Exam Review Sheet "Confusing Pairs"
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Independent Variable | What is tested |
| Dependent Variable | What is measured |
| Experimental Group | Group that is tested |
| Control Group | Receives placebo in experiment |
| Left Brain | Language and Logic |
| Right Brain | Creative and Spatial |
| Corpus Callosum | Divides the brain |
| Cerebral Cortex | Covers the brain |
| Sympathetic Nervous System | Fight or flight |
| Parasympathetic Nervous System | Calming-parachute |
| Neurotransmitters | In nervous system |
| Hormones | In endocrine system |
| Lateral Hypothalamus | Stimulates hunger |
| Ventromedial Hypothalamus | Suppresses hunger |
| Broca's Area | Makes words |
| Wernicke's Area | Comprehends words |
| Identical Twins | Same fertilized egg |
| Fraternal Twins | Two separate eggs |
| Afferent Neurons | Sensory, body to brain |
| Efferent Neurons | Motor, brain to body |
| Assimilation | All four legged animals are "doggies" |
| Accommodation | "Doggies" are different than "kitties" |
| Concrete Operations | Logical thinking |
| Formal Operations | Philosophical thinking |
| Sensation | Bottom-up processing |
| Perception | Top-down processing |
| Rods | Night vision |
| Cones | Color vision |
| Classical Conditioning | Involuntary |
| Operant Conditioning | Voluntary |
| Primacy Effect | First items remembered |
| Recency Effect | Last items remembered |
| Proactive interference | Loss of the new info |
| Retroactive interference | Loss of the old info |
| Implicit Memory | Non-declarative; skills |
| Explicit Memory | Declarative; facts |
| Recall Memory | No cues |
| Recognition Memory | Some hints |
| Algorithms | Step by step |
| Heuristics | Rule-of-thumb |
| Representative Heuristics | Stereotypes |
| Availability Heuristics | Based on available info |
| Phonemes | Basic sound units |
| Morphemes | Basic units of meaning |
| Fluid Intelligence | Processing speed |
| Crystallized Intelligence | Acquired knowledge |
| Validity | Test measures what it should |
| Reliability | Same scores on a retest |
| Achievement Test | What you've learned |
| Aptitude Test | Potential |
| Intrinsic Motivation | For personal satisfaction |
| Extrinsic Motivation | For rewards |
| Theory Y | Democratic/Intrinsic |
| Theory X | Rewards or Punishment/Extrinsic |
| Internal Locus | You control the environment |
| External Locus | Environment controls you |
| Lithium | Treats bipolar |
| Librium | Treats anxiety |
| Type A | High stress |
| Type B | Low stress |
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