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| a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem |
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| a refusal to listen to other peoples views |
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| tendency to seek out information which supports one's beliefs |
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| a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem |
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| formulation of the plans and important details |
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| the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
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| happens during the two word stage, the transition between babbling and fragmented sentences |
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| the ability to determine between two different meanings behind a word |
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| Once we have decided that we believe something, we will tend to keep on believing it, even in the face of disconfirming evidence |
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| is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used |
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| the IQ scale, formula - metal age/chronological age x 100 |
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| the degree to which evidence and theory support the interpretations of test scores |
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| if you get the same result consistently |
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| the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure |
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| A natural ability to learn or to perform a task or a function |
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| when a need is satisfied, the drive to have it satisfied is diminished |
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| all actions, thoughts, and intents can be traced back to being caused by instinct. |
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Maslows hierarchy of needs theory
what are they from bottom to top |
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| physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self actualization |
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| temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli |
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| two factor theory of emotion |
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| human emotions contain two factors or parts: physical arousal and a cognitive label, both of these elements must be present for you to experience an emotion |
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| james lange theory of emotion |
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| a physiological response leads to emotion |
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| Cannon Bard Theory of Emotion |
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| physiological arousal and emotion happen together |
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| influence anger, aggression, fear, and rage in the brain |
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| helps govern the endocrine system (glands that produce hormones) using the pituitary gland, and is also involved in feeling emotions and perceiving things are rewarding (for example, being in love |
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| releases hormones that affect your growth as well as influencing the activities of other glands |
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| when you have the perception that you are worse off than these other people you compare yourself to. Having this feeling typically leads to frustration. |
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| the tendency people have to quickly adapt to a new situation, until that situation becomes the norm. |
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| aggressive or sexual urges are relieved by "releasing" aggressive or sexual energy, usually through action or fantasy. |
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