unit 1 concepts NOTES/EXAMPLES

Getting ready for work:

You expect to get dressed, eat breakfast, commute to work, and begin your tasks. 

These events help us process information quickly and efficiently

schema

Flat___: no feelings showing

being tired from work

I saw chava happy for getting a tool.

Affect

thinking of a way to get to school fast.

trying to remember lyrics to a song.

cognition

violence^, ice cream sales^, correlate bc of summertime.

ppl who own more books have higher test scores, bc they love to read

correlation

I kick a ball-it goes forward

I forget to study- I fail the test

causation

I sampled a new cookie and gave it to ¼ of a college to see if they like it to add to vending machines.

representative sample

learning how to play a new instrument(brain creates, strengthens new connections)

I learned how to se a new register system,

brain plasticity

I have green eye color

Dogs natural instinct to bark to strangers

nature

I learned to speak Spanish bc I grew up around it ad learned it.

nurture

I hype myself up for a speech, seeing myself do it perfectly, I can do it mentality- then i’m not so nervous when giving speech.

I just think negative about the speech and how terrible ima do then I fumble mid speech.

self fulfilling prophecy

I’m going to do a study of depressions in male teens so I find male teens dealing with depression that fit the research

population

My friend said this skincare item worked for her and that is was great so I went to go buy it.

My brother said this fast food place was awesome so I went to go buy some food front here.

anecdotal data

difference in sexual orientation and behavior

differentiation

I got new info about how to correctly do something but I don’t wanna do it/ don’t see how it is correct when my way works.

schema perseverance

saying the abc’s

saying 1-10 fast

automatic thinking

saying the alphabet backwards.

put the # 1-10 alphabetically

math problem

controlled thinking

helping my mom with cooking

babysitting my little cousin

intrinsic motivation

going to work

studying for a test just to get a good grade

extrinsic motivation

i’m so smart

look what i can do

internal locus of control

hurricane

all natural disasters

external locus of control