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| 9857658640 | The Beginning | Ancient Greece believe knowledge was innate | 0 | |
| 9857658641 | Aristotle | Used observation to determine knowledge learned through experience | 1 | |
| 9857658642 | Descartes | Early ideas on the nervous system; animal spirits | 2 | |
| 9857658643 | John Lock | -Blank slate -Empiricism (observe + experiment) | 3 | |
| 9857658644 | Empiricism | Knowledge originates from experience, thus science should rely on observation + experimentation | 4 | |
| 9857658645 | Edward Titchener | Structuralism (What does the mind do?) | 5 | |
| 9857658646 | Structuralism | Used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mand | 6 | |
| 9857658647 | Functionalism | Looked at how the brain works in turn figure out how it helped organisms survive | 7 | |
| 9857658648 | Biological / Neuroscience | How biological factors influence behavior + mental processes (Neurotransmitters, brain parts) Sub-Perspective: -Behavior Genetics -Evolutionary | 8 | |
| 9857658649 | Behavior Genetics | How behaviors are influenced by genetic makeup | 9 | |
| 9857658650 | Evolutionary | How has evolution/natural selection shaped modern behavior | 10 | |
| 9857658651 | Psychoanalytic | How unconscious affects our conscious behaviors (Early Child, Freudian) | 11 | |
| 9857658652 | Learning / Behavioral | How past experiences + consequences shape future behavior (Reinforcement & Punishment) | 12 | |
| 9857658653 | Cognitive / Thinking | How we encode, process, store, and retrieve info (Dreams, thoughts, problem solving, etc.) | 13 | |
| 9857658654 | Humanistic | How people exercise free will, personal choice, and strive to reach their full potential (Warm + fuzzy, good in people, Maslow, Jung) | 14 | |
| 9857658655 | Social-Cultural | How society + culture shape behavior and mental processes | 15 | |
| 9857658656 | BioPyschoSocial | Looking at all biological, environmental, cognitive factors | 16 | |
| 9857658657 | Needs: | Condition in which we require something we lack Biological: -Water, food, etc Psychological: -Achievement, self esteem | 17 | |
| 9857658658 | Drives | Forces that motivate an organism to take action (longer deprivation = stronger drive) | 18 | |
| 9857658659 | Instinct Theory | Instincts drive behavior, however instincts aren't found throughout human race which discounts this theory | 19 | |
| 9857658660 | Instinct | Behavior patterns that are genetically transferred from generations | 20 | |
| 9857658661 | Drive Reduction Theory | Behavior motivated by the need to reduce unwanted tension -Doesn't cover all behavior (Eat when not hungry) | 21 | |
| 9857658662 | Incentive Theory | Non-biological factors -Incentives | 22 | |
| 9857658663 | Incentives | A positive / negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior (smell, judgement) | 23 | |
| 9857658664 | Homostasis | Body tries to maintain state of equilibrium; balance | 24 | |
| 9857658665 | Achievement Motivation | People motivated by conscious desire for personal growth (Give up comfort to fulfill, challenging themselves) | 25 | |
| 9857658666 | Sociocultural Theory | Cultural experiences / factors influence behaviours (play sports) | 26 | |
| 9857658667 | Arousal Theory | Seek optimum level of arousal (too much stimulus = decrease it, not enough = increase) | 27 | |
| 9857658668 | Yerkes Dodson | High arousal = easy tasks Low arousal = hard tasks | 28 | |
| 9857658669 | Lateral Hypothalumus | Start eating center | 29 | |
| 9857658670 | Ventro Medial Hypothalamus | Stop eating center | 30 | |
| 9857658671 | Setpoint | Weight thermostat | 31 | |
| 9857658672 | Emotion | Response of a whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behavior, conscious experience | 32 | |
| 9857658673 | James-Lange | Physiological Arousal -> Emotion -No thinking | 33 | |
| 9857658674 | Cannon-Bard | Physiological arousal seperate from emotion | 34 | |
