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Psychology Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Independent Variable Vs. Dependent Variable | What is tested. What is measured. |
| Experimental Group vs. Control Group | Group that is tested. Receives the placebo, compared to the experimental. |
| Left Brain vs. Right Brain | Language and Logic. Creative and Spatial. |
| Corpus Callosum vs. Cerebral Cortex | Divides the brain. Covers the brain. |
| Sympathetic Nervous System | Fight or flight |
| Parasympathetic | calming, "paramedics" |
| Neurotransmitters | in the nervous system |
| Hormones | in the endocrine system |
| lateral hyptothalams | turns hunger on |
| ventromedial hypothalamus | turns hunger off |
| broca's area | can't speak what you're saying; make words |
| wenicke's area | comprehension of words; speaks gibberish |
| identical twins | same fertilized egg |
| fraternal twins | two separate eggs |
| afferent neurons vs. efferent neurons | sensory, body to the brain motor, brain to the body |
| assimilation accommodation | all four-legged animals are "doggies". "doggies are different than kitties" |
| Concrete operation | logical thinking |
| formal operation | philosophical thinking, abstract thinking |
| sensation | bottom-up processing |
| perception | top-down processing |
| rods | night vision |
| cones | color vision |
| classical conditioning operant conditioning | involuntary voluntary |
| primacy effect | first items remembered |
| recency effect | last items remembered |
| proactive interference retroactive interference | loss of new info because of old info loss of old info because of new info |
| implicit memory | nondeclarative skills |
| explicit memory | declarative facts |
| recall memory | no cues |
| recognition memory | some hints |
| algorithms | step-by-step |
| heuristics | rule-of-thumb |
| representative heuristics | stereotypes |
| availability heuristics | based on available info, planes safer than cars |
| phonemes morphemes | basic sound units basic units of meaning |
| fluid intelligence | brain power |
| crystallized intelligence | acquired knowledge |
| validity | test measure what it should |
| reliability | same scores on a retest |
| achievement test | what you've learned |
| aptitude test | what you can do |
| intrinsic motivation extrinsic motivation | for personal satisfaction for rewards or to avoid punishment |
| theory Y | democratic; works for personal motivation |
| theory x | rewards or punishments |
| internal locus external locus | controlling the environment the environment controls you |
| lithium | treats bi-polar |
| librium | treats anxiety |
| type A | high stress |
| type B | low stress |
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