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show introspection  
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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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approach placing more emphasis on group pressures and cultural norms in determining our behavior   show
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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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group think   show
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show loafing (diffusion of responsibility)  
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defensive attribution   show
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show loss of a sense of individuality due to group involvement  
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cognitive dissonance   show
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show external attribution  
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view that the rights of individuals are more important than the social order   show
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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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show 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   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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illusory correlation   show
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show group polarization  
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show collectivism  
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show conformity (line test)  
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show self serving bias  
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sales tactic in which you become hooked by a "bargain" before hidden costs are revealed   show
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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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folded outer layer contains 2/3 of neurons   show
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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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largest part of brain, where our complex cognition takes place   show
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show soma  
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decreases the liklihood that the postsynaptic neuron will fire action potentials   show
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show excitatory  
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show parietal  
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show potassium  
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show sympathetic  
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drug that mimics a neurotransmitter   show
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show vesicle  
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show SSRI  
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show EEG  
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show medulla  
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show frontal lobe  
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show broca's area  
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show endorphine  
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show dopamine  
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division of peripheral nervous system involved in muscle movement and sensation   show
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division of brain that includes cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, and limbic system   show
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show serotonin  
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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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brain scan using radioactive chemicals   show
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show sodium  
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show FMRI  
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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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twins from one egg   show
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show insulates teh axon and speeds neural firing  
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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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determines hue for vision and pitch for hearing   show
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show bottom up  
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color blind person   show
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show optic disk- fibers leave the retina  
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show detecting specific visual elements and assembling them into a more complex form  
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transduction of light into neural signals occurs here   show
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amplitude   show
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top down   show
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show gate control theory  
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tendency to see things in a particular way   show
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curvature of the lens adjusts to alter visual focus   show
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ossicles   show
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show semicircular  
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retinal disparity   show
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sensory adaptation   show
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weber   show
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distal stimuli   show
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trichromatic theory   show
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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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images that appear directly on the retina   show
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show acronym for the smallest detected change in the amout of stimulation  
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parrocellular   show
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fovea   show
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show proximity  
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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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rods   show
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show inside cochlea that is lined with hair cells  
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signal detection theory   show
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show amount of stimulus detectable at least half the time  
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show monocular depth cue in which objects seem to move faster than distant objects outside a moving car  
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cilia   show
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choclea   show
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show brainwave patterns when one is in a deep sleep  
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sedatives   show
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show type of drugs that affect endorphins  
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show sleep walking  
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show rhythm of the body in 24 hour cycles  
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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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show the amount decreases  
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SWS   show
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dissociation   show
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show neurotransmitter of the "reward pathway" most responsible for drug abuse  
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effect of hypnosis where subject may resist pain   show
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amephetamines   show
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show pineal gland secretes this hormone that plays a key role in your biological clock  
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show EEG brainwave when in deep relaxation and meditation  
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activation synthesis theory   show
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theta   show
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sleep apnea   show
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UCR   show
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when an event following a response weakens the tendency to make that response again   show
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powerful classically conditioned repulsion of certain tasting foods   show
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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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show negative reinforcer  
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show timing of the CS begins and ends before UCS is presented  
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show event that preceds the targed behavior in the ABC process of operant conditioning  
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show discovered psychic reflexes could be elicited by associating an artificial stimulus with a natural one  
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show higher order conditioning  
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shaping   show
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secondary reinforceers   show
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watson   show
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prepardness   show
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bandura   show
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show fake smile leads to real joy  
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thalamus signals what simultaneously   show
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androgens   show
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show records autonomic fluctuations such as galvanic skin response and heard rate as subject answers questions  
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show universal facial expressions: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, and anger  
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show leptin  
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key androgen associated with sexual interest   show
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show hypothalamus (what it controls)  
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James   show
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schachter   show
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show brain scientists who proposed that autonomic response and conscious emotional experience occur simultaneously  
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show hormone secreted by an animal that may serve to attract a mate  
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hippocampus   show
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proactive interference   show
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deciding where you heard or read something is   show
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engrams   show
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show demands our conscious attention  
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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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show how or whether information is personally relevant  
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show has split second duration  
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transfer appropriate processing aids   show
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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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show misleading information distorts eyewitness recall  
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show autobiographical memory involves personal experiences  
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retroactive interference   show
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show theory of forgetting that asserts memories fade due to time  
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consolidation   show
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show forming both semantic and visual codes to improve memory  
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heuristics   show
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show child refers to anything round as ball  
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show subfiled of psycholinguistics concerned with understanding the meaning of words  
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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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show one estimates probability of an event based on how similar it is to the typical prototype of that event  
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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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show inability to find a novel use for a common object  
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show most basic unit of linguistic meaning (root words)  
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show measures mastery of knowledge in certain subject  
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show allows one to "read people" well, understand their moods, etc.  
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show acquired knowledge and problem solving skills  
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fluid intelligence   show
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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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show type of validity that showsevidence that a test measures certain abstract qualities such as creativity  
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show first measured IQ; mental age, divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100  
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show classification of retardation in which one needs total care  
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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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