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| 9598899205 | cerebrum | responsible for sensing, thinking learning, emotion, consciousness, and voluntary movement | 0 | |
| 9598908006 | frontal lobe | involved in speaking, muscle movements, and making plans and judgements | 1 | |
| 9598917946 | hippocampus | part of limbic system learning and memory | 2 | |
| 9598922246 | hypothalamus | resp for regulating basic like body and temp eating etc. | 3 | |
| 9599021654 | limbic system | associated w emotions and drives | 4 | |
| 9599024253 | medulla | heartbeat and breathing | 5 | |
| 9599174822 | parietal lobe | includes sensoey cortec | 6 | |
| 9599183621 | pon | coord of eye movements | 7 | |
| 9599196614 | broca | speech | 8 | |
| 9599210833 | canonbard | sweating trembling simultaneousky | 9 |
AP Computer Science Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5584862804 | Bit | Binary Digit, the single unit of information in a computer. |  | 0 |
| 5584867429 | Bit rate | the number of bits that are processed in a unit of time |  | 1 |
| 5584870998 | Protocol | A set of rules used for transmitting data. |  | 2 |
| 5584874530 | Router | a computer designed to receive and redirect packets of information based upon the addressing information (IP address) |  | 3 |
| 5584878205 | Packets | Small chunks of information that have been chunks of information formed from large chunks of information | 4 | |
| 5584885049 | TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) | Provides reliable, ordered and error checked delivery stream of packets on the Internet. |  | 5 |
| 5584892446 | DNS (Domain Name Service) | the service that translates URLs to IP addresses |  | 6 |
| 5584896511 | HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) | The protocol used for sending and receiving web pages -ASCII text- based protocol -At the same level as DNS |  | 7 |
| 5584901195 | Compression | Represents the same data using fewer bits | 8 | |
| 5584907780 | Pixel | the fundamental unit of a digital image a) short for picture element b) typically a tiny square or dot which contains a single point of color or larger image |  | 9 |
| 5584910718 | Metadata | data that describes other data a) Examples: size of number, number of colors, or resolution (how clear the image is) |  | 10 |
| 5584919512 | Internet Packet | The packet contains the data that needs to be sent, but also other data like the to and from address, and packet number. |  | 11 |
| 5584921799 | Lossless Compression | a data compression algorithm that allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data. | 12 | |
| 5584926238 | Lossy Compression | (or irreversible compression) a data compression method that uses inexact approximations, discarding some data to represent the content. Most commonly seen in image formats like .jpg. | 13 | |
| 5584932266 | Top Down Design Approach | A design process that begins by specifying complex pieces and then dividing them into smaller pieces. | 14 | |
| 5584942238 | Abstraction | Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems. -a mental tool that allows us to ignore low-level details when they are unnecessary. -this ability to ignore small details is what allows us to develop complex encodings and protocols. | 15 | |
| 5584950380 | Assumption | The information collected that gave us a false representation of data. | 16 | |
| 5584954624 | Digital Divide | the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not. | 17 | |
| 5584959899 | Programming Language | Instructional "code" where each has a precise, unambiguous meaning. |  | 18 |
| 5584964243 | Sequencing | Sequencing is the application of each step of an algorithm in the order in which the statements are given. |  | 19 |
| 5584968180 | Selection | Selection uses a [true-false] condition to determine which of two parts of an algorithm is used. |  | 20 |
| 5584971503 | Iteration | Iteration is the repetition of a part of an algorithm until a certain condition is met or for a specified number of times. In a computer program, a common form of iterations is a loop, which repeats code to determine values for multiple variables or sometimes just a single variable (adding up multiple values together). |  | 21 |
| 5584974927 | Algorithm | A precise sequence of instructions for processes that can be executed only by the computer. |  | 22 |
| 5631333369 | Function | a piece of code that you can call over and over again | 23 | |
| 5631341915 | API | a collection of commands made available to a programmer |  | 24 |