| 9857658675 | Singer Schacter to Factor | Physiological arousal -> think -> emotion | 35 | |
| 9857658676 | Subjective Well-Being | Self reported happiness | 36 | |
| 9857658677 | Relative Deprivation | Measure happiness by comparing your circumstance to others | 37 | |
| 9857658678 | Adaptation Level Phenomenon | After event increases happiness, that becomes the baseline, thus you need another event to increase happiness | 38 | |
| 9857658679 | General Adaptation Syndrome | Alarm: Outpouring of hormones / neurotransmitters Resistance: elevated level of arousal Exhaustion: depletion of resources (Hans Seyle) | 39 | |
| 9857658680 | Neuron | The basic cell make up of the nervous system | 40 | |
| 9857658681 | Dendrite | Receives messages from neurons | 41 | |
| 9857658682 | Cell body | Maintains life of cell | 42 | |
| 9857658683 | Axon | Carries neural messages to other cells | 43 | |
| 9857658684 | Myelin Sheath | Protects axon and speeds up neural impulse | 44 | |
| 9857658685 | Depolarization | Positives going in causing action potential | 45 | |
| 9857658686 | Action Potential | Release of neural impulses | 46 | |
| 9857658687 | All-or-None | Firing at full strength or not at all | 47 | |
| 9857658688 | Axon Terminal | Branches at end of axon | 48 | |
| 9857658689 | Neurotransmitters | Chemicals that transmit a message | 49 | |
| 9857658690 | Receptor Site | Holes shaped to fit certain neurotransmitters | 50 | |
| 9857658691 | Acetylcholine | Learning and activated muscles | 51 | |
| 9857658692 | Serotonin | Contributes to mood | 52 | |
| 9857658693 | Dopamine | Feeling of pleasure, movement, and addiction | 53 | |
| 9857658694 | Endorphins | Reducing pain and euphoria | 54 | |
| 9857658695 | Noradrenaline | Concentration | 55 | |
| 9857658696 | GABA | Calming | 56 | |
| 9857658697 | Sensory Neurons | Takes info from senses to brain | 57 | |
| 9857658698 | Interneurons | Make up brain | 58 | |
| 9857658699 | Efferent Neurons | Carries info from brain to rest of body | 59 | |
| 9857658700 | Peripheral Nervous System | Consists of all nerves | 60 | |
| 9857658701 | Central Nervous System | Brain and Spinal Chord | 61 | |
| 9857658702 | Refractory Period: | Recharging period | 62 | |
| 9857658703 | Reuptake | Reabsorbing leftover neurotransmitters | 63 | |
| 9857658704 | Synpase | Gap between neurotransmitters | 64 | |
| 9857658705 | Agonist | Mimic neurotransmitters by filling in receptor sites which block reuptake | 65 | |
| 9857658706 | Antagonist | Inhibitory drug that blocks receptor sites to reduce release of neurotransmitters | 66 | |
| 9857658707 | Somatic Nervous System | Voluntary movement | 67 | |
| 9857658708 | Autonomic Nervous System | Involuntary movement | 68 | |
| 9857658709 | Sympathetic | Fight or Flight Ex. Heart rate, sweat, breathing | 69 | |
| 9857658710 | Parasympathetic | Calms | 70 | |
| 9857658711 | Endocrine System | Glands and hormones | 71 | |
| 9857658712 | Pituitary Gland | Releases growth hormone | 72 | |
| 9857658713 | Testes and Ovarics | Releases testosterone and estrogen | 73 | |
| 9857658714 | Thyroid Gland | Metabolism | 74 | |
| 9857658715 | Lesions | Destruction of brain tissue | 75 | |
| 9857658716 | EEG | Measures brain waves | 76 | |
| 9857658717 | CT Scane | Series of X-rays | 77 | |
| 9857658718 | PET Scan | Injects radioactive glucose | 78 | |
| 9857658719 | MRI | Very detailed pictures | 79 | |
| 9857658720 | FMRI | Detailed pictures and functions | 80 | |
| 9857658721 | Plasticity | Brain has ability to change in response to damage or changing environmental stimuli | 81 | |
| 9857658722 | Sensation | How our body receives and represents stimulus energies from our environment | 82 | |
| 9857658723 | Perception | Interpreting sensations | 83 | |
| 9857658724 | Bottom Up Processing | Processing info using sensory input | 84 | |
