Confusing Terms Flashcards by Austin Vermillion

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Right brain

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Creative and spatial

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Left brain

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Language and logic

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Corpus callosum

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Divides brain

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Cerebral cortex

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Covers brain

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight of flight

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Parasympathetic

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Calming

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Hormones

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Endocrine system

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Lateral hypothalamus

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Stimulates hunger

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Ventromedial hypothalamus

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Suppresses hunger

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Brocas

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Makes words

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Afferent neurons

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Sensory and body to brain

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Efferent neurons

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Motor and brain to body

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Assimilation

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Four legged animals are doggies

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Accommodation

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Doggies are different than cows

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Concrete operations

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Logical thinking

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Formal operations

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Philosophical thinking

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Sensation

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Bottom up

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Perception

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Top down

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Rods

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Night vision

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Cones

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Color vision

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Classical conditioning

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Involuntary

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Operant conditioning

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Voluntary

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Implicit memory

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Non declarative. Skills

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Explicit memory

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Declarative. Facts

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Recall memory

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No clues

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Recognition memory

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Some hints

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Algorithms

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Step by step

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Heuristics

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Rule of thumb

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Representative heuristics

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Stereotypes

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Availability heuristic

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Available info

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Phonemes

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Basic sound units

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Morphemes

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Basic unit of meaning

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Validity

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Test measures what it should

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Reliability

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Same scores on a retest

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Achievement test

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What you’ve learned

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Aptitude test

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Potential

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Intrinsic

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Personal satisfaction

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Extrinsic

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Rewards

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Theory y

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Democratic or intrinsic

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Theory x

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Rewards or punishment or extrinsic

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Internal locus

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You control the environment

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External locus

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Environment controls you

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Lithium

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Treats bi-polar

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Librium

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Treats anxiety

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Type a

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High stress

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Type b

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Low stress