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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/27/2012

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emrout's law
Definition
the percieved size of an object is directly proportional to its apparent depth
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relative motion parallax
Definition
This is a monocular cue. when you're in the car objects close by seem to move more quickly but objects farther away seem to be moving slowly
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interposition
Definition
monocular cue that occurs when one object blocks another, we sense that the object is in front of the other
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texture gradient
Definition
monocular cue- objects up close have greater detail in texture
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linear perspective
Definition
monocular cue- parallel lines going away from you are perceived as converging in the distance
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atmospheric perspective
Definition
monocular cue- objects in the far distance appear hazy and bluish in color
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light and shadow
Definition
monocular cue- nearby objects reflect more light
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relative height
Definition
monocular cue- we perceive things that are higher as farther away, ex: hill in the distance
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retinal disparity
Definition
binocular cue- each eye sees something slightly different, the brain fuses these images into depth
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Gestalt's claim to faim
Definition
form/ ground recognition
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Pavlov's Claim to fame
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Classical Conditioning
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Skinner's Claim to fame
Definition
Operant Conditioning
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Bandura's claim to fame
Definition
observational leraning
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father of behaviorism
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john watson- little albert
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Guy who explored operant conditioning with cat and puzzle box
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Thorndike
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schedule that leads to superstitious behavior
Definition
fixed time
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sensory memory
Definition
capacity high, duration less than one second (vision) or a few seconds (hearing)
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short term memory
Definition
limited capacity, duration is less than 20 seconds
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long term memory
Definition
long or permanent
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backwards masking
Definition
what allows us to see a person walking as one person
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two theories of forgetting
Definition
1. decay
2. interference
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episodic memory
Definition
explicit long term memory- autobiographical memory
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semantic memory
Definition
explicit long term memory- genral knowledge
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procedural memory
Definition
implicit memory- knowing how
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priming effects
Definition
things that prime your implicit memory
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schema theory
Definition
organized knowledge about a common event like going to a restaurant
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phonology
Definition
basic sounds
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morphology
Definition
basic meaning
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syntax
Definition
sentence structure
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semantics
Definition
meaning of sentences
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phonemes
Definition
basic speech sounds
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places of articulation
Definition
labial, aveolar, velar (back of throat)
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