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looking inward to understand the processes of conscious thought   introspection  
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key words: dream analysis, unconscious, childhood conflicts   psychoanalytic theory  
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theory that wanted to make psychology practical and useful in school and work environments   functionalism  
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theory that sees humans as distinct from animals and emphasizes each individual's unique potential   humanism  
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founded humanist psychology emphasizing personal-growth and client centered therapy   rogers  
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approach that views our personality traits as inherited from our ancestors, having aided their survival   evolutionary theory  
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opened first laboratory to study structures of consciousness; wanted to unite brain physiology and philosophy into psychology   wundt  
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functionalist who asserted that consciousness flows and wrote a major reference book in psychology   james  
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approach placing more emphasis on group pressures and cultural norms in determining our behavior   sociocultural  
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took behaviorism to a new level and claimed there is no free will since environment determines everything   skinner  
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watson   taught little albert to fear a white mouse by manipulating his environment  
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founder of the american psychological association   hall  
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received nobel prize for his split brain research   sperry  
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main concern of structuralists, functionalists, and gestalt psychologists   cognition  
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meta analysis   draws conclusions from the results of a multitude of studies rather than just one  
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group think   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   loafing (diffusion of responsibility)  
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defensive attribution   explaining someone else's failure as due to internal factors so as to give yourself a sense of security  
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deindividualism   loss of a sense of individuality due to group involvement  
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cognitive dissonance   discomfort that results when two thoughts are in conflict or our thoughts don't match our actions  
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explaining behavior in terms of situational factors   external attribution  
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view that the rights of individuals are more important than the social order   individualism  
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style of steady love involving more intimacy and commitment after the "highs" and "lows" subside   companionate  
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asking for a small request before asking for a larger request   foot in door technique  
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attribution in which one explains behavior in terms of personal dispositions   internal  
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when the source of a communication lacks trustworthiness   credibility  
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idea that actions dictate attitudes; not other way arround   self perception theory  
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reciprocity norm   someone gives us something before asking for a favor  
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tendency of groups to arrive at bolder decisions than each individual might have   risky shift phenomenon  
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group that one identifies with in contrast to those outside the group   ingroup  
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bias that occurs when reinterpreting the past to fit our awareness of how events actually turned out   hindsight  
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illusory correlation   one finds examples that confirm an erroneous belief and overlooks examples that would disconfirm it  
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longer a group of similar minded people discuss an issue, the more extreme their views become   group polarization  
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emphasizes social order over individual rights   collectivism  
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solomon asch   conformity (line test)  
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explaining your own success with internal attributes and your failures with external attributes   self serving bias  
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sales tactic in which you become hooked by a "bargain" before hidden costs are revealed   lowball  
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contain receptor sites for catching neurotransmitters in the post-synaptic neuron   dendrites  
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part of limbic system that helps form memories   hippocampus  
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lobe containing auditory cortex   temporal  
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cleft where neural process shifts from electrical to chemical   synapse  
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folded outer layer contains 2/3 of neurons   cerebral cortex  
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neurotransmitter for mood and alertness, affected by caffeine   norepinephrine  
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system that is more primitive than the cerebrum and is responsible for emotions, drives, and memories   limbic  
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division of brain that includes cerebellum, medulla, and pons   hindbrain  
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largest part of brain, where our complex cognition takes place   cerebrum  
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cell body of neuron   soma  
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decreases the liklihood that the postsynaptic neuron will fire action potentials   inhibitory PSP  
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PSP increases likelihood that the postsynaptic neuron will fire action potentials   excitatory  
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lobe containing sensory strip   parietal  
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negatively charged ions inside the axon   potassium  
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division of autonomic nervous system that is activated by limbic system in "fight or flight"   sympathetic  
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drug that mimics a neurotransmitter   agonist  
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sacks that hold neurotransmitters until they are ready for release   vesicle  
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acronym for antidepressant drugs   SSRI  
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device that measures electrical activity of brain through electrodes attached to scalp   EEG  
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keeps your heart beating and you breathing   medulla  
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lobe that contains motor strip   frontal lobe  
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area in left hemisphere for making speech   broca's area  
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neurotransmitter that is the body's natural opium or pain killer   endorphine  
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neurotransmitter for pleasurable emotions and voluntary movement; effected by cocaine   dopamine  
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division of peripheral nervous system involved in muscle movement and sensation   somatic  
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division of brain that includes cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, and limbic system   forebrain  
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low amounts of this neurotransmitter may result in depression   serotonin  
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long fiber carries signal away from soma   axon  
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absolute refractory period   time in which neuron is incapable of firing  
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endocrine system   glands communicate via hormones  
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brain scan using radioactive chemicals   PET  
