| A | B |
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| Motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |
| Basal Metabolic Rate | The body's resting rate of energy expenditure |
| Imprinting | The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life |
| Accommodation | Adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information |
| Longitudinal Study | Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period |
| Bystander Effect | The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present |
| Conforming | Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard |
| Broca's Area | Controls language expression |
| Wernicke's Area | Controls language reception |
| Plasticity | The brain's capacity for modification |
| Set Point | Our body's thermostat that monitors our body weight and maintains it at a certain level |
| Incentives | Any environmental stimulus that motivates behavior; positive or negative |
| Metacognition | Monitoring and managing one's thinking |
| Self-Disclosure | Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others |
| Audition | The sense of hearing |
| Fovea | The central focal point in the ratina, around which the eye's cones cluster |
| Lens | The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina |
| Neurological Speed | Evoked brain response tends to be faster with people who score high on IQ tests |
| Achievement Test | A test designed to assess what a person has learned |
| Intelligence Test | Test assessing a person's mental abilities and comparing them with the abilities of others |
