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Personality
Misc
5
Psychology
Undergraduate 2
05/10/2011

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Term
Brain Asymmetry
Definition
BIS (Inhibitory) right side, withdraws from undesirable stimuli, focus on threats. BAS (Activation) left side, directed towards desirable goals, focus on rewards. Amygdala crucial for fear learning
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Sensation Seeking
Definition
ZUCKERMAN - those low in sens seeking become stressed when highly stimulated (Optimal Level Of Arousal)
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Biological Preparedness
Definition
for some fears raher than others and also for high level mental activities
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Domain Specificity
Definition
necessary for acheiving enormous discriminitiveness and flexibility in behavior. (cheater detector)
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Activation of Schemas
Definition
Determined by Availability, Applicability, and Salience
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