case study- non experimental
self report bias- reporting yourself inaccurately
percentile rank - percentage of scores that are less than a given score
epigenetics- they study of if a gene has been expressed or not
CNS- brain and spinal chord
PNS- sensory and motor neurons
sympathetic nervous system- fight or flight
parasympathetic- calms the body
somatic- controls the body
autonomic - automatic movement like the hear
glial cells- help with memory and learning
reuptake - reabsorption
ACH- movement
dopamine- reward
serotonin- mood
norepinephrine - alertness
GABA- inhibitory transmitter calm
endorphins- pain
EEG- electrical waves
MEG- magnetic waves to see electrical activity
CT-photos to see structure
PET- radioactive brain activity
MRI- magnetic waves to see soft tissue
fMRI-structure and activity
thalamus- sensory
hypothalamus- drinking,eating,moving
medulla- breathing
brain stem- homeostasis
cerebellum -balance and sensory
REM- eye movement and dreams
absolute threshold- minimum stimulus needed
signal detection- when we detect a stimulus
transduction- senses into neural impulses
bottom up- processing beginning with sensory
top down- constructing an image based on precious knowledge
rods-perifreal
cones-color
kinesthesis- movement sense
convergent thinking- narrowing down
divergent- many ideas
assimilation- adding new experiences to schemas
heuristic- shortcut
availability heuristic- likelihood of events based on memory (plane more dangerous than car)
representative heuristic- likelihood based on how weak it matches the prototype
anterograde amneasia- cant form new memories
retrograde- cant remember past
Proactive interference- old blocks new
Retroactive interference -new blocks old
preoperational- use language not comprehend
concrete operational- thinking logically
formal operational- think about abstract
cognitive- learning
negative reinforcement- removing something annoying
positive reinforcement- increasing something with good response
variable ratio- whenever
fixed- fixed
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