GRE psychology practice (1)

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1. Acetycholine: neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and x x x x x x x


wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's x x x x x x


2. Analysis of Variance/ANOVA: inferential statistical procedure used to
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compare 2 or more means to see if the difference is not chance (need p<.05 for
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statistical significance)
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3. Aphasia: impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or
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written discourse as a result of brain damage. Ex. Wernicke's or Broca's
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4. Optimum Arousal Theory: Theory stating that we are motivated by our x x x x x x x x x x


innate desire to maintain an personally preferred level of arousal.
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5. Broca's Aphasia: Loss of function associated with damage to a specific area
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of the left frontal lobe, demonstrated by impairment in producing
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understandable speech.
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6. Egocentric: young child's inability to understand another person's perspective
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- typical of Piaget's preoperational stage
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7. Concrete Operational Stage: According to Piaget - stage of cognitive develop-
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ment where child between ages of 7 and 12 begins thinking more globally and
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outside of the self but are still deficient in abstract thought.
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8. ConstructValidity: Validity answers the question of whether or not the measuring
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xdevice actually measures the theoretical idea under question.
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9. Convergence: Binocular cue to distance referring to fact that the closer an object x x x x x x x x x x x x


is, the more inward our eyes need to turn in order to focus
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10. Dopamine Hypothesis: Theory that schizophrenia is caused by an excess x x x x x x x x x


amount of dopamine in brain. Research has found that medication to reduce
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dopamine can reduce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
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11. Endorphins: neurotransmitter involved in pain relief, and feelings of x x x x x x x x


pleasure and contentedness.
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12. Epinephrine: neurotransmitter involved in energy and glucose metabolism. x x x x x x x


13. External Validity: The extent to which data collected from a sample can
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be generalized to the entire population.
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14. Factor Analysis: A statistical technique used combine data into similar groups
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15. Frequency Effect: The phenomenon in memory which states that we tend x x x x x x x x x x


to remember information better if it is repeated.
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16. Formal Operational Stage: Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive develop-
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ment where thinking becomes more abstract. 12+ years
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17. Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis: Theory arguing that aggression is the x x x x x x x


xnatural reaction to frustration. x x x


18. g factor: Basic intelligence of Spearman's theory.Typically compared to s which
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represents specific intelligences.
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19. Gender Identity: Internal sense of being either male or female. Usually congru-
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ent with biological gender, but not always.
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20. Hawthorne Effect: Phenomenon that subject behavior changes by mere fact x x x x x x x x x


that they are being observed.
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21. Introspection: The process of examining one's own consciousness used by x x x x x x x x x


xStructuralists and Functionalist researchers x x x


22. Legitimate Power: Power derived through one's position, such as a x x x x x x x x x


police officer or elected official.
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23. Motive: Internal states that provide direction for one's behaviors.
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24. Norepinephrine: neurotransmitter associated with eating and alertness. x x x x x x


Too little has been associated with depression in addition to serotonin
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25. Overlearning: A technique used to improve memory where info is learned x x x x x x x x x x


to the point that it can be repeated without mistake more than one time.
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Continuted rehearsal after material is leanred - Ebbinghaus
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26. Phi Phenomenon: The perception of motion based on two or more stationary
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objects (e.g., perception of chaser lights brought about by different lights blinking
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at different times).
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27. Criterion Validity: A measurements ability to predict scores on anotherx x x x x x x x x


mea- surement that is related or purports to measure the same or similar
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construct
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28. Preoperational Stage: Piaget's second stage of cognitive development in which a x x x x x x x x x x


child develops objects permanency and language. 2-7 years
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29. Proactive Interference: Interference in memory due to prior learning. x x x x x x x x


30. r: Symbol used for the Pearson-product moment correlation (correlation
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coeffi- cien
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31. Reaction Formation: defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are x x x x x x x


xconverted to their opposite. x x x


32. Reticular Formation (Reticular Activating System): Part of brain stem in- x x x x x x x x x


xvolved in arousal and attention, sleep and wakefulness, and control of
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reflexes.
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33. Retinal Disparity: Binocular cue to distance referring to distance between the
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two images sent to the brain by our eyes.The farther apart these images, the closer
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the object.
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34. Retroactive Interference: Interference in memory created by later learning. x x x x x x x x


35. Self Serving Bias: The tendency to assign internal attributes to successes and
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xexternal factors to failures. x x x


36. Sensorimotor Stage: The first stage in Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Develop- x x x x x x x x x x


ment where a child's primary way of learning about the world is through the
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senses and movement. 0-2 years
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