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- 5. Conditioning: discovered by Pavlov’s study of dogs
- 7. Perspective: when objects in the distance look more blurry due to the atmosphere
- 10. rules: emotions you present to others
- 11. period: time when individual is most sensitive to environmental stimuli
- 14. Research: way to research through solve a problem impacting a group
- 15. one of Freud’s agents in his model of the psyche
- 16. Bias: to look for information that confirm one’s own previously-held beliefs
- 18. Threshold: smallest amount of energy needed for a human to detect an external stimulus with one of their 5 senses.
- 19. operations: 3rd stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
- 21. came up with the theory that human behavior is driven by the need to overcome fears of inferiority
- 22. five: includes extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness and neuroticism
- 23. Thinking: multiple choice tests, spelling tests and math tests are measure this type of thinking
- 25. published first intelligence test
- 28. neo-Freudian, adopted theory of psychosocial development
- 29. reward: to work for $
- 32. callosum: C-shaped band of nerve fibers stretching across the brain to connect left and right hemispheres
- 33. area: area in the brain linked to speech production
- 36. step-by-step way to solve a problem
- 37. when someone who does poorly on a test takes their anger out on mom
- 38. can be used to treat depression or bipolar disorder
- 43. synthesis theory: theory that proposes that dreams are made by adjustments in neuron activity that trigger the brainstem in REM sleep
- 44. known for Bobo Doll experiments
- 45. Cues: enable depth perception
- 47. Piaget's idea that when you take in new information you modify it to fit into existing schemas
- 48. proposed the theory of language acquisition
Down
- 1. Cue: forgetting occurs to the lost of this
- 2. to learn and comprehend new information by incorporating it into one’s existing knowledge
- 3. Effect: the pattern of increasing IQ scores over time
- 4. response: behavior that doesn’t come naturally but is manipulated by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus
- 6. Threshold: also called the just noticeable difference
- 8. part of Piaget's stages of cognitive development where the child changes to meet the standards of society
- 9. best known for studies on facial expressions
- 12. Refractory Period: the period when the neuron can´t be excited to establish a 2nd action potential
- 13. theory: the theory that people are motivated to act in order to maintain an optimum arousal level
- 17. Neurons: inform organs and muscles what to do
- 20. Rehearsal: useful in relaying information to long term memory
- 24. spontaneous recovery ends this
- 26. proposed by Carl Jung, idea that people share patterns and images through a collective unconscious
- 27. opposite of hyperpolarization
- 30. important in perception in understanding how we perceive close objects
- 31. Thinking: helps in anticipating potential problems
- 34. needs: theory that people need to feel included and belong in a social setting
- 35. reduction: theory created by behaviorist Clark Hull
- 36. Effect: a stationary light source in the dark gives the illusion that it is moving
- 39. of STM: capacity is around 7 items
- 40. NS: has 2 main divisions: sympathetic and parasympathetic
- 41. operations: fourth stage of Piaget's cognitive stages where there is a spike in one's ability to think abstractly and adopt egocentrism, enabling the ability to plan, reason, and argue
- 42. Potential: the part during the firing of the neuron where the neuron sends info down the axon and starting a depolarizing current in a polarity change
- 46. technique to remember information by breaking it down into smaller groups