Confusing Pairs

Front 1

independent variable
vs.
dependent variable

Back 1

what is tested
vs.
what is measured

Hint 1

caffeine intake
vs.
performance on a memory test

Front 2

left brain
vs.
right brain

Back 2

language & logic
vs.
creative & spatial

Front 3

corpus callosum
vs.
cerebral cortex

Back 3

great hemispheric communicator
vs.
"meaty & wise" brain surface layer

Front 4

sympathetic nervous system
vs.
parasympathetic nervous system

Back 4

fight or flight
vs.
calming & restorative

Hint 4

lion attacks tiger
vs.
cup of tea

Front 5

neurotransmitters
vs.
hormones

Back 5

of/in the nervous system
vs.
of/in the endocrine system

Front 6

lateral hypothalamus
vs.
ventromedial hypothalamus

Back 6

stimulates hunger
vs.
suppresses hunger

Hint 6

lesion = fat rat
vs.
lesion = skinny rat

Front 7

Broca's area
vs.
Wernicke's area

Back 7

makes words
vs.
comprehends words

Hint 7

Tan Tan
vs.
word salad

Front 8

afferent neurons
vs.
efferent neurons

Back 8

sensory -- body to brain
vs.
motor -- brain to body

Hint 8

"all in" --> converging in and up
vs.
"ex" --> outward bound

Front 9

assimilation
vs.
accommodation

Back 9

stuff it into an existing schema
vs.
adapt schema to fit new info

Hint 9

all 4 legged animals are doggies
vs.
doggies are different from kitties

Front 10

sensation
vs.
perception

Back 10

bottom-up processing
vs.
top-down processing

Hint 10

organs to brain
vs.
brain organizes and unifies

Front 11

classical conditioning
vs.
operant conditioning

Back 11

"involuntary" learning
vs.
"voluntary" learning

Hint 11

puff --> eye blink
vs.
candy rewards

Front 12

primacy effect
vs.
recency effect

Back 12

first items are remembered
vs.
last items are remembered

Hint 12

To be or not to be
vs.
And they lived happily ever after

Front 13

representative heuristics
vs.
availability heuristics

Back 13

problem solving based on stereotypes
vs.
problem solving based on easily recalled info

Front 14

phonemes
vs.
morphemes

Back 14

basic sound units
vs.
basic units of meaning

Hint 14

"e"
vs.
"I"

Front 15

implicit memory
vs.
explicit memory

Back 15

non-declarative memory
vs.
declarative memory

Hint 15

skills
vs.
facts

Front 16

concrete operations
vs.
formal operations

Back 16

Piaget's logical thinking
vs.
Piaget's philosophical thinking

Hint 16

conservation of mass
vs.
hypotheticals

Front 17

rods
vs.
cones

Back 17

night vision
vs.
color vision

Front 18

proactive interference
vs.
retroactive interference

Back 18

loss of the new info
vs.
loss of the old info

Front 19

validity
vs.
reliability

Back 19

test measures what it should
vs.
proven by same scores on a retest

Front 20

reticular formation
vs.
medulla

Back 20

hindbrain area that helps control arousal
vs.
hindbrain area that controls heartbeat and breathing