words to know for test

Question 1

Hinder

Answer 1

To create difficulty for someone, or to cause a delay

Question 2

Vacillate

Answer 2

To alternate between different choices, to be indecisive

Question 3

Competency

Answer 3

Ability to do something successfully

Question 4

Suppress

Answer 4

To forcibly put an end to something

Question 5

Pervasive

Answer 5

Spreading widely through an area or a group of people (usually unwanted)

ex: racism is a pervasive problem in many countries.

ex: If you’re sick of seeing something because you’re seeing it again and again, it must be pervasive.

Question 6

Excitatory

Answer 6

Characterized by or causing excitement

Question 7

Incompatible

Answer 7

impossible to exist together (two things)

Question 8

Curtail

Answer 8

to reduce to amount of something

Question 9

Reconcile

Answer 9

to work out differences and restore friendliness

Question 10

Discrepant

Answer 10

differing, disagreeing (between 2 things)

Question 11

Facilitate

Answer 11

to make an action or process easier

Question 12

Predisposed

Answer 12

to cause something to be susceptible, to dispose beforehand

Question 13

Causal

Answer 13

related to a cause

Question 14

Innate

Answer 14

natural, inborn

Question 15

Latent

Answer 15

existing but not yet developed, hidden, concealed

Question 16

Refute

Answer 16

To prove something to be false, to disprove

Question 17

Novel

Answer 17

New or unusual in an interesting way

Question 18

Contingent

Answer 18

dependent on, occuring only if other circumstances exist

Question 19

Paradox

Answer 19

a statement that despite logical reasoning, leads to a conclusion that seems illogical or contradictory

ex: The quieter a person is, the louder they are.

Question 20

Inhibit

Answer 20

to prevent or slow down the activity or occurrence of something

Question 21

Cohort

Answer 21

a group of people in a study who usually have something in common (like age)

Question 22

Salient

Answer 22

something that stands out

Question 23

Periphery

Answer 23

the outside edge of an area, the area surrounding something

Question 24

Aversive

Answer 24

causing an avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an unpleasant or punishing stimulus

For example, a dog owner may spray a bitter liquid on objects the dog should not chew.

Question 25

Contemporary

Answer 25

belonging to or occurring in the present

Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art.

Question 26

Elicit

Answer 26

to call forth or draw out (as information or response)

For example, a dog’s pupils dilating upon playing, which is a respondent behavior, can be said to be elicited by the scary sight of a ball being tossed.

Question 27

Reared

Answer 27

as in raising a child, bringing up a child

Question 28

Congruence

Answer 28

when a person’s ideal self and perceived self is the same

Question 29

Coerce

Answer 29

to pressure someone into doing something