| 9857658725 | Top Down Processing | Processing info using experience and expectation | 85 | |
| 9857658726 | Transduction | Turning stimulus energies into neural impulses | 86 | |
| 9857658727 | Absolute Threshold | Minimum amount of sensory stimuli you can detect 50% of the time | 87 | |
| 9857658728 | Signal Detection Theory | We have no absolute threshold because detection is affected by expectation and motivation | 88 | |
| 9857658729 | Difference Threshold | Minimum amount of difference between two stimuli you can detect 50% of the time | 89 | |
| 9857658730 | Weber's Law | Difference has to vary by a constant percentage not amount | 90 | |
| 9857658731 | Sensory Adaption | Diminishing sensitivity to constant stimuli | 91 | |
| 9857658732 | Cornea | Protects eye | 92 | |
| 9857658733 | Lens | Changes shape to focus light on retina | 93 | |
| 9857658734 | Cones | Color | 94 | |
| 9857658735 | Rods | Dim light | 95 | |
| 9857658736 | Fovea | Cluster of cones | 96 | |
| 9857658737 | Retina | Transduct lightwaves to optic nerve | 97 | |
| 9857658738 | Feature Detection | Nerve cells in visual cortex help you detect specific features (angle, movement, edges) | 98 | |
| 9857658739 | Parallel Processing | Processing aspects of stimulus separately at the same time | 99 | |
| 9857658740 | Trichromatic Theory | Retina has 3 color receptors | 100 | |
| 9857658741 | Opponent Process Theory | Combination color receptors | 101 | |
| 9857658742 | Acoustical Transduction | Sounds to impulses using hair cells | 102 | |
| 9857658743 | Frequency | Determined by wavelengths | 103 | |
| 9857658744 | Intensity | Amount of energy in wave | 104 | |
| 9857658745 | Outer Ear | Collects sound (pinna) | 105 | |
| 9857658746 | Middle Ear | Concentrates the vibrations of eardrum on cochlea oval window | 106 | |
| 9857658747 | Cochlea | Transforms sound vibrations to auditory signals | 107 | |
| 9857658748 | Selective Attention | Ability to focus our conscious awareness on a particular stimulus | 108 | |
| 9857658749 | Cocktail Party Effect | Ability to focus on one voice among many | 109 | |
| 9857658750 | Inattentional Blindness | Failing to see something in your visual field wjen attention averted | 110 | |
| 9857658751 | Change Blindness | Failing to recognize changes in our visual field | 111 | |
| 9857658752 | Perceptual Set | A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another | 112 | |
| 9857658753 | Context Effects | Immediate surroundings affects perceptions | 113 | |
| 9857658754 | Stroboscope Movement | The illusion of movement produced by showing rapid progression of images that aren't moving | 114 | |
| 9857658755 | Phi Phenomenom | Illusion of movement created by two adjacent lights blinking o/off in quick succession | 115 | |
| 9857658756 | Monocular Cues | Depth cues that need only one eye to be percieved | 116 | |
| 9857658757 | Binocular Cues | Two eyes to be percieved | 117 | |
| 9857658758 | NREM 1 | Light sleep with hallucinations | 118 | |
| 9857658759 | NREM 2 | Sleep Spindals | 119 | |
| 9857658760 | NREM 3 | Deep sleep | 120 | |
| 9857658761 | REM | Vivid dreams | 121 | |
| 9857658762 | Narcolepsy | Inability to stay awake | 122 | |
| 9857658763 | Psychoanalytic Theory | Dreams represent unconscious desires, thoughts, and motives | 123 | |
| 9857658764 | Manifest Content | Whats happening | 124 | |
| 9857658765 | Latent Content | Meaning | 125 | |
| 9857658766 | Activation Synthesis | Dreams are subjective interpretation of brain signals | 126 | |
| 9857658767 | Information Processing Theory | Dreams are a byproduct of info collect from day | 127 | |
| 9857658768 | Human Factor Psychology | Change or improve products or experiences using human sensation/perception | 128 | |
| 9857658769 | Social Role Theory | People are acting how they think hypnotized people act | 129 | |
| 9857658770 | Divided Consciousness Theory | Separate conscious awareness | 130 | |
