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fine

Buttoning a shirt is an example of this type of motor skill.

psychodynamic

This psychological perspective is triggered by words like 'unconscious' and 'dreams'.

cognitive

The process of storing and processing information is most relevant to this approach.

conduction

If there is an issue with your auditory ossicles, you may experience this kind of deafness.

move in the same direction.

In a positive correlation, variables":

procedural

If you forget how to do something, this type of memory is most affected.

intimacy vs. isolation

This stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development model focuses on finding a partner in early adulthood.

reliability

If you administer the same test to the same group of people multiple times, you are assessing this.

representative sample

When you have a large quantity of data, the best way to generalize is to use this.

evolutionary

This psychological perspective is triggered by words like 'mating' and 'status'.

tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

This term describes the sensation of feeling like you know something but not being able to access it.

information they heard most recently.

The availability heuristic is employed when a person relies on:

A six-year-old child (the younger, the better)

Which group will be able to best learn a new language?

episodic memory

This type of memory is best demonstrated by remembering the first time you rode a bike.

amygdala

This brain structure is primarily associated with fear.

latent learning

This concept is most evident later.

fluid intelligence

This type of intelligence decreases with age.

cones

These receptor cells are most sensitive to light.

sending neuron

SSRI's block reuptake of serotonin in the:

authoritative

Parents who provide both firm boundaries and emotional sensitivity are best described as this.

negatively reinforced

Performing an action to remove an aversive stimulus means that action is this.

arousal and alertness

This brain structure is primarily concerned with:

independent variable

In an experiment, this is what is being manipulated by the experimenters.

Rods & cones, bipolar, ganglia.

What is the sequence of visual processing?

hippocampus

Which brain structure is most associated with memory processing?

forming their identity

During adolescent development, teens are most concerned with:

EEG

Which brain imaging technique relies on the equipment seen in a head cap with wires?

cocktail party effect

If you attend to specific audio stimuli in a loud room, you are exemplifying this.

hindsight bias

A person claims 'I knew that was going to happen!'—even though they didn't predict it beforehand.

receiving a reinforcer after performing a desired behavior

In operant conditioning, a contingency would be illustrated by:

object permanence

The baby knows you're hiding behind your hands like a doofus during peek-a-boo; they have developed this.

insecure-anxious

If a kid is unwilling to explore and must be near their caretaker at all times, their attachment style is likely this.

perception

In vision, this concept of size constancy primarily relies on

learning

If you lack an enzyme for long-term potentiation, you will struggle with this.

observational learning

This concept is exemplified by the fact that children often mimic their parents' behavior.

formal operational stage

If you're capable of higher-order thinking, you are in this stage of Piaget's development.

unconditioned stimulus

In Pavlov's experiment, this component was the food.

confirmation bias

If you only look for information that supports what you already think, you are demonstrating this cognitive bias.

hypothalamus

This brain structure lets you know when you need to eat and when you're full.

extinct behavior

If you stop exhibiting a behavior after a while, that behavior may be considered this.

authoritarian parenting

This type of parenting is exemplified by a parent yelling at children and forcing them to read books.

ego integrity vs. despair

What is the final stage of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development?

shaping

When you reinforce approximations of a desired behavior, you are using this.

Preoperational

Egocentrism should fade out during which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

industry vs. inferiority

When elementary school kids are learning their strengths and weaknesses, they are in this stage of Erikson's.

cry when their mother leaves—soothe themselves—demonstrate happiness when their mother returns.

A kid who is securely attached will: