key words Flashcards

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Valence

A

how positive or negative something is

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Salience

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high - low
important or unimportant

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3
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emotional memories

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experiences with an emotional charge

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4
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schemas

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mental blueprint, knowledge about the subject that allows us to make predictions

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5
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binary variables

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have binary outcomes e.g., yes/no, win/lose

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nominal variables

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groups with no rank

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7
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ordinal variables

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groups with rank e.g., places in a race, socioeconomic status

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discrete variables

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number of individual items or values

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continuous variables

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measurements of a continuous nature

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