Health & Medical Question

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Top-down processing

Bottom-up processing

sensory receptors

transduction

sensory adaptation

visible spectrum

cones

rods

optic nerve

primary visual cortex

Neurons

Axons

Dendrites

Terminal Button

Synapse

Neurotransmitters

Dopamine

Central Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

Somatic system

Autonomic system

Sympathetic

Parasympathetic

Lateralization

Define personality

Define trait

Describe the five-factor theory of personality

Psychodynamic theory

Psychoanalysis

Pleasure principle

Topographic model

Structural model

Rationalization

Displacement

Identification

Repression

Reaction-formation

Projection

Fixation

Regression

Psychosexual stages

Jung’s concept of the unconscious

Adler striving for superiority

Classical conditioning

Unconditioned stimulus

Conditioned stimulus

Positive and negative reinforcement

Punishment

Observational learning

Humanistic Psychology

Eysenck

Bandura

Twin studies

Maslow

Rogers

Hierarchy of needs

Self-actualization