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UNIT 5 (CH 7/11) Flashcards

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the persistance of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

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memory

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the tendency for distributed study or practice to yeild better long-term retention that is achieved through massed study or practice

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spacing effect

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our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

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serial position effect

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the encoding of picture images

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visual encoding

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the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words

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acoustic encoding

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the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words

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semantic encoding

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mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding

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imagery

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memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices

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mnemonics

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organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically

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chunking

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a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more that a few tenths of a second

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iconic memory

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a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3-4 seconds

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echoic memory

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an increase in a synapse’s firing potential after a brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

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long-term potentiation (LTP)

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retention independent of conscious recollection - IMpossible to remember

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implicit memory

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memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare” - able to EXplain

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explicit memory

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a neural cneter that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage

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hippocampus

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the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood

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mood-congruent memory

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the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

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proactive interference

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the disruption effect of new learning on the recall of old information

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retroactive interference

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in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

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repression

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incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event; at the heart of false memories

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misinformation effect

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attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined; at the heart of false memories

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source amnesia

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the processing of information into the memory system

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encoding

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the retention of encoded information over time

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storage

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the process of getting information our of memory storage

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retrieval

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the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system

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sensory memory

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activitated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the information is stored or fargotten

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short-term memory

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the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system, includes knowledge, skills and experiences

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long-term memory

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a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory

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working memory

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the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain’s natural mose of information processing for many functions. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving

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parallel processing

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unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meaning

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automatic processing

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encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

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effortful processing

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the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage

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rehearsal

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a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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flashbulb memory

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the loss of memory

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amnesia

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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test

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recall

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36
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a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test

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recognition

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a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time

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relearning

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the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory

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priming

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that eerie sense that “I’ve experienced this before.” Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience

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deja vu

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a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem

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algorithm

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a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently

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heuristic

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42
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a sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem

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insight

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43
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the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

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creativity

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44
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a tendency to search for information that supports our presonceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

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confirmation bias

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the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, by employing a different mental set

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fixation

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a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been sucessful in the past

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mental set

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the tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions

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functional fixedness

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the tendency to be more confident that correct - to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements

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overconfidence

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clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were informed has been discredited

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belief perseverence

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the way an issue is posed; how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments

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framing

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our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning

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language

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in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit

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phoneme

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in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or part of a word

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morpheme

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a system if rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others

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grammar

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the set of rules by which we derive menaing from morphemes, words, and sentences ina given language; also, the study of meaning

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semantics

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the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language

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syntax

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beginning at about 4 months - infants spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language

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babbling stage

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Whrof’s hypothesis that language determines the way we think

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linguistic determination

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the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

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cognition

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a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people

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concept

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a mental image or best example of a category

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prototype

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judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; may lead us to ignore other relevant information

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representativeness heuristic

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estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability on memory; if instances come readily to mind, we presume such events are common

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availability heuristic

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an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with eplicit, conscious reasoning

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intuition

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the stage in speech development, from about 1-2, during which a child speaks mostly in single words`

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one-word stage

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beginning about age 2, the stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly two-word statements

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two-word stage

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early speech stage in which a child speaks like a tetlgram - “go car”

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telegraphic speech

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a method for assessinf an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

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intelligence test

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mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

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intelligence

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Spearman - a general intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

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general intelligence (g)

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a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of realted items (factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person’s total score

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factor analysis

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a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an expectional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

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savant sydrome

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the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

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emotional intelligence

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Binet - a measure of intelligence test performance - a child who does as well as a 8 year old has that mental age

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mental age

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the widely used American version (Terman at Stanford University) of Binet’s original intelligence test

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Stanford-Binet

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originally (ma/ca x 100 = IQ); now the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

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intelligence quotient (IQ)

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tests designed to assess what a person has learned

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achievement test

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tests designed to predict a person’s future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn

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aptitude tests

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most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretest

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standardization

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the symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many pyhsical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes

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normal curve

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the extent to which a test yields consistent redults, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, or on retesting

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reliability

83
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the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

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validity

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the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

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content validity

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the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the ctiteriob behavior

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predictive validity

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a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to prefound

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intellectual disability

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a condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21

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Down Syndrome

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a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

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stereotype threat

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passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

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grit

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a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period

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cohort

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our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

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crystallized intelligence

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our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood

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fluid intelligence

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research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time

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cross-sectional study

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research that follows and retests the same people over time

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longitudinal study

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the proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes. The heritability of a trait may vary, depending on the range of the population and environments studied

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heritability

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enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information

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testing effect (retrieval practice effect/test-enhanced learning)

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encoding on a basic level based on the structure or appearance of words

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shallow processing

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encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the words; tends to yield the best retention

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deep processing

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explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is semantic memory)

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episodic memory

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a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again

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reconsolidation

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the neural storage of a long-term memory

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memory consolidation

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the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it

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encoding specificity principle

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an inability to form new memories

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anterograde amnesia

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an inability to retrieve information from one’s past

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retrograde amnesia

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narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

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convergent thinking

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expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions

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divergent thinking

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impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca’s area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke’s area (impairing understanding).

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aphasia

108
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helps control language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech

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Broca’s area

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a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe

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Wernicke’s area

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the weaker form of “linguistic relativity” - the idea that language affects thought (thus our thinking and world view is “relative to” our cultural language)

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linguistic influence

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