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73 Cards in this Set
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Independent variable |
What is being tested |
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Dependent variable |
What is being measured
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Left brain |
Logic and language |
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Right brain |
Creative and visual spatial |
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Sympathetic nervous system |
Fight or flight response |
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Parasympathetic nervous system |
Calming down |
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Lateral hypothalamus |
Stimulates hunger. When lesioned suppresses hunger |
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Ventromedial hypothalamus |
Suppresses hunger when stimulated. When lesioned you never feel full |
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Broca's area |
Production of speech |
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Wernicke's area |
Comprehension of words |
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Afferent neurons |
Sensory, body to brain |
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Efferent neurons |
Motor, brain to body |
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Assimilation |
All four legged animal is a dog |
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Accommodation |
There are different kinds of four legged animals |
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Concrete operations |
Logical thinking |
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Formal operations |
Philosophical thinking |
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Sensation |
Bottom up processing |
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Perception |
Top down processing |
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Rods |
Detect movement and used in night vision |
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Cones |
Color vision |
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Primary effect |
First items remembered |
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Recency effect |
Last items remembered |
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Proactive interference |
Loss of new information |
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Retroactive interference |
Loss of old information |
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Implicit memory |
Skills |
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Explicit memory |
Facts |
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Recall memory |
No retrieval cues |
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Recognition memory |
Some retrieval hints |
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Representative heuristic |
Based in stereotypes |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Fluid intelligence |
Processing speed. Decreases with age |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Fluid intelligence |
Processing speed. Decreases with age |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Acquiring knowledge. Increases with age |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Fluid intelligence |
Processing speed. Decreases with age |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Acquiring knowledge. Increases with age |
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Validity |
Test measures what it should measure |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Fluid intelligence |
Processing speed. Decreases with age |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Acquiring knowledge. Increases with age |
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Validity |
Test measures what it should measure |
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Reliability |
People get same scores on a retest |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Fluid intelligence |
Processing speed. Decreases with age |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Acquiring knowledge. Increases with age |
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Validity |
Test measures what it should measure |
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Reliability |
People get same scores on a retest |
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Achievement test |
What you've learned |
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Phonemes |
Basic sound unit |
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Morphemes |
Basic units of meaning |
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Fluid intelligence |
Processing speed. Decreases with age |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Acquiring knowledge. Increases with age |
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Validity |
Test measures what it should measure |
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Reliability |
People get same scores on a retest |
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Achievement test |
What you've learned |
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Aptitude test |
A test designed to determine a persons ability in a particular skill |
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Theory Y |
A motivation theory that assumes that people are self motivated and thrive in responsibility |
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Theory Y |
A motivation theory that assumes that people are self motivated and thrive in responsibility |
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Theory X |
Assumes that people dislike work and they don't want to take responsibility |
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Serotonin |
Low levels linked to depression |
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Serotonin |
Low levels linked to depression |
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Dopamine |
Low levels linked to Parkinson's, high levels linked to Schizophrenia |
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Discrimination |
The ability to perceive and respond to differences il amount stimulation. A dog will sit when you say "sit" but won't sit when you say "bit" |
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Self serving bias |
Any cognitive or perceptual process that is distorted by the need to maintain and enhance self-esteem |
