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Major Field Test in Psychology
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Major Field Test in Psychology
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1-210 of 210according to freud the underlying meaning of a dream
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,marked by distressing persistent anxiety or dysfunctional anxiety-reducing behaivor
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anxiety disorder
information processing guided by higher-level mental processes as we construct
perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations
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top-down processing
the distance from one wave peak to the next
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wavelength
operates when we base our judgments on the mental availability of information
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availability heuristic
,retinal receptors that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function
in daylight. they detect fine detail
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cones
the principle that the quantity remains the same despite changes in shape
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conservation
out of sight/out of mind. The awareness that objects continue to exist when not
perceived.
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object permanence
adjusting our behavior or thinking toward some group standard (aschs line
experiments)
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, conformity
our accumulated knowledge as reflected in vocab and tests
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crystallized intelligence
our ability to reason speedlily and abstractly
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fluid intelligence
an optimal period when certain events must take place to facilitate proper
development
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critical period
the widely used American revision of binets original intelligence test
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