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35 Cards in this Set
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Critical thinking
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thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates
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Hindsight Bias
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the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.
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Overconfidence
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Do not have it yet
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Survey
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technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them.
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Case Study
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an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hopes of revealed universal principles.
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Naturalistic Observation
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observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
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Experimental Condition
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the condition of an experiment that exposes participants to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable.
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Control Condition
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the condition of an experiment that contrasts with the experimental condition and serves as comparison of evaluating the effect of the treatment.
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Independent Variable
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the experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
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Dependent Variable
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the experimental factor; the variable that may change in response to the manipulations of the independent variable.
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Sensory Neurons
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neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system.
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Motor Neurons
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neurons that carry ongoing information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands.
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Interneurons
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central nervous system neurons that internally communicate and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs.
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Sympathetic Nervous System
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- the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.
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Parasympathetic Nervous Syste
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the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.
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Somatic Nervous System
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the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles.
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Autonomic Nervous System
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the part if the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs. Sympathetic arouses and parasympathetic division calms.
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Plasticity
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the brain’s capacity for modification, as evident in brain reorganization following damage and in experiments of the effects of experience on brain development.
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Sensory Neurons
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neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system.
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Motor Neurons
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neurons that carry ongoing information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands.
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Interneurons
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central nervous system neurons that internally communicate and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs.
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Sympathetic Nervous System
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- the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.
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Parasympathetic Nervous Syste
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the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.
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Somatic Nervous System
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the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles.
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Autonomic Nervous System
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the part if the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs. Sympathetic arouses and parasympathetic division calms.
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Plasticity
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the brain’s capacity for modification, as evident in brain reorganization following damage and in experiments of the effects of experience on brain development.
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Phrenology
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Behavior Genetics
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Evolutionary Psychology
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the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection. Natural selection has favored genes that designed both behavioral tendencies and information-processing systems that solved adaptive problems faced by our ancestors, thus contributing to the survival and spread of their genes.
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The difference in identical and fraternal twins is what?
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identical same egg, fraternal separate eggs
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Tempermant
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a person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
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Impoverished Vs. Enriched Enviroments
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More progressive brain activity
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Personal Space
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the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies.
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Teratogen
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Later
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Gender Identity
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one’s sense of being male or female
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