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Exam Review
Review for Psych/Soc final exam
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Psychology
11th Grade
01/11/2008

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dualism
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an early historical perspective that the mind and body are separate and distinct
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dreams
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Freud believed they revealed the unconscious process

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mnemonic devices
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a memoray aid used in rote learning
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natural observation
Definition
scientific study of phenomena within their natural setting
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introspection
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method of self-observation in which subjects report on their thoughts & feelings
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Walden II
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B.F.Skinner's most famous work[image]

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discrimination
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learned ability to distinguish stimuli
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Harlowe
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demosntrated with animals the phenomenon of learning to learn

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unconditioned stimulus

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in classical conditioning it elicits an automatic response [image]
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learned helplessness
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pattern of behavior when individuals believe no matter what they do, their actions make no difference
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chunking
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a short-term memory aid in which information is organized into familiar groupings
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eidetic memory
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photographic memory
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George Miller
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Theorized that short-term memory was limited to 7 items
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insight
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referred to as the aha moment when one suddenly realizes the solution to a problem[image]
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length of short-term memories
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limited capacity
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anorexia & bulimia

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[image]eating disorders found mostly in young females
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