys
4. Naturalistic Observations
5. Case Studies




Olfaction


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Biological basis of smell

,Control Group


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Participants who are NOT exposed to the condition of interest
Receives manipulated variable (IV)




BF Skinner


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- The most powerful influences on behavior are its consequences




Experimental/ Biological Psychology


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Examine basic psychological processes and the physiological bases of
behavior in humans and animals




Action Potential


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, When the neuron becomes aroused via a change in its electrical charge, it
"fires" and the charge moves down the length of the axon

All-or-none principle




Perceptual Set


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Readiness to detect a particular stimulus in a given context




Observational Learning


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New responses are acquired after watching others behavior and the
consequence of their behavior




Developmental Psychology


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Conduct research on individuals' emotional, physiological, and cognitive
processes, and how these change with age




Weber's Law

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