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chapter 0 Prologue recall
Behaviorism,
Humanistic psychology,
Cognitive neuroscience
17  cards
chapter 0 Prologue recognition
The view that psychology should b...,
Historically significant perspect...,
The inter disciplinary study of t...
17  cards
chapter 1 Thinking Critically recall
Hindsight bias,
Critical thinking,
Theory
33  cards
chapter 1 Thinking Critically recognition
The tendency to believe after lea...,
Thinking that does not blindly ac...,
An explanation using an integrate...
33  cards
Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind recall
Biological perspective,
Neuron,
Dendrites
56  cards
Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind recognition
Concerned with the links between ...,
A nerve cell the basic building b...,
A neuron s bushy branching extens...
56  cards
chapter 3 consciousness and the two-track mind recall
Consciousness,
Cognitive neuroscience,
Dual processing
43  cards
chapter 3 consciousness and the two-track mind recognition
Our awareness of ourselves and ou...,
The interdisciplinary study of th...,
The principle that information is...
43  cards
Chapter 4 Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity recall
Behavior genetics,
Environment,
Chromosomes
33  cards
Chapter 4 Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity recognition
The study of relative power and l...,
Every non genetic influence from ...,
Threadlike structures made of dna...
33  cards
Chapter 5 developing through the life span recall
Developmental psychology,
Zygote,
Embryo
39  cards
Chapter 5 developing through the life span recogniton
A branch of psychology that studi...,
The fertilized egg it enters a 2 ...,
The developing human organism fro...
39  cards
Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception recall
Sensation,
Perception,
Bottom up processing
62  cards
Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception recognition
The process by which our sensory ...,
The process of organizing and int...,
Analysis that begins with sensory...
62  cards
Chapter 7 Learning recall
Learning,
Associative learning,
Stimulus
43  cards
Chapter 7 Learning recognition
The process of acquiring new and ...,
Learning that certain events occu...,
Any event or situation that evoke...
43  cards
chapter 8 memory recall
Memory,
Recall,
Recognition
35  cards
chapter 8 memory recognition
The persistence of learning over ...,
A measure of memory in which the ...,
A measure of memory in which the ...
35  cards
chapter 9 thinking and language recall
Cognition,
Concept,
Prototype
22  cards
chapter 9 thinking and language recognition
The mental activities associated ...,
A mental grouping of similar obje...,
Mental image or best example of a...
22  cards
Chapter 10 Intelligence recall
Intelligence,
Intelligence test,
General intelligence g
26  cards
Chapter 10 Intelligence recognition
Mental quality consisting of the ...,
A method for assessing an individ...,
A general intelligence factor tha...
26  cards
chapter 11 Motivation and Work recall
Drive reduction theory,
Homeostasis,
Incentive
22  cards
chapter 11 Motivation and Work recognition
The idea that a physiological nee...,
A tendency to maintain a balanced...,
A positive or negative environmen...
22  cards
chapter 12 emotions stress and health recall
Emotion,
James lange theory,
Cannon bard theory
20  cards
chapter 12 emotions stress and health recognition
A response of the whole involving...,
The theory that our experience of...,
The theory that an emotion arousi...
20  cards
chapter 13 Personality recall
Personality,
Psychodynamic theories,
Free association
36  cards
chapter 13 Personality recognition
An individual s characteristic pa...,
View personality with a focus on ...,
In psychoanalysis a method of exp...
36  cards
chapter 14 social psychology recall
Social psychology,
Attribution theory,
Fundamental attribution error
44  cards
chapter 14 social psychology recognition
The scientific study of how we th...,
The theory that we explain someon...,
The tendency for observers when a...
44  cards
chapter 15 psychological disorders recall
Attention deficit hyperactivity d...,
Psychological disorder,
Medical model
25  cards
chapter 15 psychological disorders recognition
A psychological disorder marked b...,
Deviant distressful and dysfuncti...,
The concept that diseases in this...
25  cards
chapter 16 therapy recall
Psychotherapy,
Biomedical therapy,
Eclectic approach
37  cards
chapter 16 therapy recognition
Treatment involving psychological...,
Prescribed medications or procedu...,
An approach to psychotherapy that...
37  cards

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