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Acetycholine j- jANS✓✓-neurotransmitter jassociated jwith jvoluntary jmovement,
jsleep jand jwakefulness. jToo jlittle jis jassociated jwith jAlzheimer's
Analysis jof jVariance/ANOVA j- jANS✓✓-inferential jstatistical jprocedure jused jto
jcompare j2 jor jmore jmeans jto jsee jif jthe jdifference jis jnot jchance j(need jp<.05
jfor jstatistical jsignificance)
Aphasia j- jANS✓✓-impairment jof jability jto jcommunicate jeither jthrough joral jor
jwritten jdiscourse jas ja jresult jof jbrain jdamage. jEx. jWernicke's j________ jor
jBroca's j__________
Optimum jArousal jTheory j- jANS✓✓-Theory jstating jthat jwe jare jmotivated jby jour
jinnate jdesire jto jmaintain jan jpersonally jpreferred jlevel jof jarousal.
Broca's jAphasia j- jANS✓✓-Loss jof jfunction jassociated jwith jdamage jto ja
jspecific jarea jof jthe jleft jfrontal jlobe, jdemonstrated jby jimpairment jin jproducing
junderstandable jspeech.
Egocentric j- jANS✓✓-young jchild's jinability jto junderstand janother jperson's
jperspective j- jtypical jof jPiaget's jpreoperational jstage
Concrete jOperational jStage j- jANS✓✓-According jto jPiaget j- jstage jof jcognitive
jdevelopment jwhere jchild jbetween jages jof j7 jand j12 jbegins jthinking jmore
jglobally jand joutside jof jthe jself jbut jare jstill jdeficient jin jabstract jthought.
Construct jValidity j- jANS✓✓-Validity janswers jthe jquestion jof jwhether jor jnot jthe
jmeasuring jdevice jactually jmeasures jthe jtheoretical jidea junder jquestion.
,Convergence j- jANS✓✓-Binocular jcue jto jdistance jreferring jto jfact jthat jthe
jcloser jan jobject jis, jthe jmore jinward jour jeyes jneed jto jturn jin jorder jto jfocus
Dopamine jHypothesis j- jANS✓✓-Theory jthat jschizophrenia jis jcaused jby jan
jexcess jamount jof jdopamine jin jbrain. jResearch jhas jfound jthat jmedication jto
jreduce jdopamine jcan jreduce jthe jpositive jsymptoms jof jschizophrenia.
Endorphins j- jANS✓✓-neurotransmitter jinvolved jin jpain jrelief, jand jfeelings jof
jpleasure jand jcontentedness.
Epinephrine j- jANS✓✓-neurotransmitter jinvolved jin jenergy jand jglucose
jmetabolism.
External jValidity j- jANS✓✓-The jextent jto jwhich jdata jcollected jfrom ja jsample
jcan jbe jgeneralized jto jthe jentire jpopulation.
Factor jAnalysis j- jANS✓✓-A jstatistical jtechnique jused jcombine jdata jinto jsimilar
jgroups
Frequency jEffect j- jANS✓✓-The jphenomenon jin jmemory jwhich jstates jthat jwe
jtend jto jremember jinformation jbetter jif jit jis jrepeated.
Formal jOperational jStage j- jANS✓✓-Piaget's jfourth jand jfinal jstage jof jcognitive
jdevelopment jwhere jthinking jbecomes jmore jabstract. j12+ jyears
Frustration-Aggression jHypothesis j- jANS✓✓-Theory jarguing jthat jaggression jis
jthe jnatural jreaction jto jfrustration.
g jfactor j- jANS✓✓-Basic jintelligence jof jSpearman's jtheory. jTypically jcompared
jto js jwhich jrepresents jspecific jintelligences.
Gender jIdentity j- jANS✓✓-Internal jsense jof jbeing jeither jmale jor jfemale. jUsually
jcongruent jwith jbiological jgender, jbut jnot jalways.
, Hawthorne jEffect j- jANS✓✓-Phenomenon jthat jsubject jbehavior jchanges jby
jmere jfact jthat jthey jare jbeing jobserved.
Introspection j- jANS✓✓-The jprocess jof jexamining jone's jown jconsciousness
jused jby jStructuralists jand jFunctionalist jresearchers
Legitimate jPower j- jANS✓✓-Power jderived jthrough jone's jposition, jsuch jas ja
jpolice jofficer jor jelected jofficial.
Motive j- jANS✓✓-Internal jstates jthat jprovide jdirection jfor jone's jbehaviors.
Norepinephrine j- jANS✓✓-neurotransmitter jassociated jwith jeating jand
jalertness. jToo jlittle jhas jbeen jassociated jwith jdepression jin jaddition jto
jserotonin
Overlearning j- jANS✓✓-A jtechnique jused jto jimprove jmemory jwhere jinfo jis
jlearned jto jthe jpoint jthat jit jcan jbe jrepeated jwithout jmistake jmore jthan jone
jtime. jContinuted jrehearsal jafter jmaterial jis jleanred j- jEbbinghaus
Phi jPhenomenon j- jANS✓✓-The jperception jof jmotion jbased jon jtwo jor jmore
jstationary jobjects j(e.g., jperception jof jchaser jlights jbrought jabout jby jdifferent
jlights jblinking jat jdifferent jtimes).
Criterion jValidity j- jANS✓✓-A jmeasurements jability jto jpredict jscores jon janother
jmeasurement jthat jis jrelated jor jpurports jto jmeasure jthe jsame jor jsimilar
jconstruct
Preoperational jStage j- jANS✓✓-Piaget's jsecond jstage jof jcognitive jdevelopment
jin jwhich ja jchild jdevelops jobjects jpermanency jand jlanguage. j2-7 jyears
Proactive jInterference j- jANS✓✓-Interference jin jmemory jdue jto jprior jlearning.
r j- jANS✓✓-Symbol jused jfor jthe jPearson-product jmoment jcorrelation
j(correlation jcoefficien
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