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implicit |
non declarative, skills nonbasiliar part of brain |
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explicit |
declaractive, facts that you can recall |
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phonemes |
the basic sound units in linguistics, b ,k |
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morphemes |
basic units of meaning, smalled units of meaning, I , can, it, A |
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absolute threshold |
level needed to see it 50 percent of the time |
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difference threshold (just noticebale difference threshold) |
perceive change in stimulus- music level.) |
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afferent neurons |
sensory, body to brain how to affect you |
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efferent neurons |
motor, brains to body |
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agonist |
chemicals that mimic the actions of neurotransitter |
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antagonist |
chemicals that opposes (stops) the action of a neurotransmitter |
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anterograde amnesia |
cant remember any new stuff after head injury (50 first dates) |
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retrograde |
cant remeber stuff before head injury (hit with coconut, who ami?) |
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applied research |
clear practical use
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aversive conditioning |
(therapy) behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired to elicit a n undesirable response; bad with bad |
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systematic desensitization |
behavior therapy use to reduce clients anxiety responses-bad paired with good |
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basic research |
pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
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bottom up processing |
individual elements to whole ( sensation) |
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top-down processing |
whole to the parts (perception) |
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content validity |
content of a test is representative of the domain it is supposed to cover - stuff on test from that chapter. |
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construct validity |
test measures a particular hypothetical concept-creativity, IQ, extraversion |
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control group |
compared to the experimental, recieves the placebo in a drug experiment |
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experimental group
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group that is tested |
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descriptive statistics |
desribe as set of data-central tendency: mean, mode and median. |
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door-in-the-face |
start big to get small, want skateboard then ask for car |
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foot-in-the-door |
start small then go big- 5 dolla then 100 dolla |
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functionalist |
school of thought that tried to understand how and why the mind functions and is related to consciousness |
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inferential statistics |
is to determine whether or not findings can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was selected (cause and effect) |
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lithium |
treats bi polar disorder |
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librium |
treats anxiety |
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proactive interference (primacy effect) |
loss of new info |
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retroactive interference (recency effect) |
loss of old info |
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qualitative |
deals with descriptions - color, smell, taste |
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quantitative data |
deals with numbers- height, wight, time |
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self fulfilling prophecy |
explains how people's ideas about others can shape the behavior of others. |
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self serving bias |
tendency to overstate one's role in a positive venture and underestimate in a failure. |
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fluid intelligence |
processing speed |
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crystallized intelliegence |
acquired knowledge |
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structuralist |
school of thought that thought the structure (parts of brain) and elements of immediate, conscious experience to be proper subject matter of psychology- Wundt, Titchener |
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sympathetic |
fight or flight |
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parasympathetic |
calming- parachute |
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valid |
test measures what it should how valid |
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reliable |
same scores on a retest how consistent are your scors with each retake |
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Theory y |
democratic/intrinsic workers are ambitious |
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theory X |
rewards or punishment/ extrinsic workers are lazy |
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random assignment |
each participant has equal chance of being places into any group |
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random people |
is the process of choosing the research participants from the population and happens before assignment |
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collectivistic |
family and company stresses, honor culture |
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individualistic |
uniqueness of individual |
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syntax |
grammar |
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semantics |
meaning |
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left brain |
language and logic |
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righ brain |
creative and spatial |
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corpus callosum |
divides the brains, |
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cerebal cortex |
covers the brains |
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neuro transmitter |
in the nervous system |
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hormones |
in the endocrine system |
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ventromedial hypothalamus |
supresses hunger |
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lateral hypothalamus |
stimulates hunger |
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brocas area |
makes words |
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wernickes area |
comprehends words |
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assimilation |
fitting new info into exisitng schema, all 4 legged animals are dogs |
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accomodations |
changing schema, dogs are diff from cats |
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concrete operational |
logical thinking |
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formal operations |
philosophical thinking |
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rods |
nigh vision |
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cones |
color vision |
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classical conditioning |
involuntary, reflexive or autonomic, elicited |
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operant conditioning |
voluntary, emitted |
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primacy effect |
1st items are remebered |
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recency effect |
last items remembered |
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recall memory |
no cues |
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recognition memory |
some hints |
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algorithims |
step by step when you are solving a problem, every times |
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heuristics |
rule of thumb, don't attack every question the same way |
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representative heuristics |
sterotypes |
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availability heuaristics |
based on available info |
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achievemnt test |
what youve learned |
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aptitude test |
predictive |
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intrinsic motivation |
for personal satisfaction |
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extrinsic motivation |
for rewards (external.) |
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internal locus |
you control the enviroment |
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external locus |
environment controls you |
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type A |
high stress ambitious get it done now |
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type B |
low stress, its all chill, its good |