| 9857658771 | Depressants | Reduce brain stimulation | 131 | |
| 9857658772 | Stimulant | Increases brain sitmulation | 132 | |
| 9857658773 | Hallucinagen | Drug causing hallucinations | 133 | |
| 9857658774 | Psychological Disorder | Persistently harmful thoughts, feelings, or actions (Deviance, distressing, dysfunctional) | 134 | |
| 9857658775 | Medical Model | Mental disorders are physical illnesses that can be diagnosed, treated, and cured | 135 | |
| 9857658776 | Bio Psycho Social Approach | Mental illness has biological, psychological, and social components | 136 | |
| 9857658777 | DSM-5 | Book used to classify disorders -standardized diagnosis -insurance + court purposes | 137 | |
| 9857658778 | David Rusenhan | He faked schizophrenia until admitted in hospital then acted completely normal | 138 | |
| 9857658779 | Anxiety | General state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to vague or imagined danger | 139 | |
| 9857658780 | Anxiety Disorders | -Phobic Disorder -Panic Disorder -General Anxiety | 140 | |
| 9857658781 | Phobia | Persistent excessive/ irrational fear of a particular object or situation | 141 | |
| 9857658782 | Panic Disorder | Reoccurring panic attacks | 142 | |
| 9857658783 | Panic Attack | Short lived period of intense fear or discomfort characterized by shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, etc | 143 | |
| 9857658784 | Agoraphobia | Fear of being in places that are difficult to escape | 144 | |
| 9857658785 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Excessive worry about life circumstances | 145 | |
| 9857658786 | PTSD | Persistent anxiety caused by a traumatic event | 146 | |
| 9857658787 | OCD | Obsession: unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again Compulsion: repetitive ritual behavior | 147 | |
| 9857658788 | Somatization | The expression of distress through physical symptoms | 148 | |
| 9857658789 | Conversion Disorder | Change or loss of physical functioning of a major part of the body with no medical explanation | 149 | |
| 9857658790 | Illness Anxiety Disorder | Unrealistic preoccupation with fear that he/she had a serious disease | 150 | |
| 9857658791 | Depressive Disorders | Mods changed that seem inappropriate for certain situations | 151 | |
| 9857658792 | Major Depression | Consuming feelings of worthlessness + guilt which prevents people from enjoying things they once loved | 152 | |
| 9857658793 | Persistent Depressive Disorder | Still functioning but at low levels; less severe, more long term | 153 | |
| 9857658794 | Depression Causes | Lack of serotonin or nonadrenaline | 154 | |
| 9857658795 | Bipolar Disorder | Characterized by severe highs and lows -Mania: extreme excitement, hyperactivity, chaotic behavior -Depressive | 155 | |
| 9857658796 | Dissociation | Separate of certain personality traits or mental processes from conscious thought | 156 | |
| 9857658797 | Dissociative Amnesia | Sudden loss of memory following a traumatic event (no physical damage) | 157 | |
| 9857658798 | Dissociative Fugue | Forgetting past life and starting new one | 158 | |
| 9857658799 | Dissociative ldentity Disorder | Multiple personalities within 1 person | 159 | |
| 9857658800 | Depersonalization Disorder | Feeling of detachment from ones mental process or body (watching yourself) | 160 | |
| 9857658801 | Schizophrenia | Loss of contact with reality | 161 | |
| 9857658802 | Positive Symptoms | Thoughts and behaviors that are presents but shouldn't be (hallucinations, voices) | 162 | |
| 9857658803 | Negative Symptoms | Thoughts and behaviors that should be there but aren't (Lack of emotion, social withdrawal) | 163 | |
| 9857658804 | Hallucinations | Sensory experience without sensory input | 164 | |
| 9857658805 | Delusional | Inappropiate often grandiose beliefs | 165 | |
| 9857658806 | Flat Effect | Lacking emotions, facials expressions, monotone voice | 166 | |
