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Exam 2 Review
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/20/2014

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encoding
Definition
process of organizing and transforming incoming info so that it can be entered into memory stored/compared with previous info
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semantic memory
Definition
memories of the words/concepts/facts/ about the world
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storage
Definition
retaining info in memory
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chunk
Definition
an organized unit of info such as digit letter or word
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implicit memories
Definition
memories that can not be voluntarily called to mind but influence behavior
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false memories
Definition
memories of events/situations that did not occur
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interference
Definition
the disruption of the ability to remember one piece of info. caused by the presence of other info
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episodic memories
Definition
memories of events associated witha particular time/place or circumstance
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explicit memories
Definition
can be volunarily called to mind
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retrieval
Definition
accessing stored info that is already stored in the memory
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Sweet Experiment
Definition

Participants recalled the word “sweet” because the words on were associated with sweet. 


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retroactive interference
Definition
new info interferes with old info
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proactive interference
Definition
old inof interferes with new info
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phonology
Definition
the structure of sounds that can be used to produce words
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logic
Definition
the process of applying the principles of correct reasoning to reach a decision or evaluate the truth of a claim
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morpheme
Definition
smallest unit of meaning in a language
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deductive reasoning
Definition
uses logic to discover whether certain conclusions follow from those assumptions
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language comprehension
Definition
the ability to understand the message conveyed by words phrases and sentences
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Alfred Binet Theodore Simon
Definition
created the first intelligence test
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Albert Einstein
Definition
known for out of the box thinking
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Terman and Wechsler
Definition
created the second intelligence test
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intellectual flexibility
Definition
out of the box thinking
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where was the first intelligence test created
Definition
france
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James Lange Theory
Definition
theory that your body reacts before experiencing that actual emotion
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homeostasis
Definition
maintaining a steady state
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the appetizer effect
Definition
the early phases depend on taste. first bites taste best
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instincts
Definition
inherited tendency to produce organized and unalterable responses to particular stimuli
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drive
Definition
pushes to reduce the imbalance
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insulin
Definition
reduces level of food molecules in the blood
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set point
Definition
normal weight that your body defends
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serotonin
Definition
makes you happy
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melatonin
Definition
makes you sleepy
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Charles Darwin
Definition
believed outward behavior is inborn
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William McDougal
Definition
proposed that motivation was a result of based intincts
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amygdala produces what?
Definition
 sustained attention and orienting reactions.
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habit
Definition
a well learned response that is carried out automatically with out conscious thought when approporiate stimulus is present
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components of emotion
Definition
activation of specific mental processes and a positive/negative subject experience
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obesity
Definition
20% or more of body fat
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algorithmic method
Definition
systematic problem method that will always provide an answer
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positive psychology
Definition
focusing more on the positive side of life
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cues
Definition
stigma that make it easy to recall past info and direct you to memories previously stored.
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standard deviation
Definition
the degree to which individual scores vary from the mean
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heuristic strategy
Definition
a rule of thumb strategy that does not guarantee the correct solution to a problem but offers a shortcut
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Modality specific memory
Definition

A memory store that remains retains input from a single perceptual system such as vision or auditory, or from a specific processing system such as language.

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