LEPT Board Exam Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards featuring key terms and definitions for LEPT General Education and Professional Education review.

Science

The systematic study, knowledge, observation, and experiment that explains the natural world.

Technology

The practical application of scientific knowledge, tools, and innovation in daily life.

Simple Machines

The oldest technology, including basic tools such as the lever, pulley, and wheel.

Steam Engine

An old technology and machine manufacturing system associated with the Industrial Revolution and factory system.

Artificial Intelligence

The newest technology involving machine intelligence, automation, and smart systems.

Ethics

Moral standards, human actions, right and wrong, and socially acceptable behavior.

Meritocracy

A system where leadership, promotion, and advancement are based on competence, integrity, talent, and ability.

Xenocentrism

The belief that another culture is superior, showing a preference for foreign culture over one's own.

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one's own culture is superior, leading to cultural bias and judging other cultures.

Cultural Relativism

The practice of understanding a culture by its context with cultural respect and without claims of superiority.

Sigmund Freud

The father of psychoanalysis who categorized human awareness into the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.

Charles Horton Cooley

The sociologist responsible for the concept of the looking-glass self, explaining how self is formed through social interaction.

Avogadro’s Number

$6.02 \times 10^{23}$, representing the number of atoms in one mole.

Troposphere

The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather and the hydrologic cycle occur.

Commensalism

A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is unaffected.

Mutualism

A biological partnership where both participating organisms benefit.

Malthusian Theory

The population theory proposed by Thomas Malthus stating that population increases geometrically while food supply grows arithmetically.

Writ of Amparo

A court order providing protection against unlawful disappearance and threats to life, liberty, and security.

Writ of Habeas Corpus

A legal mandate protecting against unlawful detention by demanding the physical presence of the accused in court.

Writ of Habeas Data

A legal remedy protecting individual privacy, information access, and data protection.

Eudaimonia

Aristotle's concept in virtue ethics describing human flourishing and a happy, virtuous life.

Rene Descartes

The philosopher known for the assertion "I think; therefore, I am" regarding self-existence.

Pythagorean Theorem

A geometric theorem relating the legs and hypotenuse of a right triangle.

Introspection

The act of self-examination, studying oneself through quiet reflection.

Ambivalence

A psychological state characterized by contradictory emotions or mixed feelings.