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- 2. The Social Identity Theory process of placing ourselves and others into social groups.
- 3. Adding new information to an existing schema without fundamentally changing it.
- 4. The Social Identity Theory process of evaluating one's own group in relation to other groups.
- 8. The process through which individuals learn the norms, values and behaviours of their own culture.
- 11. Researcher strongly associated with observational learning and Social Cognitive Theory.
- 12. When exposure to a stimulus activates a particular schema, influencing later cognition or behaviour.
- 13. The reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by the presynaptic neuron after it has transmitted a signal.
- 16. Modifying an existing schema so that new information can be incorporated.
- 18. A chemical that binds to a receptor and prevents another chemical from having its usual effect.
- 20. Researcher who, with Bartling, investigated articulatory suppression and the working memory model.
- 23. The social group with which an individual identifies and feels they belong.
- 24. The out-group ______ bias involves seeing members of another group as more similar to one another than members of our own group.
- 25. The central ______ directs attention and coordinates the different components of working memory.
- 27. Brain structure associated with memory consolidation and spatial navigation.
- 28. The process through which information is transferred into memory.
- 30. ______ reinforcement occurs when observing someone else being rewarded increases the likelihood of imitation.
- 32. A highly vivid memory of the circumstances in which surprising and consequential news was learned.
- 33. A chemical that binds to a receptor and causes a biological response.
- 34. The extent to which a particular social identity becomes prominent and influences behaviour.
- 36. The Social Identity Theory process through which people adopt the behaviours and values of their in-group.
- 37. Stereotype ______ occurs when fear of confirming a negative stereotype can negatively affect performance.
- 38. The Social Cognitive Theory process requiring an observer to remember a behaviour before it can later be imitated.
- 39. A mental representation based on prior knowledge and experience that helps us organise and interpret information.
- 40. Autobiographical memory involving personally experienced events, situations and experiences.
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- 1. Researcher who used scopolamine and a virtual navigation task to investigate acetylcholine and spatial memory.
- 5. The process through which the brain eliminates synaptic connections that are no longer needed.
- 6. The ______ bias causes people to focus on information that supports an existing stereotype.
- 7. A cognitive generalisation about the characteristics and qualities of members of a social group.
- 9. The theory that particular behaviours have their origin in specific areas of the brain.
- 10. Researcher whose case study of HM provided evidence about the role of the hippocampus in memory.
- 14. The working-memory component concerned with temporarily processing verbal and auditory information is the ______ loop.
- 15. Brain structure involved in the encoding of emotional memories.
- 17. Researcher who compared the brain structures of London taxi drivers and non-taxi-driver controls.
- 19. A chemical messenger that carries signals across the gap between neurons.
- 21. The Social Cognitive Theory process requiring an observer to focus on a model's behaviour and its consequences.
- 22. The formation of new connections between neurons.
- 26. Researcher who investigated cultural differences in the formation of flashbulb memories across five countries.
- 29. Researcher whose participants rated an arbitrarily assigned in-group more positively than an out-group.
- 31. The brain's ability to change through growth and reorganisation as a result of experience or environmental stimulation.
- 35. The repetition of information that helps maintain it in memory.