stuff from ap book that i didnt know or want review on Flashcards
the stroop effect
your brain gets confused because the color of a word doesn’t match the word itself.
observer effect
watching or measuring something changes the way it behaves.
observer bias
a person’s expectations or feelings affect how they see or record what’s happening.
PET scan
shows brain activity by tracking a radioactive chemical through the blood.
MRI scan
uses strong magnets and radio waves to take detailed pictures of the brain’s structure.
FMRI
shows brain structure and brain activity by measuring changes in blood flow.
EEG
An EEG records electrical activity in the brain using electrodes placed on the scalp.
what two parts of the brain are responsible for vivid memories
amygdala and hippocamous
prospective memories
remembering to do tasks in the feature. example is remembering to do your homework
episodic memories
for personally expirienced events. example would be a wedding or a birthday party
semantic memories
general world knowledge. example is knowing who the president is
procedural memories
remembering how to do old things. example writing a bike
overgeneralization
a child applies a rule, like adding “ed” for past tense, to irregular words (e.g., saying “goed” instead of “went”).
what causes prosopagnosia
damage to both the occipital lobe and the temporal lobe
gray matter
part of the brain that contains most of the brain’s nerve cell bodies and is involved in muscle control, sensory perception, memory, and decision-making.
enlarged ventricles
can indicate brain damage, neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions like schizophrenia,
constricted ventricles
may suggest reduced brain volume or atrophy.
stereotype effect
people feel at risk of confirming negative stereotypes about their group, which can negatively affect their performance.
systematic desensitization
a therapy technique where a person is gradually exposed to a feared object or situation while learning relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety.
self efficacy
Our belief that we can perform behaviors that are necessary to accomplish tasks, and that we are competent
within subjects expiriment
the same participants are used in all conditions of an experiment,
between subjects expiriment
involves different participants in each condition.
mere exposure effect
the tendency to develop a preference for something simply because you’ve been exposed to it more often.
cognitive dissonance
he discomfort you feel when your beliefs or actions are inconsistent, leading you to change one to reduce the discomfort.
