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Short term memory holds info for how long?

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30 sec

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The study of sensory memory is associated with who?

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George Sperling

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George Sperling is associated with what?

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Sensory Memory

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Alzheimer’s disease causes what?

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neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaque

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CTE or Chronis Traumatic Encephalopathy describes what?

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brain degeneration likely caused by repeated head traumas aka “football brain”

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What is thinking?

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a mental activity associated with transforming information in an effort to make a decision, reach a solution, or form a belief

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What was the first intelligence test to determine mental age?

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Stanford Binet

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Which test was originally designed for adults (intelligence test)?

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Wechsler adult intelligence scale and the mean was 100

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Which IQ score signifies gifted ability?

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130 or higher

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What is an inherited threadlike structure composed of ONE MOLECULE of DNA

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Chromosomes

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what molecule provides instructions for the development of an organism

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DNA

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What is a gene

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a specified segment of a DNA molecule

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What are monozygotic twins?

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Identical twins who develop from one egg and their DNA is exactly alike

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What are dizygotic twins?

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fraternal twins who develop from two eggs and 50 percent of their DNA is the same

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Which chromosome pair determines genetic sex?

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the 23rd

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What does XX mean in terms of chromosomes?

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female

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What does XY in chromosome terms mean?

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Male

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What is an individuals complete collection of genes

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Genotype

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What is an observable expression or characteristic of one’s genetic inheritance

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Phenotype

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Environmental agents that can damage the growing zygote, embryo, or fetus and create a birth defect

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Tertatogens

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What are Piaget’s stages of cognitive developement?

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Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Conrete Operational, and Formal Operational

20
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Who is associated with cognitive development?

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Vygotsky

21
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What is Vygotsky associated with?

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Cognitive development

22
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What is the Zone of Proximal Development?

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The gap between what a child can do and what he/she can do with the guidance and help of others

23
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What topic is Mary Ainsworth connected to?

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Attachment

23
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What is scaffolding?

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Children are pushed to go just beyond what they are competent and capable of doing while being provided help in a decreasing manner

24
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What is ambivalent attachment?

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When a child is anxious before the primary caregiver leaves, is extremely upset when they do leave, and both seeks and resists contact in his or her return

25
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The psychoanalytic theory was devised by who?

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Freud

26
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What was Frued’s Theory?

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He believed everything linked to sexual issues

27
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What is ID?

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Primitive structure of the mind - guided by the pleasure seeking principle

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What is ego?

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Strives to satisfy the id’s desire but is socially appropriate ways - guided by reality principle

29
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Superego

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guides behavior to follow the rules of society, parents, or other authority figures - guided by morality principle

30
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Who made the Behavioral theory?

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Alfred Adler

31
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What is the behavioral theory?

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humans are not pleasure seekers but are conscious and intentional in their behaviors

32
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What does birth order relate to?

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Alfred Adlers behavioral theory

33
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What is the first born known for?

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overachievers

34
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what is the middle Middle Born known for?

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very social - always craving attention

35
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What is the last born known for?

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rebellious, spoiled, may always get there way

36
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What are the two parts of the humanistic theory?

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  1. People are innately good and in control of their destinies
  2. positive aspects of human nature drive personality development
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Who created the two parts of humanistic theory?

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Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers

38
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What was Abraham Maslow interested in?

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interest in self-actualizers, or people who are continually seeking to reach their fullest potential (conscious)

39
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What was Carl Rogers interested in?

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we have an innate urge to move toward situations and people that will help us grow and away from those that could inhibit growth (unconscious)

40
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What was Bandura’s Theory?

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Social-Cognitive Perspective

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What is the Social-Cognitive perspective?

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Personality results from relationships and other environmental factors (social) and patterns of thinking (cognitive)

had an importance of self-efficacy - one’s believe about their ability and effectiveness in reaching their goals

environment affects personality

42
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What is GAD?

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Generalized Anxiety Disordered - an excessive worry and unease concerning multiple aspects of her life

43
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What is the stress response to agreeable or positive stressors?

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Eustress - for example, getting married, having children, planning vacations

44
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What is the Hypothalamus?

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responsible for keeping our body in a healthy, balanced state

45
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what is the hippocampus?

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the memory system that is most effected by stress

46
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What is the Primary Appraisal?

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the initial assessment that an event is challenging or stressful

47
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What is secreted by the adrenal cortex?

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Cortisol

48
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What impairs the function of white blood cells?

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Stress

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