| 9857658807 | Catatonia | Disturbance of movement | 167 | |
| 9857658808 | Schizophrenia Causes | Extra dopamine receptors | 168 | |
| 9857658809 | Antisocial Personality Disorder | Long term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others | 169 | |
| 9857658810 | Avoidant Personaliry Disorder | Lifelong of feeling very shy, inadequate, and sensitive to rejection | 170 | |
| 9857658811 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Unstable/turbulent emotions that often result in impulsice actions or chaotic relationships | 171 | |
| 9857658812 | Dependent Personality Disorder | Depending too much on others in order to meet physical + emotional needs | 172 | |
| 9857658813 | Histrionic Personality Disorder | Acting in very emotional/ dramatic ways that draw attention to themselves | 173 | |
| 9857658814 | Narcisstic Personality Disorder | Excessive sense of self importance, extreme preoccupation with themselves, and lack of empathy for others | 174 | |
| 9857658815 | Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder | Preoccupied with rules, orderliness, and control | 175 | |
| 9857658816 | Paranoid Personality Disorder | Long Term pattern of distrust and suspicion of others | 176 | |
| 9857658817 | Schizoid Personality Disorder | Lifelong pattern of indifference to others and social isolation | 177 | |
| 9857658818 | Pyschotherapy | Talking cures issues | 178 | |
| 9857658819 | Pyschoanalysis | -Fix unconscious issues -Talk about whatever come to mind -Resistance -Transference -Freud | 179 | |
| 9857658820 | Resistance | Mentioning a topic then skipping over it or moving on | 180 | |
| 9857658821 | Transference | Transferring feelings onto someone else | 181 | |
| 9857658822 | Humanistic | -Carl Rogers -Client-Centered Therapy -Active Listening | 182 | |
| 9857658823 | Active Listening | Clarifying and restating | 183 | |
| 9857658824 | Behavioral Therapy | Using conditioning techniques to change behavior - Skinner + Pavlov | 184 | |
| 9857658825 | Classical Conditioning | -Involuntary -Counterconditioning | 185 | |
| 9857658826 | Counterconditioning | Pairing positive stimulus with anxiety provoking stimulus Ex. Birds + Chocolate | 186 | |
| 9857658827 | Exposure Therapies | Treats anxiety disorders, phobias, PTSD -Flooding -Systematic Desensitization -Virtual Reality -Aversion Therapy | 187 | |
| 9857658828 | Flooding | Exposed to something all at once Ex. Thrown into pit of snakes | 188 | |
| 9857658829 | Systematic Desensitization | Slowly exposing more and more of something Ex. Fingernails, feather | 189 | |
| 9857658830 | Aversion Therapy | Pair unwanted behavior with unwanted stimulus Ex. Nail biting | 190 | |
| 9857658831 | Token Economy | Rewarding positive behaviors with tokens which can be turned in for real rewards Ex. Bobcash | 191 | |
| 9857658832 | Cognitive Therapy | Challenge illogical / irrational thoughts in a effort to change them Ex. "That's stupid" | 192 | |
| 9857658833 | Albert Ellis | Created RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) | 193 | |
| 9857658834 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Changes thinking and behavior | 194 | |
| 9857658835 | Meta-analysis | Take various studies on the same topic and combine results | 195 | |
| 9857658836 | Biomedical Therapy | Direct effect on nervous system | 196 | |
| 9857658837 | Psychopharmacology | Using drugs | 197 | |
| 9857658838 | Anti-Depressants | -For depression -SSRI (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) | 198 | |
| 9857658839 | Anti-Anxiety | Depress central nervous system Ex. Xanax | 199 | |
| 9857658840 | Anti-Pyschotics | Block dopamine receptors -For schizophrenia -Side effect: tardive dykinsia (facial twitching) Ex. Thorazine | 200 | |
| 9857658841 | Mood stabilizers | For bipolar Ex. Lithium | 201 | |
| 9857658842 | Psycho Surgery | Surgery on nervous system Ex. Lobotomy | 202 | |