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positively charged ions outside axon   sodium  
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form of brain imaging that shows function as well as structure of brain parts   FMRI  
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acetylcholine   neurotransmitter stimulated by nicotine; lack of this results in Alzheimer's  
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lobe containing visual cortex   occipital  
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responsible for balance and coordination   cerebellum (first affected by alcohol)  
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thalamus   relays sensory information to various parts of cerebrum  
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reabsorption of neurotransmitters by the pre synaptic neuron   reuptake  
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hypothalamus (limbic system)   controls body temperature and basic biological drives like "fight or flight" responses  
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twins from one egg   monozygote- identicle  
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myelin   insulates teh axon and speeds neural firing  
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action potential   brief shift in neuron's electrical charge making it ready to fire  
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amygdala   emotional center of the limbic center  
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binocular depth cue that senses the eyes turning toward eachother as an object approaches   convergence  
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determines hue for vision and pitch for hearing   wavelength  
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processing from individual elements to the whole   bottom up  
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color blind person   dichromat  
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blind spot is from the ____   optic disk- fibers leave the retina  
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feature analysis   detecting specific visual elements and assembling them into a more complex form  
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transduction of light into neural signals occurs here   retina  
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amplitude   height of wave that determines brightness of light or loudness of sound  
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top down   perceptual process from the whole to the individual elements such as recognizing a familiar face  
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idea that incoming pain can be blocked at the spinal cord   gate control theory  
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tendency to see things in a particular way   perceptual set  
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curvature of the lens adjusts to alter visual focus   accommodation  
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ossicles   three little bones of inner ear (hammer, anvil, stirrup)  
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fluid fille dcanals in the ear that tell us if we are up or down   semicircular  
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retinal disparity   depth cue when image on left retina is from slightly different angle than image on right retina  
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sensory adaptation   graudal decline in sensitivity to prolonged stimulation  
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weber   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   lie outside in the distance  
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trichromatic theory   we have three different receptors for different color perception  
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kinesthetic   which sensory system allows you to know where your arm is  
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cone   receptor cell in retina for light and color detection  
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gustatory sensory system   taste  
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images that appear directly on the retina   proximal stimuli  
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JND   acronym for the smallest detected change in the amout of stimulation  
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parrocellular   the "what channel" of visual perception  
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fovea   highest concentration of cone cells is in this part of the retina  
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gestalt principle in which we tend to see items grouped close together as one   proximity  
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opponent process theory   idea that color perception depends on bipolar receptors for r vs g, b vs y, and black vs white  
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agnosia   inability to recognize objects  
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vestibular sensory system   responds to gravity and informs us of where we are in space  
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rods   receptor cell for peripheral and night vision  
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basiliar membrane   inside cochlea that is lined with hair cells  
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signal detection theory   considers decision making processes as well as sensory processes  
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absolute threshold   amount of stimulus detectable at least half the time  
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motion parallax   monocular depth cue in which objects seem to move faster than distant objects outside a moving car  
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cilia   hair like structures important to olfactory transduction  
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choclea   fluid filled, coiled tunnel in inner ear where transduction of sound occurs  
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delta   brainwave patterns when one is in a deep sleep  
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sedatives   type of drugs that increase GABA; slowing other neural activity down  
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narcotics   type of drugs that affect endorphins  
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somnabulism   sleep walking  
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circadian   rhythm of the body in 24 hour cycles  
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synergistic   when drugs combined effects are greater than their individual effects  
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beta   brainwave pattern when one is awake and alert  
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what happens to REM and NREM sleep as people age   the amount decreases  
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SWS   acronym for sleep stages 3&4  
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dissociation   splitting of our consciousness into 2 or more streams of awareness  
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dopamine   neurotransmitter of the "reward pathway" most responsible for drug abuse  
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effect of hypnosis where subject may resist pain   anesmesia  
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amephetamines   type of drugs that affect dopamine and norepinephrine  
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melatonin   pineal gland secretes this hormone that plays a key role in your biological clock  
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alpha   EEG brainwave when in deep relaxation and meditation  
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activation synthesis theory   dreams are the cortex trying to make sense of neural activity  
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theta   brainwaves during light sleep  
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sleep apnea   sleep disorder where an individual stops breathing  
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UCR   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   punishment  
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powerful classically conditioned repulsion of certain tasting foods   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   concurrent  
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thorndike   instrumental learning (precursor of operant conditioning)  
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classical conditioning nazis used   propaganda  
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withdrawl symptoms   negative reinforcer  
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trace   timing of the CS begins and ends before UCS is presented  
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antecedent   event that preceds the targed behavior in the ABC process of operant conditioning  
