J's, K's, and L's in Glossary Flashcards
just-world phenomenon
the tendency for people to believe that the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get
kinesthesis
the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts
language
our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning
latent content
the underline meaning of a dream
latent learning
learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it
law of effect
Thorndike’s principle that behaviors behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
learned helplessness
the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events
learning
the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring info or behaviors
lens
the transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina
lesion
a brain lesion is naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue
levels of analysis
the differing complementary views for analyzing any given phenomenon
limbic system
neural system located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives
linguistic determinism
Whorf’s hypothesis that language determines the way we think
lobotomy
a psycho-surgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cuts the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain
longitudinal study
research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period
