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looking inward to understand the processes of conscious thought   show
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key words: dream analysis, unconscious, childhood conflicts   show
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theory that wanted to make psychology practical and useful in school and work environments   show
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theory that sees humans as distinct from animals and emphasizes each individual's unique potential   show
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show rogers  
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show evolutionary theory  
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show wundt  
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show james  
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show sociocultural  
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took behaviorism to a new level and claimed there is no free will since environment determines everything   show
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watson   show
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founder of the american psychological association   show
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show sperry  
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main concern of structuralists, functionalists, and gestalt psychologists   show
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meta analysis   show
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show group emphasizes unanimous agreement  
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more people involved in a task, less effort is put forth by the individuals in the group   show
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show explaining someone else's failure as due to internal factors so as to give yourself a sense of security  
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deindividualism   show
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cognitive dissonance   show
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show external attribution  
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show individualism  
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show companionate  
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show foot in door technique  
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show internal  
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show credibility  
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idea that actions dictate attitudes; not other way arround   show
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reciprocity norm   show
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tendency of groups to arrive at bolder decisions than each individual might have   show
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show ingroup  
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bias that occurs when reinterpreting the past to fit our awareness of how events actually turned out   show
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show one finds examples that confirm an erroneous belief and overlooks examples that would disconfirm it  
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show group polarization  
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emphasizes social order over individual rights   show
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solomon asch   show
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show self serving bias  
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show lowball  
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contain receptor sites for catching neurotransmitters in the post-synaptic neuron   show
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show hippocampus  
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lobe containing auditory cortex   show
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show synapse  
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show cerebral cortex  
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neurotransmitter for mood and alertness, affected by caffeine   show
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show limbic  
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show hindbrain  
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show cerebrum  
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show soma  
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show inhibitory PSP  
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PSP increases likelihood that the postsynaptic neuron will fire action potentials   show
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show parietal  
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show potassium  
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show sympathetic  
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show agonist  
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sacks that hold neurotransmitters until they are ready for release   show
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acronym for antidepressant drugs   show
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device that measures electrical activity of brain through electrodes attached to scalp   show
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show medulla  
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lobe that contains motor strip   show
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area in left hemisphere for making speech   show
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neurotransmitter that is the body's natural opium or pain killer   show
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neurotransmitter for pleasurable emotions and voluntary movement; effected by cocaine   show
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show somatic  
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show forebrain  
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low amounts of this neurotransmitter may result in depression   show
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long fiber carries signal away from soma   show
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absolute refractory period   show
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endocrine system   show
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show PET  
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show sodium  
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form of brain imaging that shows function as well as structure of brain parts   show
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show neurotransmitter stimulated by nicotine; lack of this results in Alzheimer's  
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show occipital  
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show cerebellum (first affected by alcohol)  
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show relays sensory information to various parts of cerebrum  
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show reuptake  
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hypothalamus (limbic system)   show
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show monozygote- identicle  
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myelin   show
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action potential   show
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show emotional center of the limbic center  
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show convergence  
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show wavelength  
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show bottom up  
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color blind person   show
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blind spot is from the ____   show
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feature analysis   show
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transduction of light into neural signals occurs here   show
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show height of wave that determines brightness of light or loudness of sound  
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show perceptual process from the whole to the individual elements such as recognizing a familiar face  
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show gate control theory  
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show perceptual set  
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show accommodation  
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show three little bones of inner ear (hammer, anvil, stirrup)  
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show semicircular  
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retinal disparity   show
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sensory adaptation   show
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show explained why you notice when an extra candle is added to a room with two candles, and why you won't when its added to a room w/ 50  
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distal stimuli   show
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show we have three different receptors for different color perception  
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kinesthetic   show
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show receptor cell in retina for light and color detection  
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gustatory sensory system   show
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show proximal stimuli  
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show acronym for the smallest detected change in the amout of stimulation  
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show the "what channel" of visual perception  
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fovea   show
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gestalt principle in which we tend to see items grouped close together as one   show
