9800908988 | Drive-Reduction Theory | Theory that views motivated behavior as directed toward the reduction of a physiological need | ![]() | 0 |
9800911861 | Dopamine | A neurotransmitter that influences movement, learning, attention and emotion. | ![]() | 1 |
9800911862 | External Cues | When the goal is to produce a better objective performance | 2 | |
9800915016 | Intrinsic Motivation | A desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake | ![]() | 3 |
9800915017 | Somatosensory Cortex | A brain area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body sensations | ![]() | 4 |
9800925167 | Basilar Membrane | Membrane supporting the organ of Corti and hair cells in the cochlea | ![]() | 5 |
9800928602 | Social Facilitation | Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others | ![]() | 6 |
9800930609 | Implicit Memory | Memories we don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously | ![]() | 7 |
9800932587 | Motor Neurons | Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands. | ![]() | 8 |
9800932588 | Retinal Display | the differences between the images stimulating each eye | ![]() | 9 |
9800935772 | Heuristic | A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently | 10 | |
9800937046 | Procedural Memory | A type of implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits | ![]() | 11 |
9800941402 | Inattentional Blindness | failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere | ![]() | 12 |
9800943105 | Distributed Practice | spacing the study of material to be remembered by including breaks between study periods | ![]() | 13 |
9800945682 | General Adaptation Syndrome | Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion | ![]() | 14 |
9800947342 | Big Five Personality Traits | 1. Openness 2. Conscientiousness 3. Extraversion 4. Agreeableness 5. Neuroticism | ![]() | 15 |
9800950395 | Self-fulfilling Prophecy | when a person unknowingly causes a prediction to come true, due to the simple fact that he or she expects it to come true. | ![]() | 16 |
9800953110 | Confirmation Bias | A tendency to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions | ![]() | 17 |
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