Chemicals manufactured by the brain
Neurotransmitters that regulate pain receptors
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Endorphins
The process by which a form of physical energy is converted into a coded neural
signal that can be processed by the nervous system
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Transduction
,The tendency to persist in solving problems with solutions that have worked in the
past
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Mental set
The occurrence of a learned response to a specific stimulus but not to other similar
stimuli
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Stimulus Discrimination
A tentative statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables, a testable
prediction or question.
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Hypothesis
Subdivision of peripheral system that regulates involuntary functions
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, Autonomic nervous system
Serious and consistent sleep disturbances that interfere with daytime functioning and
cause subjective distress
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Sleep disorders
Analytic, creative , and practical
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Main theory of intelligence- Robert Sternberg 3 forms of intelligenc
Stage of memory where info is stored for up to about 20 seconds
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Short term
A clue, prompt, or hint that helps trigger a recall of a given piece of information
stored in long term memory
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, Retrieval Cue
A condition in which increasing amounts of a physically addictive drug are needed to
produce the original, desired effect
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Tolerance
A drug that alters consciousness, perception, mood , and behavior
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Psychoactive drug
First major school of thought in psychology.
Structuralism held that even our most complex conscious experiences could be
broken down into elemental structures, or component parts , of sensatons and
feelings.
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Structuralism- Edward B. Tichener
Twins are often used in studies of the relative contributions that heredity and
environment make to personality and other characteristics
Neurotransmitters that regulate pain receptors
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Endorphins
The process by which a form of physical energy is converted into a coded neural
signal that can be processed by the nervous system
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Transduction
,The tendency to persist in solving problems with solutions that have worked in the
past
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Mental set
The occurrence of a learned response to a specific stimulus but not to other similar
stimuli
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Stimulus Discrimination
A tentative statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables, a testable
prediction or question.
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Hypothesis
Subdivision of peripheral system that regulates involuntary functions
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, Autonomic nervous system
Serious and consistent sleep disturbances that interfere with daytime functioning and
cause subjective distress
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Sleep disorders
Analytic, creative , and practical
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Main theory of intelligence- Robert Sternberg 3 forms of intelligenc
Stage of memory where info is stored for up to about 20 seconds
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Short term
A clue, prompt, or hint that helps trigger a recall of a given piece of information
stored in long term memory
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, Retrieval Cue
A condition in which increasing amounts of a physically addictive drug are needed to
produce the original, desired effect
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Tolerance
A drug that alters consciousness, perception, mood , and behavior
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Psychoactive drug
First major school of thought in psychology.
Structuralism held that even our most complex conscious experiences could be
broken down into elemental structures, or component parts , of sensatons and
feelings.
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Structuralism- Edward B. Tichener
Twins are often used in studies of the relative contributions that heredity and
environment make to personality and other characteristics