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opponent process theory   show
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agnosia   show
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show responds to gravity and informs us of where we are in space  
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show receptor cell for peripheral and night vision  
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show inside cochlea that is lined with hair cells  
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show considers decision making processes as well as sensory processes  
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show amount of stimulus detectable at least half the time  
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motion parallax   show
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show hair like structures important to olfactory transduction  
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show fluid filled, coiled tunnel in inner ear where transduction of sound occurs  
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delta   show
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show type of drugs that increase GABA; slowing other neural activity down  
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narcotics   show
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somnabulism   show
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circadian   show
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show when drugs combined effects are greater than their individual effects  
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beta   show
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what happens to REM and NREM sleep as people age   show
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SWS   show
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dissociation   show
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dopamine   show
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show anesmesia  
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show type of drugs that affect dopamine and norepinephrine  
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melatonin   show
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alpha   show
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activation synthesis theory   show
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theta   show
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show sleep disorder where an individual stops breathing  
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show acronym for the response to the original stimulus; salivating to food  
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when an event following a response weakens the tendency to make that response again   show
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show stages of acquiring a conditioned response to a neutral stimulus  
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two or more reinforcement schedules operating simultaneously to bring about different responses   show
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thorndike   show
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show propaganda  
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withdrawl symptoms   show
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show timing of the CS begins and ends before UCS is presented  
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antecedent   show
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pavlov   show
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show higher order conditioning  
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shaping   show
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show symbolize primary reinforcers (like money)  
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watson   show
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prepardness   show
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show observational (VICARIOUS) learning studied which explains humans more complex behaviors  
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facial feedback hypothesis   show
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thalamus signals what simultaneously   show
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show class of gonadal hormones produced more in males  
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polygraph   show
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ekman   show
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show leptin  
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show testosterone  
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show hypothalamus (what it controls)  
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James   show
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show said emotions involve a label we give o our "feelings" according to our interpretation of each situation  
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show brain scientists who proposed that autonomic response and conscious emotional experience occur simultaneously  
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pheromone   show
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show key brain part for storing memories  
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show previously learned material inhibits the learning of new, similar material  
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show source monitoring  
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show physical traces of memory throughout a neural pathway  
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explicit memory   show
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show type of amnesia when you lose memories AFTER a head injury  
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show conceptual hierarchy  
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show hindsight  
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self referent encoding   show
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show has split second duration  
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show recall when testing is similar to encoding (state dependent learning)  
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show procedural memory including muscle memory; doesnt demand constant attention  
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loci   show
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three main processes of memory   show
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misinformation effect   show
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show autobiographical memory involves personal experiences  
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show new material inhibits the retention of previously learned material  
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show theory of forgetting that asserts memories fade due to time  
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show gradual conversion of information into durable memory codes stored in long term memory  
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show forming both semantic and visual codes to improve memory  
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show short cut rules of thumb for solving problems rather than exhausting all possible approaches  
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show child refers to anything round as ball  
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semantics   show
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show trial and error manipulations until theres a burst of insight  
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alogrithm   show
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show metalinguistic awareness  
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show inhibits problem solving when one persists in using strategies that have worked in the past  
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transformation problems   show
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LAD   show
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representativeness heuristic   show
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show one uses when making a decision based upon examples that most readily come to mind  
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overregularization   show
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confirmation bias   show
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show how you ask a question determines or influences the answer you get  
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show most basic unit of linguistic sound  
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functional fixedness   show
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show most basic unit of linguistic meaning (root words)  
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achievement test   show
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show allows one to "read people" well, understand their moods, etc.  
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crystallized intelligence   show
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show speedier, adaptable reasoning abilities; declines as we age  
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show one's association with a race that has a stigma for low intelligence may impede his academic development  
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construct   show
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show first measured IQ; mental age, divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100  
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profound   show
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show corrected earlier intelligence tests by adding "performance scale" and using normal distribution  
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intrapersonal   show
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