Confusing Terms Flashcards
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Right brain
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Creative and spatial
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Left brain
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Language and logic
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Corpus callosum
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Divides brain
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Cerebral cortex
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Covers brain
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Sympathetic nervous system
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Fight of flight
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Parasympathetic
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Calming
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Hormones
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Endocrine system
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Lateral hypothalamus
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Stimulates hunger
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Ventromedial hypothalamus
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Suppresses hunger
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Brocas
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Makes words
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Afferent neurons
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Sensory and body to brain
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Efferent neurons
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Motor and brain to body
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Assimilation
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Four legged animals are doggies
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Accommodation
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Doggies are different than cows
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Concrete operations
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Logical thinking
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Formal operations
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Philosophical thinking
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Sensation
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Bottom up
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Perception
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Top down
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Rods
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Night vision
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Cones
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Color vision
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Classical conditioning
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Involuntary
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Operant conditioning
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Voluntary
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Implicit memory
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Non declarative. Skills
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Explicit memory
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Declarative. Facts
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Recall memory
No clues
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Recognition memory
Some hints
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Algorithms
Step by step
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Heuristics
Rule of thumb
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Representative heuristics
Stereotypes
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Availability heuristic
Available info
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Phonemes
Basic sound units
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Morphemes
Basic unit of meaning
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Validity
Test measures what it should
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Reliability
Same scores on a retest
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Achievement test
What you've learned
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Aptitude test
Potential
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Intrinsic
Personal satisfaction
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Extrinsic
Rewards
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Theory y
Democratic or intrinsic
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Theory x
Rewards or punishment or extrinsic
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Internal locus
You control the environment
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External locus
Environment controls you
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Lithium
Treats bi-polar
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Librium
Treats anxiety
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Type a
High stress
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Type b
Low stress