| 5631347378 | Documentation | a description of the behavior of a command, function, library, API, etc. |  | 25 |
| 5631349575 | Library | a collection of commands / functions, typically with a shared purpose |  | 26 |
| 5631433773 | Parameter | An extra piece of information that you pass to the function to customize it for a specific need. |  | 27 |
AP La ciencia y la ética Flashcards
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| 9426076900 | la genética | genetics |  | 0 |
| 9426076903 | la vacunación | vaccination |  | 1 |
| 9426076904 | la clonación | cloning |  | 2 |
| 9426076906 | la célula | cell |  | 3 |
| 9426076909 | rematar | to finish off |  | 4 |
| 9426076910 | impetuoso | impulsive |  | 5 |
| 9426076911 | plantear | to propose |  | 6 |
| 9426076912 | apoyar; respaldar | to support |  | 7 |
| 9426076913 | replegarse | to withdraw |  | 8 |
| 9426076915 | el artífice | creator, author |  | 9 |
| 9426076916 | la investigación | research |  | 10 |
| 9426076917 | el líder | leader |  | 11 |
| 9426076919 | el científico | scientist |  | 12 |
| 9426076920 | agotar | to deplete |  | 13 |
| 9426076921 | mantener | to keep |  | 14 |
| 9426076922 | disponible | available |  | 15 |
| 9426076923 | el patrón | model |  | 16 |
| 9426076924 | perjudicar | to harm |  | 17 |
| 9426076925 | a costo de | at the expense of | 18 | |
| 9426076927 | imponer | to impose |  | 19 |
| 9426076928 | la búsqueda | search |  | 20 |
| 9426076929 | la sostenibilidad o sustentabilidad | sustainability |  | 21 |
| 9426148343 | alimentar | to feed; to nourish |  | 22 |
| 9426157193 | el ganado | livestock |  | 23 |
| 9426165899 | el vacuno | cattle |  | 24 |
| 9426174638 | el porcino | pig |  | 25 |
| 9426190912 | el caprino | goats |  | 26 |
| 9426240207 | el alimento | food |  | 27 |
| 9426255030 | la postura | position; attitude | 28 |
Ap Flashcards
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| 8717773641 | Ebbinghaus Curve | Immediate drop in retention, then levels off. | 0 | |
| 8717811804 | Massed Practice | Studying for a long period the day before. | 1 | |
| 8717823327 | Distributed Practice | Practicing daily for short periods of time. | 2 | |
| 8717840675 | Serial Postion Effect | The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a list middle is the worst. | 3 | |
| 8717863535 | Testing Effect | Testing an indivual's memory makes the memory stronger and easier to retrieve. | 4 | |
| 8717874715 | Primacy Effect | The tendency for the 1st items presented in a series to be remembered better or more easily. | 5 | |
| 8717890436 | Recency Effect | This is the principal that the most recently presented items or experiences will most likely be remembered best. | 6 | |
| 8717924507 | Iconic Memory | Being able to visualize something that you've seen and being able to describe it. | 7 | |
| 8717934764 | Echoic Memory | Sounds that remind you of a memory. | 8 | |
| 8717955786 | Long Term Potention (LTP) | A persistent increase in synaptic strength following high frequency stimulation of a chemical synapse. | 9 | |
| 8717973220 | Flashbulb memory | A clear memory of a emotionally significant moment or event. | 10 | |
| 8717981757 | Implicit Memory | Retention independent of conscious recollection. This uses past experiences to remember things without thinking of them. | 11 | |
| 8718050098 | Explicit Memory | Memories of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare. | 12 | |
| 8718064018 | Priming | The activation often unconsciously of particular associations in memory. | 13 | |
| 8718081220 | State Dependent Memory | Information is better remembered when someone is in the same state as they were in the memory. | 14 | |
| 8718111379 | Mood Congruent Memory | When humans store memories they do not only store the event but they also store a memory of the mood they were in at the time. | 15 | |
| 8718140814 | Proactive Interference | The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information. (Old gets mixed with the new) (Cell phone) | 16 | |
| 8718153744 | Retroactive Interference | The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. (New gets mixed with old) (Ex-boyfriend) | 17 | |
| 8718179444 | Misinformation Effect | Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event. | 18 | |
| 8718277396 | Concepts | A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people. | 19 | |
| 8719960333 | Prototypes | A mental image or best example of a category. | 20 | |
| 8719972084 | Availability Heurstics | What the media or what is being shown to you causes you think that way. | 21 | |