| 9857658843 | Lobotomy | Destruction of front lobe by stabbing needle through eye -Side Effect: Flat effect | 203 | |
| 9857658844 | ECT | - Sending electric shock through brain to induce seizures -(Electroconvulsive Therapy) -For Catatonia and major depression | 204 | |
| 9857658845 | Cognition | All mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating | 205 | |
| 9857658846 | Atkinson-Shiffrin Model | Sensory Memory Short Term Memory Long Term Memory | 206 | |
| 9857658847 | Sensory Memory | Fleeting memories using senses -iconic (visual) -acoustic (auditory) | 207 | |
| 9857658848 | Short Term Memory | -7 +/- 2 items -30 sec - 1 min | 208 | |
| 9857658849 | Long Term Memory | -"unlimited" -Long Term Potentiation: increased strength of synaptic connections | 209 | |
| 9857658850 | Episodic Memory | Memory of a specific events | 210 | |
| 9857658851 | Semantic/Generic Memory | General knowledge most people remember | 211 | |
| 9857658852 | Explicit Memory | -Both semantic + episodic memories -Stored by Hippocampus -Can say aloud | 212 | |
| 9857658853 | Implicit Memory | -Skills/procedures you learn (automatic) -Stored in Cerebellum | 213 | |
| 9857658854 | Encoding | Getting info visually, acoustically, or semantic | 214 | |
| 9857658855 | Automatic Processing | Unconscious encoding of well learned info | 215 | |
| 9857658856 | Effortful Processing | Encoding that requires effort and attention | 216 | |
| 9857658857 | Herman Ebbinghaus | -Non Sense syllables -Serial Position Effect: first + last -Spacing Effect: rehearsal over time = longer retention | 217 | |
| 9857658858 | Maintenance Rehearsal | Repeating over and over | 218 | |
| 9857658859 | Elaborate Rehearsal | Using prior knowledge to connect to what you are trying to remember | 219 | |
| 9857658860 | Chunking | Organizing info into meaningful units | 220 | |
| 9857658861 | Mnemonic Device | Memory aid (PEMDAS, ROY G BIV) | 221 | |
| 9857658862 | Retrieval | Getting memory out | 222 | |
| 9857658863 | Context Dependent Memory | Memories more easily recalled n the context you encoded them | 223 | |
| 9857658864 | State Dependent Memory | Memories are more easily recalled when in the same state they were encoded | 224 | |
| 9857658865 | Forgetting | -Encoding failure -Decay -Interference -Amnesia | 225 | |
| 9857658866 | Decay | If you don't use it, you lose it | 226 | |
| 9857658867 | Interference | Proactive: Old info blocks new info Retroactive: New info blocks old info | 227 | |
| 9857658868 | Amnesia | Retrograde: forgetting past Antrograde: Not forming new memories | 228 | |
| 9857658869 | Misinformation Effect | Incorporating false or misleading info into memory | 229 | |
| 9857658870 | Source Amnesia | Not knowing source of memory | 230 | |
| 9857658871 | Concepts | Mental groupings of objects, ideas, events, etc. | 231 | |
| 9857658872 | Prototype | Best example of concept | 232 | |
| 9857658873 | Algorithms | Stepy by step process that always get solution | 233 | |
| 9857658874 | Heuristic | Short Cut | 234 | |
| 9857658875 | Insight | "Aha" moment | 235 | |
| 9857658876 | Confirmation Bias | Searching for info to confirm what you already believe | 236 | |
| 9857658877 | Fixation | Inability to see problem from fresh perspective | 237 | |
| 9857658878 | Mental Set | Solving a problem a way it worked from the past | 238 | |
| 9857658879 | Functional Fixedness | Inability to see a object for anything than its intended use | 239 | |
| 9857658880 | Availability Heuristic | Making decisions based on info that is immediately available to consciousness Ex. Immigation | 240 | |
| 9857658881 | Representativeness Heuristic | Judging likelihood of thing in terms of how well they seem to match prototype Ex. Multiple choice tests | 241 | |
| 9857658882 | Framing Effect | Effect of words on our judgement | 242 | |
