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Chapter 2 Exam Psych

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Pennebaker Study

College Students Asked To Write 20 Min A Day ...

4 Characteristics Of Good Psychologicall Rese...

1. Theoretical Framework 2. A Standardized P...

Theoretical Framework

Psychologists Are Interested In Determining T...

Continous Vs Categorial Variable (theoretical...

Cont: Vary Along Some Continium Ie Body Weigh...

Chapter 7 Psychology

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Anterograde Amnesia

Loss Of Memory For Events That Occur After A ...

Attention

Focusing Awareness On A Narrowed Range Of Sti...

Chunk

A Group Of Familiar Stimuli Stored As A Singl...

Clustering

Tendancy To Remember Similar Or Related Items...

Psychology 100: Chapter 13

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Personality

the Unique And Relatively Stable Ways I...

Character

Value Judgments Of A Person’s Moral And Eth...

Temperament

The Enduring Characteristics Which With Each ...

4 Perspectives

1.Psychodynamic Perspective- Sigmund Freud, R...

Human Cognitive Psychology Exam 1- Chapter 3

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Selectivity

The Selective Aspects Of Attention- We Pay At...

Bottleneck Theory

A Theory That Attempts To Explain How People ...

Concentration

Investing Mental Effort In One Or More Tasks

Mental Effort

The Amount Of Mental Capacity Required To Per...

Chapter 6 Psychology Vocab

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Learning

Change In An Organism's Behavior Or Thought A...

Habituation

Process Of Responding Less Strongly Over Time...

Classical Conditioning (or Pavlovian Or Respo...

Form Of Learning In Which Animals Come To Res...

Conditioned Stimulus

Initially Neutral Stimulus

Psychology 315 Notes Ch. 4 Choices And Actions: The Self In Control, Part 2

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What Is Risk Aversion?

One Of The Most Profound Biases When Making D...

Temporal Discounting

Tendency To Downplay Rewards And Costs In Fut...

Certainty As It Relates To Making Choices

Prefer Certain Options Rather Than Uncertain ...

Keeping Options Open

Don't Like To Be Pinned Down Prematurely, Hop...

Psychology Chapters 4 And 6

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Synesthesia

Perceptual Experience Of One Sense That Is Ev...

Sensation

Simple Stimulation Of A Sense Organ

Perception

Organization, Identification, And Interpretat...

Transduction

What Takes Place When Many Senses In The Body...

Social Psychology Chapter 2

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Spotlight Effect

The Belief That Others Are Paying More Attent...

Illusion Of Transparency

The Illusion That Our Concealed Emotions Leak...

Self Concept

A Person's Answers To The Question "who Am I?...

Self-reference Effect

The Tendency To Process Efficiently And Remem...

Psychology Chapters 9, 10 And 13

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The Study Of How Humans Grow, Develop And Cha...

Developmental Psychology

A Study In Which The Same Group Of Participan...

Longitudinal Study

A Study That Is Less Expensive And Less Time ...

Cross-Sectional Study

Development From Conception To Birth

Prenatal Development

Psychology Chapter 2

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Science

A Method For Learning About Reality Through S...

Objectiviy

The Practice Of Bsing Conclusions On Facts Wi...

Double-Blind Procedure

A Research Design That Controls For Placebo E...

Placebo

An Inactive Substance Or Treatment That Canno...

Psychology 101; Chapters 8, 9, 10, 12

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Cognitive Psychology:

Branch Of Psychology That Focuses On The St...

Thinking & ReasoningProblem Solving And C...

Cognitive Psychology - Higher Mental Proces...

Thinking:

the Manipulation Of Mental Represe...

: The Manipulation Of Mental Representat...

Thinking:

Psychology Test Two

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The Branch Of Psychology That Only Looks At O...

Behaviorism

The Relatively Permanent Change In Behavior O...

Learning

Another Name For Learning Using Assosciations...

Conditioning

_________ Invented Classical Conditioning Wit...

Ivan Pavlov

I/O Psychology 2060 Chapter 11

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Intrinsic Value Of Work

Is The Value An Individual Finds In Performin...

Instrumental Value Of Work

Is In Providing The Necessities Of Life And S...

Positive Psychology

Is The Study Of The Factors And Conditions In...

Environmental Influences On Mental Health

Opportunity For Control Opportunity For Skil...

Psychology 1513 TakeHome Test 2

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Electrically Charged Particale Of Which Two E...

Sodium And Potassium

The Word Salutatory Comes From The Latin Word...

Hop Or Leap

List Of Neurotransmitters?

Acetylcholine, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Sero...

Everytime You Learn Something You Are Reshapi...

Self Directed Neuroplasticity

Social Psychology Chapter 12

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Social Psychology

– The Scientific Study Of How A Perso...

Social Influence

-the Process Through Which The Real Or Impli...

Conformity

- Changing One’s Own Behavior To Match Tha...

Foot-in-the-door Technique (Four Ways T...

– Asking For A Small Commitment And, After...

Psychology Chapter 4 Terms

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Sensation

Detection Of Physical Energy By Sense Organs,...

Perception

The Brain's Interpretation Of Raw Sensory Inp...

Filling-in

Reconstruction Of What Is Expected In The Bli...

Transduction

The Process Of Converting An External Energy ...

Chapter 7 I/O Psychology

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Performance Development

Refers To The Assessment Of Performance With ...

Performance Management

Is The Process That Incorporates Appraisal An...

Four Major Uses Of Performance Appraisal Info...

Enhance Quality Of Organizational Decisions ...

Using The Results Of Performance Appraisals

Personnel Training Wage And Salary Administr...

Social Psychology Terms

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What Is A Theory?

1. *An Integrated Set Of Principles That Expl...

What Is A Hypothesis?

1. *A Testable Proposition That Describes A R...

What Is Field Research?

1. *Research Done In Natural, Real-life Setti...

What Is Correlational Research?

1. *The Study Of The Naturally Occuring Relat...

I/O Psychology 2060 Chapter 13

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Major Topics In Leadership Research

Positional Power The Leader The Led The In...

Positional Power

The Higher The Position In The Organization H...

The Leader

Many Studies Considered Demographic And Perso...

The Led

Another Area Of Interest Is The Characteristi...

Psy1001 Exam

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The Process Of Associating A Behavior W...

Operant Conditioning

A Reaction That Is Learned Through Clas...

Conditioned Response

A Response To An Unconditioned Stimulus ...

Unconditioned Response

A Schedule Of Reinforcement In Which Th...

Fixed Interval