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Developmental Psychologists
the study of the changes that occur in people from birth to old age
Clinical psychologists
diagnosis and treatment of personality and behavioral disorders
Experimental psychologists
study of mental and emotional activity
Hemispheres
Left: Language
Right: Spatial
Left Handers: increased incidence of LD
Passive Marriage type
unemotional, have same goals
Total marriage type
couple does everything together, including work
Adolescence: early maturers
often get mixed messages from peers.
where is memory stored?
the cortex
what is recall
memory
schema
closely associated info
maintance rehearsal
rote memorization
elaborative rehearsal
making meaning/ association
Visual memory
occipital lobe
Auditory memory
temporal lobe
smell memory
temporal lobe
emotion
front and underneath
intellect
front
speech
left
sensory
sensory strips (parietal)
motor
cerebellum
cortex
whole outside, stores memory
What's a synapse
the space between two neurons
What kind of communication does the nervous system use?
electrical and chemical
What kind of communication does the endocrine system use?
biochemical
Fixed Interval Schedule
reinforcement after a fixed amount of time has passed
Fixed Ratio
reinforcement after a fixed number of responses
Variable ratio
reinforcement after a varying number of responses
Variable interval
reinforcement of first response after varying amounts of time
Growth and deficiency theory
maslow, everyone is motivated to grow through the five stages
cognitive theory
the more successful the person feels the more motivated they are to achieve
Displacement
discharging pent up feelings on less dangers items
Projection
placing blame for one's problems on others
reaction formation
endorse opposing viewpoints
sociocultural approach
examines culture around the person.
neurobiological
looks for a physicological
behavioral
looks at rewards and punishments given for certain behaviors