| 9857658883 | Belief Perserverance | Clinging to your beliefs even in the face of contrary evidence Ex. Politics | 243 | |
| 9857658884 | Language | Our spoken, written, or gestured work is the way we communicate meaning to ourselves and others | 244 | |
| 9857658885 | Phonemes | Smallest distinct sound unit in a spoken language Ex. Bat -> b-a-t | 245 | |
| 9857658886 | Morphemes | Smallest unit that carries a meaning (word) Ex. Starring -> Star + ring | 246 | |
| 9857658887 | Grammar | System of rules of language | 247 | |
| 9857658888 | Semantics | Set of rules by which we derive meaning from words, sentences, morphemes Ex. -ed = past | 248 | |
| 9857658889 | Syntax | Rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences Ex. White house vs Casa blanca | 249 | |
| 9857658890 | Skinner Operant Learning | Learn language through reinforcement, imitation, observing, etc. | 250 | |
| 9857658891 | Chomsky Inborn Universal Grammar | Inborn mechanism to learn language | 251 | |
| 9857658892 | Linguistic Determinism | -Whorf -Language determines the way we think Ex. Knowing lots of angry words = Angrier | 252 | |
| 9857658893 | Intelligence | Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations | 253 | |
| 9857658894 | General Intelligence | Intelligence is tested and measured numerically | 254 | |
| 9857658895 | Primary Mental Abilities | 7 primary mental abilities that determine intelligence | 255 | |
| 9857658896 | Multiple Intelligence | 8 distinct intelligence within intellegence | 256 | |
| 9857658897 | Triarchic Theory of Intelligence | Intelligence is made up of analytical, creative, and practical factors | 257 | |
| 9857658898 | Louis L. Thurstone | Primary Mental Abilities | 258 | |
| 9857658899 | Howard Gardner | Multiple Intelligence | 259 | |
| 9857658900 | Robert Sternberg | Triarchic Theory of Intelligence | 260 | |
| 9857658901 | Charles Spearman | General Intelligence | 261 | |
| 9857658902 | Alfred Binet | -"Father of Intelligence" -Created 1st test (to identify kids that need help) | 262 | |
| 9857658903 | Lewis Termann | -Intelligence Quotient -Standford-Binet Test | 263 | |
| 9857658904 | Intelligence Quotient | IQ = mental age / chronological age x 100 | 264 | |
| 9857658905 | Aptitude Test | Predict ability to learn a new skill (ACT) | 265 | |
| 9857658906 | Achievement Test | Reflect what you've already learned | 266 | |
| 9857658907 | David Wechsler | -Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) -Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) | 267 | |
| 9857658908 | Standardization | Standardizing a test involves administering the test ti a representative sample of future test takers in order to establish a basis for meaningful comparison Ex. College freshman set standards for AP test | 268 | |
| 9857658909 | Flynn Effect | Intelligence has increased by 27 points over time | 269 | |
| 9857658910 | Reliability | Yields consistent results | 270 | |
| 9857658911 | Validity | Refers to what the test is suppose to measure or predict | 271 | |
| 9857658912 | Content Validity | Refers to extent a test measures particular behaviors/traits; aplitude | 272 | |
| 9857658913 | Predictive Validity | Refers to function of a test in predicting a particular behavior/trait; achievement | 273 | |
| 9857658914 | Conversent | Narrowing down to one solution | 274 | |
| 9857658915 | Divergent | Coming up with many solutions | 275 | |
| 9857658916 | Savant Syndrome | Exceeding in 1 skill but lacking in others | 276 | |
| 9857658917 | Flashbulb Memory | Specific events which we can recall in great detail | 277 | |
| 9857658918 | Working Memory | Using other memories to remember | 278 | |
| 9857658919 | Spacing Effect | Rehearsal over time = longer retention | 279 | |
| 9857658920 | Serial Position Effect | Remembering the first and last object | 280 | |
| 9857658921 | Long Term Potentiation | Increased strength of synaptic connections | 281 | |