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pavlov   discovered psychic reflexes could be elicited by associating an artificial stimulus with a natural one  
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conditioned stimulus functions as if it were an unconditioned stimulus   higher order conditioning  
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shaping   step by step reinforcement of behaviors that get closer to the ultimate behavior  
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secondary reinforceers   symbolize primary reinforcers (like money)  
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watson   founder of behaviorist movement  
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prepardness   natural predisposition for different species to be conditioned in certain ways  
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bandura   observational (VICARIOUS) learning studied which explains humans more complex behaviors  
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facial feedback hypothesis   fake smile leads to real joy  
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thalamus signals what simultaneously   cortex and limbic system in experience of emotion  
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androgens   class of gonadal hormones produced more in males  
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polygraph   records autonomic fluctuations such as galvanic skin response and heard rate as subject answers questions  
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ekman   universal facial expressions: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, and anger  
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higher levels of fat generate higher levels of this hormone which signals the brain when to get hungry   leptin  
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key androgen associated with sexual interest   testosterone  
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limbic system controls hunger   hypothalamus (what it controls)  
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James   psychologist theorized that the autonomic response precedes the experience of emotion  
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schachter   said emotions involve a label we give o our "feelings" according to our interpretation of each situation  
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cannon-bard   brain scientists who proposed that autonomic response and conscious emotional experience occur simultaneously  
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pheromone   hormone secreted by an animal that may serve to attract a mate  
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hippocampus   key brain part for storing memories  
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proactive interference   previously learned material inhibits the learning of new, similar material  
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deciding where you heard or read something is   source monitoring  
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engrams   physical traces of memory throughout a neural pathway  
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explicit memory   demands our conscious attention  
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anterograde   type of amnesia when you lose memories AFTER a head injury  
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multilevel classification system based on common properties   conceptual hierarchy  
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type of bias where you mold your interpretation of the past to fit how events actually turned out   hindsight  
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self referent encoding   how or whether information is personally relevant  
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sensory memory storage   has split second duration  
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transfer appropriate processing aids   recall when testing is similar to encoding (state dependent learning)  
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implicit   procedural memory including muscle memory; doesnt demand constant attention  
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loci   mnemonic method in which you imagine the material to be remembered in familiar location  
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three main processes of memory   encoding, storage, retrieval  
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misinformation effect   misleading information distorts eyewitness recall  
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episodic   autobiographical memory involves personal experiences  
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retroactive interference   new material inhibits the retention of previously learned material  
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decay   theory of forgetting that asserts memories fade due to time  
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consolidation   gradual conversion of information into durable memory codes stored in long term memory  
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dual coding theory   forming both semantic and visual codes to improve memory  
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heuristics   short cut rules of thumb for solving problems rather than exhausting all possible approaches  
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overextension   child refers to anything round as ball  
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semantics   subfiled of psycholinguistics concerned with understanding the meaning of words  
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arrangement problems   trial and error manipulations until theres a burst of insight  
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alogrithm   method that exhausts all possible pathways to solving a single problem  
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language games and puns from a child   metalinguistic awareness  
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mental set   inhibits problem solving when one persists in using strategies that have worked in the past  
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transformation problems   require carefully planned sequence of changes to arrive at a specified goal  
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LAD   acronym for natural mechanism that facilitates learning of a language  
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representativeness heuristic   one estimates probability of an event based on how similar it is to the typical prototype of that event  
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availability heuristic   one uses when making a decision based upon examples that most readily come to mind  
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overregularization   "i hitted the ball"  
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confirmation bias   seeking evidence supporting your belief while overlooking evidence contradicting your belief  
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framing   how you ask a question determines or influences the answer you get  
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phonemes   most basic unit of linguistic sound  
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functional fixedness   inability to find a novel use for a common object  
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morpheme   most basic unit of linguistic meaning (root words)  
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achievement test   measures mastery of knowledge in certain subject  
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interpersonal intelligence   allows one to "read people" well, understand their moods, etc.  
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crystallized intelligence   acquired knowledge and problem solving skills  
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fluid intelligence   speedier, adaptable reasoning abilities; declines as we age  
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stereotype vulnerability   one's association with a race that has a stigma for low intelligence may impede his academic development  
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construct   type of validity that showsevidence that a test measures certain abstract qualities such as creativity  
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stanford-binet   first measured IQ; mental age, divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100  
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profound   classification of retardation in which one needs total care  
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termen   corrected earlier intelligence tests by adding "performance scale" and using normal distribution  
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intrapersonal   type of intelligence in which one can understand one's own behaviors, moods, and motivations  
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