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| REM sleep | Stage of sleep where dreams occur, also characterised by increased brain activity. |
| Stage two sleep | Stage of sleep where one is deeply relaxed, characterised by sleep spindles. |
| THC | Active ingredient in Marijuana. triggers a variety of effects even hallucinations. It relaxes and reduces inhibitions. |
| LSD | Hallucinogenic drug. Blocks the action of Serotion - very little is needed to produce an effect |
| Binet | Creator of the first IQ test. |
| IQ | Intelligence Quotient. A grading based on Intelligence. |
| Feral child | A child who has passed through the developmental years without proper parenting. Sometimes as a result of abandonment. |
| Skinner | Famous behaviorist, renowned for his _______ Box experiments. |
| Homeostasis | Natural balance, this term is instrumental in the Behavior reduction theory |
| Anorexia Nervosa | An eating disorder characterised by starving oneself, or eating very little. More common in the 21st century than ever before. |
| Incentives | any positive or negative enviromental stimulus that motivated behavior |
| Collectiveness | A Gestalt Principle that states that when objects are uniform and linked we see them as a single unit. |
| Depth Perception | the ability to see objects in three dimensions. |
| Relative Motion | As we move, objects around us appear to move. Objects in front of our fixation point appear to move backwards and objects behind our fixation point appear to move forwards. |
| Metacognition | monitoring and managing one’s thinking |
| Standardization | all tests must be tested on a large group in order to create an average used for comparison. All tests must be standardized to a culturally diverse group. |
| Aptitude tests | predict the ability to learn a new task. |
| Savant Syndrome | people with serious handicaps who have spectacular abilities in focused areas |
| Intelligence | the ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations |
| Robert J. Sternberg | This famous theorist stated taht `Intelligence is not a single thing – it can be simplified into three categories.` |
