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Caste system

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Closed social status positions that hinder social mobility

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2
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Magic memory number

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7 (+/-2)

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3
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Subjective

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Indirect

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Objective

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Direct

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5
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ingratiation

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Try to become more attractive

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6
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naturalistic observation

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participants unaware of their participation

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7
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Korsakoff syndrome

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Deficiency in thiamine (vitamin B1)

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8
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Receptors of sound (ion channels)

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Mechanically gated ion channels

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Median

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Splits in half equally

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10
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Visual cues

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Depth, form, motion…

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11
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Otolith

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Utricle & saccule that detect linear acceleration

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12
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Hearing

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Between 20-20000Hz

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13
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Priming

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Exposure to 1 stimulus affects how we perceive another

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14
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Prospective memory

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With age, remembering to do things at a specific time decreases

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Heuristic

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Mental shortcut to find a solution quicker

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16
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Spearman’s general intelligence

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SIngle g factor that underlied performance on all cognitive levels

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Gardner’s idea of 8 Intelligences

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Intelligence into different modalities

18
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Galton’s idea of hereditary genius

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Human ability is hereditary

19
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Binet’s idea of mental age

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Depends on age

20
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Hemispheres of brain

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Left: language/ more + emotion
Right: attention, music…/ more -ve emotion

21
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5 factors (BIG FIVE) for personality

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OCEAN
O: Openness
C: Conscientiousness
E: Extroversion
A: agreeablness
N: Neurocitism (quick arousal)
22
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Anomie

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Breakdown of social bonds between individual and community

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Social loafing

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Put in less effort in a group

24
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Me vs I

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Me: socialized aspect of the person
I: spontaneous and autonomous part of seld
- Me shapes I

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Social capital

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What affects ties in society

26
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Cultutal relativism

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Relate from within a culture

27
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Social constructionism

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Everything builds based on value

28
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Cultural capital

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Skills across generations

29
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regression

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All variables measured are continuous

30
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Social stigma

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Disapproval of individual because of certain characteristics