Cognition- Thinking
A tendency to search for or favor information that supports your beliefs
Confirmation Bias
Howard Gardner believed in what?
Multiple Intelligences
Earliest stage of development. Peek a boo is highly successful
Sensorimotor
A substance that blocks a neurotransmitter. Ex. Narcan preventing an Opiod overdose
Antagonist
Send info from the brain to the body
Efferent (Motor) Neurons
A tendency to approach problems using previously successful methods
Mental Set
The most well known type of IQ test
Stanford-Binet
Mary Ainsworth is famous for what famous experiment
Strange Situation
A crucial part of the brain for memory formation
Hippocampus
Detecting specific percentages of change to a stimulus
Webers Law
You see a woman in unusual clothing writing poems in a coffee shop. You assume she is a struggling artist...she is a CEO...what was your mistake?
Representativeness Heuristic
A type of cognitive test that measures peoples skills and gives them ideas of how to use them or their potential in different areas
Aptitude Tests
Vygotsky's famous contribution- ex. providing scaffolding for children before removing supports
Zone of Proximal Development
Lobe that helps relay sensory information
Parietal Lobe
Learning the lyrics to a just released song is what type of processing?
Bottom UP
A mental representation of a concept or object
Prototype
If Mr. Koda gave a Gov exam that was actually a test on his favorite movies and tv shows, it would not be
Valid
Erikson's life stage for teenagers
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Part of nervous system related to the skeletal muscles
Somatic Nervous System
Remembering the last item on a list
Serial Position Effect
Angelina tries her hardest to learn German, but she continues to replace it with Italian (her native language) words by accident. What’s causing this?
Proactive Interference
An older person who struggles to play music on her new phone, might be a sign of declining
Regina George is a product of what type of parenting per Diana Baumrind?
Permissive
A large bundle of fibers that carry info from the cell body. Largest is the Myelin Sheath
Axon
A brain structure that helps process fear and emotion
Amygdala