Psych Final Review Vincent Lau

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correlation coefficient

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a statistical measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, thus how well they predict the other

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scatterplot

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graphed cluster of dots, each dot represents the values of 2 variables

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EEG

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an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface.

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CT scan

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a series of x-ray photos taken from different angles and combined to represent a slice of the body

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PET scan

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a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain does something

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MRI

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a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create images that allow us to see structures within the brain

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aphasia

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the impairment of language, caused by left hemisphere damage to Broca's area or Wernicke's area

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Broca's area

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controls language expression: an area of the frontal lobe; usually in the left hemisphere that directs the muscle movements involved in speech

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Wernicke's area

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controls language reception, a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe

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angular gyrus

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transforms visual representations into an auditory code

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meme

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self replicating ideas, fashions, and innovations passed from person to person

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temperament

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a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity.

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culture

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the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

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norms

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an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior.

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gender schema theory

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the theory that children learn from their cultures a concept of what it means to be male and female and that they adjust their behavior accordingly

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proximity

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grouping nearby figures together

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continuity

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perceiving smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones

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connectedness

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perceiving spots, lines, or areas as a single unit when they are uniform and linked

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closure

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filling gaps to create a complete whole object

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overconfidence

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the tendency to be more confident than correct

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mental set

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tendency to approach a problem in a particular way, especially a way that has been successful in the past but may or may not be helpful in solving a new problem

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belief perseverance

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clinging to one's inital conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

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confirmation bias

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tendency to search for information that confirm's ones preconceptions

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effortful processing

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encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

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rehearsal

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the conscious repetition of info, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage

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spacing effect

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the tendency for distributed study to yield better long term results than massed study

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motor cortex

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rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements

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sensory cortex

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front of parietal lobes that registers body sensations

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occipital lobe

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the portion of the cerebal cortex in the back of the head, includes visual areas

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cerebellum

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little brain attached to brainstem, helps coordinate voluntary movement and balance

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classical conditioning

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a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli

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extinction

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the diminishing of a conditioned response

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reinforcer

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in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows

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modeling

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learning by observing others