Memory
Designed to aid the memory
Mnemonic
Id, Ego, and Superego
Freud Psychoanalysis
Behavior that is goal oriented and adaptive to circumstances and conditions
Intelligent behavior
DNA molecule that contains the genetic information for an organism
Chromosomes
Bartholomew experiences damage to the hippocampus, he will have trouble with his...
forming new memories
episodic memory
Reward and Punishment
Bell shaped curve
Normal distribution
How behaviour and environment changes genetic makeup
Epigenetics
Lobe of the brain that processes visual information
Occipital Lobe
Why phone numbers are broken into 3 parts
Chunking
People learn by observing the actions of others
Social Cognitive Theory
Test given to large, representative sample to use results as the standard for interpreting scores
Standardization
Genes that are coded for a specific trait or traits
Genotype
the lobe of the brain that is responsible for auditory functions
Temporal Lobe
What "ROY G. BIV" is
Acronym
Bill believes that over time, people change how they think and behave versus Bart, who thinks we stay the same throughout our entire life.
Stability vs Change.
A thought process that attempts to focus on the single best solution
Convergent thinking
The father of modern genetics
Gregor Mendel
Aphasia that affects the production of speech
Broca's Aphasia
What "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" is
Acrostic
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Constructivism (Piaget)
The ability to monitor and adaptively control one's cognitive processing or thinking about thinking
Metacognition
When specifically shaped blood cells block blood flow to organs, depriving them of blood and oxygen
Sickle Cell Anemia
plays a key role in processing emotions
Amygdala