psych missed

Semantics

Putting words in a certain order to make sense and be grammatically correct

Syntax

What Words or phrases mean in a given sentence

Habituation

Decreasing response to a repeated stimuli

Acquisition

Initial stage of learning to associate two things

Generalization

Tendency for stimuli similar to the cs to elicit a similar response

Operant behavior

Behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences

Law of effect

Behavior followed by favorable consequences becomes more likely than behavior with unfavorable consequences

Representative heuristic

Judging the likely hood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent a prototype

Framing

The way an issue is posed can affect the decision

Gamblers fallacy

Believes that a random independent event is more likely to occur based on the previous events

Recall

A measure in memory in which the person must retrieve info learned earlier

Flynn effect

Average IQ test scores have been increasing over the years

Standardization

The extent to which a test yields consistent results

Dopamine

A neurotransmitter that helps with memory, sleep, mood, pleasure, behavior, and cognition

Serotonin

neurotransmitter in charge of mood, sleep, appetite, and aggression

Norepinephrine

Neurotransmitter and hormone that’s in charge of attention and alertness, part of the fight or flight response

Cerebral cortex

Fabric of neurons over the whole brain that controls the information processing center

Association areas

In the cerebral cortex that are involved in higher functions like learning, remembering, and thinking

Dissociation

A split in consciousness that allows thoughts and behaviors to happen simultaneously

Barbiturates

Drugs that reduce brain activity which decreases anxiety but can impair memory and judgement

Opiates

Depress neural activity temporarily lessening pain and anxiety

Self determination theory

People are motivated by intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Yerkes Dodson law

You need the right amount of anxiety and arousal to do good on tests

Broaden and build theory

Positive emotions expand someone’s awareness which causes more creativity

Adaptation level phenomenon

A tendency to form judgement based on prior experience

Relative deprivation

We are worse off than the people that we compare our selves to

General adaptation syndrome GAS

Adaptive responses to stress alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Conversion disorder

A person experiences physical symptoms for a disorder that doesn’t have a cause that you can see

Psychoanalysis

Patients free associations resistance and dreams allow for self insight

Resistance

Blocking a anxiety laden material from memory

Empiricism

A method of study relying on empirical evidence which includes things you’ve experienced: what you can see and touch

Basic

A type of scientific study to understand fundamental concepts

Qualitative research

Focus on understanding human behavior and reasons that govern such behavior

quantitative research

Gathering numerical data that can transformed into usable statistics

Meta analysis

Combining many similar studies to find patterns

Correlation

A measure of the extent to which 2 factors vary together