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Genes correct answers the hardware of a computer system Epigenetics, correct answers Software/program that's designed to do something (it is dependent on the hardware though) Diathesis correct answers Vulnerability/predisposition Norepinephrine (Noradrenaline) correct answers Stress hormone Serotonin correct answers • Behavior, moods, thought processes (low = more risk for impulsivity) • Low--- it's concentration issues and energy, high anxiety, and depression (your mind is spent so much on trying to levy up your emotions) • Too High--- Manic state, overly elevated mood, concentration issues Dopamine correct answers • Pleasure seeking (among many other things) • Too High---- Psychosis (Schizophrenia), • Too Little--- Parkinson's Disease Reliability: correct answers the degree to which a measurement is consistent Validity: correct answers Whether something measures what it is designed to measure ABC's of Observation correct answers Antecedent Behavior Consequence Antecendent correct answers One of the ABC's of Observation. What happened just before the behavior (IE: mom asking boy to put cup in sink) The Behavior correct answers One of the ABC's of Observation. The Behavior (IE: Boy throws glass across room) Consequence correct answers Last ABC's of Observation What happened after? (IE: Mother's response to boy's actions) Informal observation correct answers Relies on an observer's recollection, and interpretation of factual events Formal observation correct answers Identifying specific behaviors that are observable, and measurable (aka operational definition)