| 8720004785 | Representative Heurstics | Stereotypes about the topic. | 22 | |
| 8720305552 | Confirmation Bias | A tendency to search for information that supports our perceptions and ignore or distort contradictory evidence. | 23 | |
| 8720322735 | Fixation | The inability to see a problem from a fresh prospective. This impedes problem solving. | 24 | |
| 8720336764 | Mental Set | A tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past. | 25 | |
| 8718272217 | Functional fixedness | A tendency to see objects as only working a particular way. | 26 | |
| 8720367671 | Belief Perseverance | The tendency to cling on to beliefs even after they were proven wrong. | 27 | |
| 8720401663 | Convert Thinking | Narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution . | 28 | |
| 8720422621 | Divergent Thinking | Expands the number of possible problem solutions. | 29 | |
| 8720431971 | Framing | The way an issue is posed; how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgements. | 30 |
AP Statistics Probability Flashcards
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| 5369599837 | Probability | A number between 0 and 1 that reports the likelihood of the event's occurrence. | 0 | |
| 5369599838 | Trial | A single attempt | 1 | |
| 5369599839 | Outcome | Value measured, observed, or reported for an individual instance of the trial | 2 | |
| 5369599840 | Event | A collection of outcomes | 3 | |
| 5369599841 | Independence | If knowing whether one event occurs does not alter the probability that the other event occurs. | 4 | |
| 5369599842 | Law of Large Numbers | Long-run relative frequency of repeated independent events becomes close to actual frequency as number of trials increases. | 5 | |
| 5369599843 | Complement Rule | 1 minus the probability that it doesn't occur | 6 | |
| 5369599844 | Disjoint (Mutually Exclusive) | They share no outcomes in common. | 7 | |
| 5369599846 | General Addition Rule | P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A intersect B) | 8 | |
| 5369599847 | Multiplication Rule of Independent Events | P(A intersect B) = P(A) * P(B) | 9 | |
| 5369599848 | Sample Space | The collection of all possible outcome values | 10 | |
| 5369599849 | Conditional Probability | P(B | A) = P(A intersect B)/P(A) | 11 | |
| 5369599850 | Formal Independence | P(B|A) = P(B) | 12 | |
| 5369859882 | Disjoint (Mutually Exclusive) and independence | Disjoint events can't be independent because they have no outcomes in common-> knowing that one event occurred means that the other didn't. | 13 |
AP Flashcards
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| 9771978765 | Digestive | Food processing Mouth, esophagus, pancreas, | 0 | |
| 9771985196 | Circulatory | Internal distribution of materials Heart, blood vessels, blood | 1 | |
| 9771992200 | Respiratory | Gas exchange Lungs, trachea, tubes | 2 | |
| 9771999820 | Immune/Lymphatic | Body defense Bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, | 3 | |
| 9772010806 | Excretory | Disposal of metabolic wastes Kidneys, ureters | 4 | |
| 9772015202 | Endocrine | Coordination of body activities between hormone-secreting glands Pituitary, thyroid, pancrease | 5 | |
| 9772024224 | Reproductive | Procreation, physical intimacy Ovaries, testes | 6 | |
| 9772029533 | Nervous | Coordination of body activities, sensory organs Brain, spinal cord, nerves | 7 | |
| 9772038478 | Integumentary | Protection against mechanical injury Skin | 8 | |
| 9772042881 | Skeletal | Body support Skeleton | 9 | |
| 9772046891 | Muscular | Movement, locomotion Skeletal muscle | 10 |
Ap Flashcards
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| 8722802411 | Diction | Word choice | 0 | |
| 8722802413 | Slang | It is a group of recently coined words | 1 | |
| 8722805517 | Jargon | Words and expression characteristics of a particular trade profession or pursuit | 2 | |
| 8722808803 | Dialect | Used by people at a specific area,social or economic class or other groups of people | 3 | |
| 8722814507 | Concrete | This includes words that describe physical qualities or conditions we can identify with our five senses | 4 | |
| 8722819322 | Abstract | That represents ideas emotions conditions or concepts that are intangible that can't be measured bye the 5 senses | 5 | |
| 8722841831 | Denotation | This is the exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning | 6 | |
| 8722845043 | Connotation | This is the implicit meaning of a word- suggestions, associations and emotional overtones attached to a word | 7 | |
