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An approach to problem solving that incorporates a "rule of thumb" or broad application of strategy |
Heuristics |
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Theory of color perception that suggests we have three types of cone cells, each specialized for specific color wavelengths (with "theory") |
Trichromatic theory |
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Broad set of theories of personality that argue that humans are innately good and striving to fulfill their innate capabilities |
Humanistic |
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A stage of memory that temporarily maintains and processes a limited amount of information, such as a phone number you are storing long enough to put in your phone (two words,omit hyphen) |
Short term |
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The disappearance of a learned behavior |
Extinction |
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Changing the behavior because we have been ordered to do so by an authority figure |
Obedience |
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Conclusion or inference we make about about people who are different from us based on their group membership |
Stereotype |
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In classical conditioning, the learned response to a conditioned stimulus (two words) |
Conditioned response |
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Visual sensory cells that work well in conditions of low levels of light |
Rods |
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The part of the neuron responsible for receiving information from across the synapse |
Dendrite |
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In an experiment, the explanatory variable that I control or manipulate directly |
Independent |
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Type of memory that involves facts and learned information, such as the state capitals (with "memory") |
Semantic |
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Any psychoactive substance that acts on the brain and other parts of the nervous system to decrease nervous system activity |
Depressant |
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In classical conditioning, the reflexive, involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus (two words) |
Unconditioned response |
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The human tendency to assume distribution attributions for others and situational attributions for ourselves (two words) |
Attribution error |
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The reappearance of a learned response after the behavior has disappeared (two words) |
Spontaneous recovery |
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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
Psychology |
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These activate olfactory and gustatory sensory cells |
Chemicals |
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In classical conditioning, the stimulus that automatically triggers an involuntary response without any learning needed (two words) |
Unconditioned stimulus |
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The part of the brain predominantly responsible for forming new memories |
Hippocampus |
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A type of research method that manipulates a variable of interest to uncover cause-and-effect (with "research") |
Experimental |
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An approach to problem solving that involves finding a solution through a series of attempts and eliminating those that do not work (three words) |
Trial and error |
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The removal of an unpleasant stimulus following the targeted behavior, increasing the likelihood of it occurring again(two words) |
Negative reinforcement |
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The perceptual phenomenon that involves paying attention only to the information we have decided is important and filtering out the rest |
Selective attention |
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In classical conditioning, the previously neutral stimulus that an organism learns to associate with an unconditioned stimulus |
Conditioned stimulus |
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In research study, your educated guess of the outcome |
Hypothesis |
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The sensory memory that contains visual information (with memory) |
Iconic |
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Learning that occurs as a result of watching the behavior of others (two word) |
Observational |
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The spike in electrical energy that passes through the axon of a neuron in order to convey information (two words) |
Action potential |
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Conflict that involves one scenario which causes both happy reactions as well as unhappy reactions (two words) |
Approach avoidance |