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Decks in this class (33)

Prologue
Plato socrates,
Psychology,
Aristotle
36  cards
Chapter 1
Overconfidence,
Hindsight bias,
Critical thinking
36  cards
Chapter 2-First Half
Biological psychology,
Phrenology,
Neuron
40  cards
Chapter 2-Second Half
Medulla,
Brainstem,
Reticular function
26  cards
Chapter 5
Perception,
Sensation,
Bottom up processing
56  cards
Chapter 6
Selective attention,
Perception,
Cocktail party effect
42  cards
Chapter 7 (consciousness)
Biological rhythms,
Consciousness,
Circadian rhythm
49  cards
Chapter 8- First Half
Associative learning,
Learning,
Classical conditioning
25  cards
Chapter 8-Second Half
Little albert experiment,
John watson,
Successive approximation
25  cards
Chapter 9- First Half (memory)
Memory,
Flashbulb memories,
Encoding
24  cards
Chapter 9- Second half (memory)
Echoic memory,
Iconic memory,
George miller
24  cards
Chapter 10
Concepts,
Cognition,
Prototypes
26  cards
Chapter 11
Reification,
Intelligence,
Factor analysis
31  cards
Chapter 4- First Half
Zygote,
Developmental psychology,
Embryo
29  cards
Chapter 4- Second Half
Imprinting,
Critical period,
Basic trust
27  cards
Chapter 4- Eriksons 8 Stages
Stage 2,
Stage 1,
Stage 3
8  cards
Chapter 12
Instinct,
Motivation,
Drive reduction theory
30  cards
Chapter 13
James lange theory,
Emotions,
Cannon bard theory
19  cards
Chapter 14
Health psychology,
Behavioral medicine,
Stress
25  cards
Chapter 15- First Half
Sigmund freud,
Personality,
Free association
27  cards
Chapter 15- Second Half
Humanistic perspective,
Terror management theory,
Abraham maslow
26  cards
Chapter 16
4 d s,
Diathesis stress model,
Psychological disorder
41  cards
Chapter 17
Biomedical therapy,
Psychotherapy,
Eclectic approach
47  cards
Chapter 18- First Half
Attribution theory,
Social psychology,
Fundamental attribution error
25  cards
Chapter 18- Second Half
Ingroup,
Outgroup,
In group bias
29  cards
History
Behavior,
Mind,
Dualism
37  cards
Methods And Approaches
Independent variable,
Dependent variable,
Population
42  cards
Biological Bases Of Bahavior
Physiological psychology,
Eeg,
Cat scans
81  cards
Sensation & Perception
Perception,
Detection thresholds,
Psychophysics
77  cards
States Of Consciousness
Latent content,
William james in consciousness,
Robert sternberg in terms of cons...
38  cards
Psychologists
First psychological experiment in...,
Functionalism,
Moral development
21  cards
Learning
Learning,
Classical conditioning,
Conditioned stimulus
36  cards
Cognition
Sensory memory,
Iconic memory,
Echoic memory
3  cards

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