| 8722851773 | Tone | Speakers or writers attitude toward a subject | 8 | |
| 8722856860 | Imagery | Description through the senses (sight,touch,taste,smell,hearing) | 9 | |
| 8722861610 | Syntax | An arrangement of words and phrases to creat a well formed sentences | 10 | |
| 8722883589 | Anaphora | The deliberate use of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 11 | |
| 8722889977 | Chiamus | The arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first clause | 12 | |
| 8722895942 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis; to highlight quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing continuous sentence pattern | 13 | |
| 8722901444 | Zuegma | The use of verbs that has two different meaning (literal and figurative) with objects that complement both meanings | 14 | |
| 8722909409 | Juxtaposition | Two things placed close together to highlight comparison and contrast | 15 | |
| 8722912619 | Parallelism | Using the same pattern to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance | 16 | |
| 8722915997 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 17 | |
| 8722919038 | Allusion | A brief and indirect referrence to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literacy or political signifance | 18 | |
| 8722929278 | Irony | When something seem contrary to (opposite) what you except and is often amusing as a result | 19 | |
| 8722932918 | Verbal irony | When a person says or writes something that is the opposite of how they actually feel (like sarcasm) | 20 | |
| 8722936867 | Situational irony | When the exact opposite of what is expected to happen, happens | 21 | |
| 8722939764 | Dramatic irony | When the audience knows something that the characters of the story do not | 22 | |
| 8722942288 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose the criticize someone of something's weakness/stupidity | 23 | |
| 8722950326 | Parody | An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist or genre with a deliberated exaggeration for comic effect | 24 | |
| 8722960480 | Synecdoche | Replacing the name of a thing with the name of part of it | 25 | |
| 8722962014 | Metonymy | Replacing the name of a thing with the name of something it is closely associated with | 26 | |
| 8727399422 | Symbolism | is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. | 27 | |
| 8727407752 | Antithesis | means opposite and is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together. This emphasizes the difference between the two ideas and adds interest to writing. | 28 | |
| 8727438185 | Metaphor | figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 29 | |
| 8727445681 | Personification | Personification is a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. This device is often used in poetry to enhance the meaning and beauty of poems. | 30 | |
| 8727462513 | Hyperbole | Overly exaggerated statement | 31 | |
| 8727470163 | Asyndeton | Deliberated omission of conjunctions in a series of conjuctions in a series of related clauses | 32 | |
| 8733939625 | Sarcasm | Tends to insult or defend | 33 | |
| 8733968556 | Appeals | To convince their audience to believe their claim | 34 |
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| 9336806945 | intelligence | the mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new solutions | 0 | |
| 9336806946 | general intelligence (g) | a factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and it's therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test | 1 | |
| 9336806947 | savant syndrome | a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as computation or drawing | 2 | |
| 9336806948 | emotional intelligence | the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions | 3 | |
| 9336806949 | intelligence test | a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores | 4 | |
| 9336806950 | achievement test | a test designed to assess what a person has learned | 5 | |
| 9336806951 | aptitude test | a test designed to predict a person's future performance; defined as the capacity to learn | 6 | |
| 9336806952 | mental age | the level of performance typically associated with a certain chronological age | 7 | |
| 9336806953 | Stanford-Binet | the widely used American revision (by Lewis Terman) of Binet's original intelligence test | 8 | |
| 9336806954 | intelligence quotient (IQ) | defined originally as the ratio of mental age (MA) to chronological age (CA) multiplied by 100 | 9 | |