| 9857658922 | Mood Congruence | An individual's current mood determines the memories that are recalled | 282 | |
| 9857658923 | Anchoring Heuristic | Refers to the human tendency to rely on the first information received before making a decision | 283 | |
| 9857658924 | Noam Chomsky | Inborn Universal Grammar | 284 | |
| 9857658925 | B. F. Skinner | Operant Learning | 285 | |
| 9857658926 | Reification | The human mind's tendency to consider an object in its entirety before it perceives the object as the sum of individual parts Ex. When a person is trying to buy a car, they first identify that it is a "car." | 286 | |
| 9857658927 | Factor Analysis | A statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables | 287 | |
| 9857658928 | Emotional Intelligence | Ability to manage and understand emotions | 288 | |
| 9857658929 | Normal Curve | Bell shaped |  | 289 |
| 9857658930 | Criterion | The extent to which a measure is related to an outcome | 290 | |
| 9857658931 | Alfred Adler | Inferiority complex | 291 | |
| 9857658932 | Mary Ainsworth | Secure attachment | 292 | |
| 9857658933 | Gordon Allport | Dictionary traits | 293 | |
| 9857658934 | Albert Bandura | Observational learning | 294 | |
| 9857658935 | Raymond Cattel | 16 source traits | 295 | |
| 9857658936 | Noam Chomskey | Inborn universal grammar | 296 | |
| 9857658937 | Hermann Ebbinghaus | Nonsense syllables | 297 | |
| 9857658938 | Erik Erikson | Psychosocial stages | 298 | |
| 9857658939 | Hans Eysenck | Extraversion vs Intraversion | 299 | |
| 9857658940 | Sigmund Freud | Unconscious + Psychosexual stages | 300 | |
| 9857658941 | Phineas Gage | Frontal lobe damaged | 301 | |
| 9857658942 | Carol Gilligan | Claimed Kohlberg morality was flawed due to lack of women | 302 | |
| 9857658943 | Harry Harlow | Monkey + contact comfort | 303 | |
| 9857658944 | Ernest Hilgard | Divided consciousness | 304 | |
| 9857658945 | Karen Horney | Womb Envy | 305 | |
| 9857658946 | William James | Functionalism | 306 | |
| 9857658947 | Carl Jung | Collective unconscious | 307 | |
| 9857658948 | Garcia and Koelling | Taste aversion | 308 | |
| 9857658949 | Lawrence Kohlberg | Morality (Precon, con, postcon) | 309 | |
| 9857658950 | Elizabeth Loftus | Misinformation effect | 310 | |
| 9857658951 | Konrad Lorenz | Imprinting | 311 | |
| 9857658952 | Abraham Maslow | Hierarchy of needs | 312 | |
| 9857658953 | Stanley Milgram | Shock study | 313 | |
| 9857658954 | Ivan Pavlov | Classical conditioning | 314 | |
| 9857658955 | Jean Piaget | Cognitive developement | 315 | |
| 9857658956 | Carl Rogers | Unconditional positive regard | 316 | |
| 9857658957 | Hermann Rorschach | Ink Blot Test | 317 | |
| 9857658958 | David Rosenhan | Faked mental illness | 318 | |
| 9857658959 | Martin Seligman | Learned helplessness | 319 | |
| 9857658960 | Hans Seyle | GAS + Alarm, resist, exhaust | 320 | |
| 9857658961 | B.F Skinner | Operant conditioning | 321 | |
| 9857658962 | Charles Spearman | General Intelligence | 322 | |
| 9857658963 | George Sperling | Sensory Memory | 323 | |
| 9857658964 | Lewis Terman | Took Binet's test | 324 | |
| 9857658965 | Edward L. Thorndike | Law of effect | 325 | |
| 9857658966 | Edward Tolman | Latent Learning | 326 | |
| 9857658967 | John Watson | Father of behaviorism (Little Albert) | 327 | |
| 9857658968 | Benjamin Whorf | Linguistic Determinism | 328 | |
| 9857658969 | Wilhelm Wundt | "Father of Psychology" + Structuralism | 329 | |
| 9857658970 | Philip Zimbardo | Stanford Prison Experiment | 330 | |
| 9857658971 | Repression | Block memory out of conscious awareness | 331 | |
| 9857658975 | General Adaptation Syndrome | 332 | ||
| 9857658976 | Law of Effect | 333 | ||
| 9857658972 | Latent Learning | Knowledge that becomes clear when reinforced Ex. Rats given reward for maze | 334 | |
| 9857658973 | Theory of Mind | Being able to see something from someone else's point of view | 335 |
