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PSY2012 Final Vocab
Dr.Robin West's Final Vocab
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2008

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Psychology

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The science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems.

 

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Dependent Variable

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In an experiment, the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable.

 

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Confounding (of variables)

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 A condition that exists whenever two variables are linked together in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their independent effects.

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Experiment

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 A research method in which the investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occur in a second variable as a result.

 

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 Hypothesis

 

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A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables. 

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Independent Variable

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 In an experiment, a condition or event that an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable.

 

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Random Assignment

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The constitution of groups in a study such that all subjects have an equal chance of being assigned to any group or condition.

 

 

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Encoding

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Forming a memory code.

 

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Long-term Memory (LTM)

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An unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time. 

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Forgetting

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Retrieval

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Recovering information from memory stores.

 

 

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Storage

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Maintaining encoded information in memory over time.

 

 

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Strategies

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Working Memory (WM)

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Brain and Memory

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 Brain's response to experience

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chemical activity in brain

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electrical activity in brain

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lateralization

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