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- 3. The brain is not actually passive during the night. This theory predicts dreaming is a physiological process that occurs when you are asleep.
- 6. Invented first practical IQ test
- 7. Created the personality theory which was similar to Freud but instead, humans are driven by a need to overcome inferiority.
- 12. A change in electrical components inside a neuron during firing.
- 13. Piaget defined this as a cognitive process in which we take new information and experiences and incorporate them into our pre-existing ideas or world view. Filling existing containers.
- 14. This stage lasts around seven to eleven years of age, and is characterized by the development of organized and rational thinking.
- 15. A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.
- 16. Reward such as money or promotion. Entices someone to do something.
- 17. Agreeing with ideas that conform to your own beliefs..
- 19. Created the social learning theory, Social learning theory explains human behavior in terms of continuous reciprocal interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and environmental influences.
- 21. Motivation dictated by mental alertness.
- 25. Created theory of psychological development stages
- 26. When what you learned is forgotten (classical conditioning)
- 29. A scientific method of study or research to help solve everyday practical problems.
- 31. electroshock therapy that helps stimulate brain
- 32. Redirects negative feelings into less threatening subjects.
- 33. five Main types of characteristics: extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism
- 36. Can be seen with both eyes like disparity and convergence and then processed in our brains.
- 39. A symbol or model that other things can be patterned on. These are part or intrinsic behaviors and the collective unconscious.
- 40. Informal norms pertaining to a group
- 41. Big things into small things.
- 42. The duration of this is about between 15 and 30 seconds, and the capacity of about 7 items.
- 44. The ability to apply accomodation in real life and adjust to new changes/experiences so humans can continue to develop.
- 45. When a cell becomes more positively charged or less negative
- 46. Illusionary movement of a still object
- 47. just noticeable difference, noticed 50% of the time.
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- 1. Modifying information based on a change in schemas. A child thought a deer was a dog but changed schema to comprehend more info. Reshaping containers.
- 2. Mental shortcut based on what is available and immediate.
- 4. created theory that facial expressions are universal ways to interpret emotions.
- 5. Important time in life where you are especially sensitive to stimuli (baby).
- 8. A set of step-by-step procedures that leads to the correct answer to a particular problem.
- 9. Created the theory that pertains to language and how we are all born with natural wiring that helps us develop language later in life.
- 10. memory technique where the definition is repeated.
- 11. The area in your brain that controls how you speak and language.
- 18. Time period where there is no possible way for a second action potential to occur.
- 20. the theory that biological needs originate from needs or drives.
- 21. The smallest level of energy required by an external stimulus to be detectable by the human senses, including vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch
- 22. needs: The need to belong in a group with friends, colleagues etc.
- 23. Ability to answer a question without significant creativity.
- 24. The thought that IQ scores are going up each year and each generation becomes smarter.
- 27. The response elicited post stimulation and conditioning.
- 28. Type of perception and depth. Objects further away become hazy and blurry.
- 30. sense of self esteem or self importance.
- 34. In this stage, adolescents gain the ability to think abstractly and creatively.
- 35. Creative thinking
- 37. Connects two parts of your brain.
- 38. Neurons that go from the CNS to muscles.
- 41. Study mechanism that helps you store in long term memory. Divides into parts.
- 43. This system regulates bodily functions and reactions.