| A | B |
|---|
| Independent Variable (What is being manipulated or tested) | Dependent Variable(what is measured) |
| Experimental Group ( group that is tested and given the independent variable) | Control Group (compared to the experimental, receives that placebo in drug experimental) |
| Left brain (language and logic) | Right brain (creative and spatial) |
| Corpus Callosum(divideds the brain) | Cerebral Cortex(cover the brain) |
| Sympathetic Nervous System("fight or flight") | Parasympathic (calming) |
| Neurotranmitters (in the nervous system) | Hormones (in the endocrine system) |
| Lateral Hypothalamus (stimulates Hunger) | Ventromedial Hypothalamus (suppresses hunger) |
| Broca's Area( make words-speech) | Wernicke's area (comprehends words) |
| Monozygotic Twins (identical Twins: same fertilized egg) | Dizygotic Twins( fraternal twins: Two separate eggs) |
| Afferent neurons ( sensory, boy to brain) | Efferent neurons (motor, brain to body) |
| Assimilation ( all four-legged animals are "doggies") | Accommodation ("doggies" are different than "kitties" |
| Concrete operational (logical thinking) | formal operational (abstract thinking) |
| Sensation (bottom-up processing) | Perception(top-down processing) |
| Rods (night vision) | Cones (cone vision) |
| Classical Conditioning( involuntary behaviors) | Operant conditioning (voluntary behaviors) |
| Primacy effect (first items remembered on a list) | Recency effect (last items remembered) |
| Proactive interference (loss of th new info) | Retroactive interference (loss of old) |
| Implicit memory(non-declarative;skills) | Explicit memory (declarative:facts |
| Recall memory (no cues) | Recognition memory (some hints) |
| Algorithms (step by step) | Heuristics (rule of thumb) |
| Representative heuristics (stereotypes) | Available Heuristics (bsed on available info) |
| Phonemes (basic sound unit) | Morphemes (basic unit of meaning) |
| Fluid intelligence (processing speed) | Crystallized Intelligence (acquired knowledge) |
| Validity(test measured what it should) | Reliability (same scores on a retest) |
| Achievement test (what you have learned) | Aptitude test (potential) |
| Theory Y(democatic/intrinsic) | Theory X (rewards or punishment extrinsic) |
| Internal locus (you control the environment) | External Locus of control(environment controls you) |
| Lithium (treats bi-polar disorder) | Librium (treats anxiety) |
| Type A (High Stress) | Type B (low stress) |
