Psychologia

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absolute treshold
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smallest ammount of stimulation that can be detected
acetylocholine
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neuromodulator that controlls muscles
acoustic code
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information organized by the way it sounds
affect
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to affect, to produce a change in somebody/something
affective
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if its affective its related to mood
alpha waves
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very long brain waves
altered state
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special state of conciousness
amygdalae
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part of nervous system, controlls emotions and smell sense
aroused
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ready to react
assess
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to grade sth
associative learning
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connection between two or more things
auditory complex
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part of brain responsible for hearing
autonomic nervous system
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part of nervous system responsible for unconcious reactions
aware
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being able to percieve and understand
body khinestetic
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if something is bk its connected to the body movements
brain stem
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part that connects brain to the spinal cord
cerebellum
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part that controlls movements
cerebrum
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largest part of human brain
chunking
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connecting small parts of information into bogger parts so its easier to remember
circadian rythym
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rythym that has a period of 24 hours, sleep cycle
CNS
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brain + spinal cord. recieves information and is responsible for behaviour
cognitive
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if sth id cognitive its related to thinking and mental process
connote
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to suggest or imply an additional meaning or feeling, beyond the literal definition of a word.
corpus callosum
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fibers connecting two halves of brain
delta waves
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sleep short waves
denote
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indicate directly
difference treshold
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smallest sifference between two stimuli that person can observe
disposition
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normal way of reacting to situations
enculturation
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learning of becoming part of society
endocrine system
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glands
explicit memory
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long term memory
frontal lobe
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deep thinking part of brain
grey matter
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part of brain containing nervous body cells
habituation
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situation when person becomes familiar with stimuli and stops reacting to it
hemisphere
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hormone
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chemical that tells our cells to behave certain way
iconic memory
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sensory memory, short term
implicit memory
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person cant recall what he learned conciously but it has effect on their behaviour
infradian cycle
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less than a day
involontouary
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person cant control their action
limbic system
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connects a lot parts of brain and controlls emotions
linguistic
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connected to language
medulla
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lower half of brainstem, breathing and hearthrate
melatonin
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sleep cycle
midbrain
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parts near the center of brain
morpheme
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smallest unit of meaning in language
neuromodulator
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network that thansmits information to multiple parta of body at once
norepinephrine
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hormone stress
occipital lobe
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lobe responsible for vision
parasymphatetic division
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autonomic ns controlling body while its resting
parietal lobe
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tom middle part of cerebrum, analizes lots of information
passive
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not act agressive or fight
perception
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process that brain uses to interpret and organize info
phoneme
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smallest sound in language
phonetic loop
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part of memory system that rehearses verbal information to keep it in memory
pituitary gland
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gland that controlls finctioning of other glands
PNS
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part of the ns oitside od brin and spinal cord
preconcius
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part of the brain storing thoughts and memories that person is not immiedietly aware but can immiedietly recall it
psycholinguistics
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relationship between brain and language
retention
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ability to store facts in memory
retrieval
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recall facts from memory
rote rehearsal
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repeating info to keep it in short memory
semantics
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the study of meaning of the words
sense
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ability of the body to percieve stimuli
sensory deprivation
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lack of amount of sensory indormation
sensory nerve
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nerve that sends info to brain or spinalcord
shift
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a change
sleep stage
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there are to stages rem and nrem
somatic nervous system
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conteolling body movements
somatosensory cortex
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responsible for interpreting body position and temperature
state
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condition
sympathetic division
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controlls responses to stressful and dangerous information
syntax
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set of rules in language
temporal lobe
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responsible for language learning and speech
thalamus
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sleep, alertness
transduction
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transforming one type of energy to other one
ultradian rythym
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more oftwn than once per day

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