| 9336806955 | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) | it and it's companion versions for children are the most widely used intelligence tests; contain verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests | 10 | |
| 9336806956 | Standardization | Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with performance of a presented group | 11 |
Ap Flashcards
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| 9792292584 | PCT (proximal convoluted tubule) | Most reapsortion occurs | 0 | |
| 9792292585 | juxtaglomerular complex | System that regulates rate of filtration and systemic BP | 1 | |
| 9792292586 | Which hormone required for facultative water reabsorption in collecting duct | ADH creates aquaporins | 2 | |
| 9792292587 | Presence of glucose in urine | Exceeded transport max | 3 | |
| 9792292635 | Calyces collect urine, then emptied into renal pelvis | 4 | ||
| 9792292588 | Branch off arcuate | Cortical radial | 5 | |
| 9792292589 | Shallow breathing | Alkoltic | 6 | |
| 9792292590 | renal corpuscles | Glomerulus and Bowman's capsule, filtrate removes from blood | 7 | |
| 9792292591 | Glomerulus | Produces filtrate | 8 | |
| 9792292592 | External urethral sphincter | Under conscious control pee | 9 | |
| 9792292593 | Mictrition | Open sphincters, Detrusor muscle contracts | 10 | |
| 9792292594 | Chief force pushing water and solutes out of blood | Hydrostatic pressure | 11 | |
| 9792292595 | net filtration pressure | Outward - inward | 12 | |
| 9792292596 | Adh | Effects collecting ducts | 13 | |
| 9792292597 | Mictrution | Pissing | 14 | |
| 9792292598 | DCT (distal convoluted tubule) | Only absorbs with hormones | 15 | |
| 9792292599 | vasa recta | Serves as point to collect ions and water back into blood | 16 | |
| 9792292600 | Right kidney lower | Because of liver | 17 | |
| 9792292601 | JCG cells that produce renin | Granular secrete when bp drops | 18 | |
| 9792292602 | Failing liver unable to make albumin means increased | Filtration pressure | 19 | |
| 9792292603 | blood osmotic pressure drops | Filtration pressure increases | 20 | |
| 9792292604 | Vasa recta has the highest blood osmolarity in | Deep medulla | 21 | |
| 9792292605 | Trigone | Ureter entrance and opening to urethra | 22 | |
| 9792292606 | Issues most common in infants | Acid base Sodium | 23 | |
| 9792292607 | Hypoalkemia | Need for stronger stimulus to cause action potential (low potassium) | 24 | |
| 9792292608 | ICF most abundant cation | K+ | 25 | |
| 9792292609 | ICF (intracellular fluid) | Has the most water | 26 | |
| 9792292636 | 2250 total water from food and water | 27 | ||
| 9792292610 | Important renal mechanism for acid base | Maintain HCO3 | 28 | |
| 9792292611 | Hyperventilation can lead to | Respiratory alkalosis | 29 | |
| 9792292612 | Someone who is suffocating would develop | Respiratory acidosis | 30 | |
| 9792292613 | Addison's would not have | Hypertension | 31 | |
| 9792292614 | Edema | Low protein levels | 32 | |
| 9792292615 | bicarbonate ion | Primary buffer in plasma | 33 | |
| 9792292616 | PTH works to increase | Ca+ | 34 | |
| 9792292617 | Not an effect of PTH | Decrease ca+ absoprtionin gut | 35 | |
| 9792292618 | All extra cellular water | Interstitial + plasma | 36 | |
| 9792292619 | Release of FSH encourages sustenocytes | To release | 37 | |
| 9792292620 | LH targets | IF: androgen secretions | 38 | |
| 9792292621 | Bulbourethral produces | Clear viscous | 39 | |
| 9792292637 | Early spermatids have undergone meiosis 1 and 2 | 40 | ||
| 9792292638 | Estrogen promotes oogenisis | 41 | ||
| 9792292622 | myometrium of uterus | Smooth muscle | 42 | |
| 9792292623 | Labia minora | Enclosed vestibule | 43 | |
| 9792292624 | Primary oocyte | Chromosomal tetrads | 44 | |
| 9792292639 | Corpus luteum forms at secretory ohase | 45 | ||
| 9792292625 | Estradiol | Most responsible for estrogen effects | 46 | |
| 9792292626 | Viagra | Reduces blood pressure | 47 | |
| 9792292627 | Meiosis | Sperm and egg cells have half the chromosome | 48 | |
| 9792292628 | Round ligament | Connects uterus to labia majora | 49 | |
| 9792292629 | Which of following structures is derived from sphlanic mesoderm | Heart | 50 | |
| 9792292630 | 9-12 weeks | Fetus has final shape | 51 | |
| 9792292631 | 21-30 weeks | Blood cell production in bone marrow | 52 | |
| 9792292632 | Trophoblast after implantation | Chorion | 53 | |
| 9792292633 | Somites | Vertebrae's and ribs | 54 | |
| 9792292634 | Expulsion stage | 50 minutes | 55 |
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