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Know the fllowing: What is psyche? Its a greek word for mind. What is modern psychology?

Psychology is a broad field, with many specialties- but fundamentally, psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes Is psychology limited to the science of behavior? Psychology is not limited to the science of behavior. What is an Industrial/organizational (IO) psychology? Industrial/organizational psychology is specialize in personnel selection and in tailoring the work environment to maximize productivity and morale, also develop programs to train and retain employees. What does a clinical psychologist do? Provide services for people having problems with social and emotional adjustment or those facing difficult choices in relationships , carrers, or education. What does a school psychologist do? School psychologist have expertise in the problems of teaching and learning, they spend a good eal of time administering scoring, and interpreting psychological test. They also may diagnose learning and behavior problems and consult with teachers, students, and parents. Definitions of: The availability heuristic, belief perseverance, the confirmation bias, the emotional bias. The availability heuristicBelief perseveranceThe confirmation bias- the tendency to attend to evidence that complements and confirms our beliefs or expectations, while ignoring evidence that does not The emotional bias- the tendency to make judgments based on attitudes and feelings, rather than on the basis of rational analysis of the evidence.

Why do some people ignore anything that opposes their beliefs. What is an innate tendency? Is language an innate tendency? What is (functions): Soma, synapse, nervous system, endorphins, dendrites What are the bodys two communication systems? Explain them. What is the basic building block of the nervous system.

What is: transduction, perception, sensation, olfaction, adaptation, habituation. What is the main difference between sensation and perception. Through what process we can interpret the incoming sensory patterns? What is learning and what are some of the examples to learning? What is: primary reinforce, negative punisher, unconditioned response, neutral stimulus What is: Genotype, phenotype What is: Gene, DNA, Chromosome, Nucleoud Gate control theory Five senses Conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, unconditioned response (with examples) Fixed ration, fixed interval Memory Encoding, retrieval, storing Elaborative and declarative rehearsal Maintenance rehearsal Central executive, sketchpad, and phonological loop Sensory memory, working memory, long term memory Sketchpad Episodic memory, procedural memories, declarative memories, semantic memory, explicit memory. Recall, recognition What are concepts, schema, scripts What is thinking IQ and its scores and what they mean Fluid and Crystalline intelligence Sternbergs definition of intelligence

Interpersonal vs. interpersonal intelligence Emotional intelligence Developmental psychology Trait vs. Temperament Parenting styles https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_psych.pdf

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