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Psychology Exam #2 Test

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Corpus callosum
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Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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Repression vs, Supression
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Cue dependent
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
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Attachment styles
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Forgetting
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Parietal lobes
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Scaffolding
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Occipital lobe
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Explicit vs. implicit memories
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Lateralization
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Conventional moral development
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Polygenetic characteristics
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Dominant hemisphere
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Maintenance rehearsal
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Handedness
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Piaget's stages
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Pituitary gland
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Limbic system
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Moral thinking based on a desire to please others or to follow accepted rules or values.
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Could be from disuse
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Sensorimotor(0-2)sensory input and motor rspns become coordinated Preoperational(2-7)begin to use language and think symbolically Concrete operational(7-11)Concepts of time, space, volume, numbers Formal operational(11-up)abstract, theoretical, hypothe
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Differences between the two sides of the body; especially, differences in the abilities of the brain hemispheres.
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Process of adjusting instruction so that it is responsive to a beginner's behavior and supports the beginner's efforts to understand a problem or gain a mental skill.
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A preference for the right or left hand in most activities
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Thick band of axon fibers connecting the cerebral hemispheres.
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Portion of the cerebral cortex in which vision registers in the brain.
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Stimuli associated memory-a cue is needed to retrieve the memory
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A system in the forebrain that is closely linked with emotional response.
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Secure-stable and positive emotional bond. Avoidant-anxious emotional bond marked by a tendency to avoid reunion with a parent or caregiver. Ambivalent-anxious emotional bond marked by both a desire to be with a parent and some resistance to reunite.
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Thanatologist-specialist who studies emotional and behavioral reactions to death and dying.
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Area of the cortex that include the sites in which body sensations register.
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The master gland at the base of the brain whose hormones influence other endocrine glands.
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A molecular structure that contains coded genetic information.
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Unconsciously pushing unwanted memories out of awareness. vs. Conscious effort to put something out of mind or keep it from awareness.
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Silently repeating or mentally reviewing information to hold it in short-term memory.
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Personal traits or physical properties that are influenced by many genes working in combination.
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A term usually applied to the side of a person's brain that produces language.
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Memory that a person is aware of having; consciously retrieved. vs. Memory that a person does know exists; retrieved unconsciously.
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Spatial skills, visualization, pattern recognition (overall patterns)
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Language, speech, writing (small details)
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A network within the medulla and brainstem; associated with attention, alertness, and some reflexes.
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Memory influenced by one's physical state at the time of learning and at the time or retrieval. Improved memory occurs when the two states match.
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Another name for short-term memory, especially as it is used for thinking and problem solving.
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A part of the limbic system associated with strong memories. (Think of a hippo being on campus)
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A gene whose influence will be expressed each time the gene is present.
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Areas of the cortex associated with movement,the sense of self, and higher mental functions.
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Contains the medulla, cerebellum, and reticular formation.
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Fading or weakening of memories

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