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Psychology 101, Development

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Developmental Psychology

The Branch Of Psychology That Studies Pattern...

Nature-nurture Issue

The Issue Of The Degree To Which Environment ...

Identical Twins

Twins Who Are Genetically Identical

Cross-sectional Research

A Research Method That Compares People Of Dif...

PSYCH 333 EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE

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Psychological Disorder

Dysfunction Associated W/ Stress Or Impairmen...

Phobia

Disorder Of Marked, Persistent Fear Of Object...

Psychopathology

Scientific Study Of Psychological Disorders

Scientist-practitioner Model

Belief: Mental Health Pros Will Apply Scienti...

Chapter 4 Unit One Psychology

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

The Portion Of Nervous System Consisting...

Spinal Cord

A Collection Of Neurons And Supportive T...

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

All Portions Of Nervous Systems Outside ...

Somatic Nervous System

The Subdivision Of The Peripheral Nervou...

Psychology 4

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Interdependence

Common To All Close Relationships, Characteri...

Attachment Style

Degree Of Security In Interpersonal Relations...

Secure Style(attachment Style)

High In Both Self-esteem And Trust, Do Best I...

Fearful-avoidant Style(attachment Style) ...

Low Self-esteem And Trust, Least Adaptive Att...

Psychology Chapter 1

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Psychology

The Discipline Concerned With Behavior And Me...

Empirical

Relying On Or Derived From Observation, Exper...

Phrenology

The Now-discredited Theory That Different Bra...

Functionalism

An Early Psychological Approach Tht Emphasize...

Psychology Chapter 15

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Personality

An Individual's Characteristic Pattern Of Thi...

Free Association

In Psychoanalysis, A Method Of Exploring The ...

Psychoanalysis

Freud's Theory Of Personality That Attributes...

Unconscious

According To Freud, A Reservoir Of Mostly Una...

Social Psychology Chapter 3

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Priming

Activating Particular Associations In Memory

Belief Perseverance

Persistance Of One's Initial Conceptions, As ...

Misinformation Effect

Incorporating "misinformation" Into One's Mem...

Controlled Processing

"explicit" Thinking That Is Deliberate, Refle...

Psychology 315 Ch. 7 Attitudes, Beliefs And Consistency Part 2

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Will We Easily Change Our Attitudes?

No, We Won’t Change Our Attitude Unless We...

Other Conditions Are Necessary As Well For At...

Some Behavior That Is Discrepant With At...

What Are The Three Claims Made By Festinger A...

Dissonance Is An Arousing, Aversive And Neces...

The Memory Paradigm

Specific Type Of Research MethodMeasures ...

Psychology Chapter 13

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Mental Health Workers View Psychological Diso...

As Persistently Harmful Thoughts, Feelings, A...

When Do Psychiatrists And Psychologists Label...

When The Behavior Is Deviant, Distressful, An...

What Are The Two Central Models?

Biopsychosocial Perspective And The Medical M...

Explain Biopsychosocial Perspective

Assumes That Biological, Socio-cultural, And ...

Psychology Chapter 2 The Brain And Behaviour

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What Is The Cerebral Cortex And Its Function?

The PROTECTIVE Outer Layer Of The Brain Cover...

Function Of -Sensory Cortex?Motor Cortex?Asso...

Sensory - Located In The Parietal Lobe Receiv...

Specialisation Of Left And Right Hemisphere A...

Corpus Callosum - Nerve Tissue Strand Located...

What Is The Role Of The Frontal Lobe?Role Of ...

Primary Motor Cortex - Left Frontal Lobe Cont...

Psychology 101 (Iv B)

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Mental Health Professionals Evalutate Psychol...

Life Functioning Personal Discomfort Person...

What Is Necessary Before Diagnosis Begins?

Qualitative Differences In: Life Functionin...

Psychological Issues In The Middle Ages Were ...

Burning The Inflicted To Death Or Placing The...

Describe Systems Approach

Biological, Psychological, And Social Risk Fa...

Psychology Unit 4 Chapter 13

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Personality

A Distinctive And Relatively Stable Pattern O...

Trait

A Characteristic Of An Individual, Describing...

Psychoanalysis

A Theory Of Personality And A Method Of Psych...

Psychodynamic Theories

Theories That Explain Behavior And Personalit...

Personnel Psychology Job Performance And The Criterion Problem

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•: Variable That Encompasses All Aspec...

Ultimate Criterion

•Variable(s) We Can Realistically Meas...

Actual Criterion

3 Uses Of Criteria

- Administrative - Developmental ...

–Appraise Employee Performance To Mak...

Administrative Criteria

Social Psychology - Test #1

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Social Psychology

The Scientific Study Of The Way In Which Peop...

Construal

The Way In Which People Perceive, Comprehend ...

Individual Difference

The Aspects Of People's Personalities That Ma...

Fundamental Attribution Error

The Tendency To Overestimate The Extent To Wh...

Psychology 110 - Test 1 - Unit 1

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Two Types Of Mental Disorders

Functional - "learned In" Organic - Etiology...

2 Markers Of Depression

1st Marker - AHYDRONIA - The Inability To Fee...

Learned In Behavior - There Is A Pay Off For ...

Functional Disorder

Behavioral Stop Sign

Frontal Lobe Of Brain

Psychology 3

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Stranger Anxiety

The Caution And Wariness Displayed By Infants...

Seperation Anxiety

The Distress Displayed By Infants When A Cust...

Social Smile

Smiliing In Response To Other Individuals

Social Referencing

The Intentional Search For Information About ...

Chapter 7 Psychology Vocab

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Memory

Retention Of Information Over Time

Suggestive Memory Techniques

Procedures That Encourage Patients To Recall ...

Memory Illusion

False But Subjectively Compelling Memory (can...

The Three-memory Model

1. Sensory Memory Becomes Short Term Memory (...

Intro To Psychology Chapter 1

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What Is Behavioral Perspective?

The Approach That Suggests That Observable, M...

What Is Cognitive Perspective?

The Approach That Focuses On How People...

What Is Determinism?

The Idea That People's Behavior Is Produced P...

What Is Free Will?

The Idea That Behavior Is Caused Primar...

Psychology 101

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Write Piaget's Four Stages Of Cognitive Devel...

Sensory-Motor Pre-Operational Concrete For...

Games Like Peek-A-Boo And Hide And Seek Are E...

Object Permanence

According To Piaget, The Stage Of Cognitive D...

Pre-Operational

According To Piaget, Abstract Thinking Doesn'...

Formal

Test Fairness In Personnel Psychology

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A Test Is Biased If There Are Subgroup Differ...

Test Biases

__ Would Occur When Test Scores Are Different...

Bias

What Are The 3 Issues Of Test Biases?

–It’s The Meaning Inferred Fro...

Is Using A Test That Detects True Group Diffe...

No But It Does Incolve Ethical, Political And...