confusing pairs

Question 1

independent variable

Answer 1

what is tested or manipulated

Question 2

dependent variable

Answer 2

what is measured or changed

Question 3

experimental group

Answer 3

group that is tested

Question 4

control group

Answer 4

group compared to the experiment

Question 5

left brain

Answer 5

language and logic

Question 6

right brain

Answer 6

creative and spatial

Question 7

corpus callosum

Answer 7

divides the brain

Question 8

cerebral cortex

Answer 8

covers the brain

Question 9

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 9

“flight-or-fight”

Question 10

parasympathetic

Answer 10

calming

Question 11

neurotransmitters

Answer 11

in the nervous system

Question 12

hormones

Answer 12

in the endocrine system

Question 13

lateral hypothalamus

Answer 13

stimulates hunger

Question 14

ventromedial hypothalamus

Answer 14

suppresses hunger

Question 15

Broca’s area

Answer 15

makes words

Question 16

Wernicke’s area

Answer 16

comprehends words

Question 17

identical twins

Answer 17

same fertilized egg

Question 18

fraternal twins

Answer 18

two separate eggs

Question 19

afferent neurons

Answer 19

sensory, body to the brain

Question 20

efferent neurons

Answer 20

motor, brain to the body

Question 21

assimilation

Answer 21

all four-legged animals are “doggies”

Question 22

accommodation

Answer 22

“doggies” are differnent than “kitties”

Question 23

concrete operations

Answer 23

logical thinking

Question 24

formal operations

Answer 24

philosophical thinking

Question 25

sensation

Answer 25

bottom-up processing

Question 26

perception

Answer 26

top-down processing

Question 27

rods

Answer 27

night vision

Question 28

cones

Answer 28

color vision

Question 29

classical conditioning

Answer 29

involuntary

Question 30

operant conditioning

Answer 30

voluntary

Question 31

primacy effect

Answer 31

first items remembered

Question 32

recency effect

Answer 32

last items remembered

Question 33

proactive memory

Answer 33

loss of the new info

Question 34

retroactive interference

Answer 34

loss of the old info

Question 35

implicit memory

Answer 35

nondeclarative; skills

Question 36

explicit memory

Answer 36

declarative; facts

Question 37

recall memory

Answer 37

no cues

Question 38

recognition memory

Answer 38

some hints

Question 39

algorithms

Answer 39

step-by-step formula

Question 40

heuristics

Answer 40

rule-of-thumb

Question 41

representative heuristics

Answer 41

stereotypes

Question 42

availability heuristics

Answer 42

based on avaliable info

Question 43

phonemes

Answer 43

basic sound units

Question 44

morphemes

Answer 44

basic units of meaning

Question 45

fluid intelligence

Answer 45

“brain power”

Question 46

crystallized intelligence

Answer 46

acquired knowledge

Question 47

validity

Answer 47

test measures what it should

Question 48

reliability

Answer 48

same scores on a retest

Question 49

achievement tests

Answer 49

what you’ve learned

Question 50

aptitude

Answer 50

what you can do

Question 51

intrinsic motivation

Answer 51

for personal satisfaction

Question 52

extrinsic motivation

Answer 52

for rewards or to avoid punishment

Question 53

theory y

Answer 53

democratic

Question 54

theory x

Answer 54

rewards or punishment

Question 55

internal locus

Answer 55

controlling the enviorment

Question 56

external locus

Answer 56

the enviorment controls you

Question 57

lithium

Answer 57

treats bi-polar

Question 58

librium

Answer 58

treats anxiety

Question 59

type A

Answer 59

high stress

Question 60

type B

Answer 60

low stress