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GRE psychology practice Exam Review Solution Acetycholine - ANS-neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's Analysis of Va... riance/ANOVA - ANS-inferential statistical procedure used to compare 2 or more means to see if the difference is not chance (need p<.05 for statistical significance) Aphasia - ANS-impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or written discourse as a result of brain damage. Ex. Wernicke's ________ or Broca's __________ Optimum Arousal Theory - ANS-Theory stating that we are motivated by our innate desire to maintain an personally preferred level of arousal. Broca's Aphasia - ANS-Loss of function associated with damage to a specific area of the left frontal lobe, demonstrated by impairment in producing understandable speech. Egocentric - ANS-young child's inability to understand another person's perspective - typical of Piaget's preoperational stage Concrete Operational Stage - ANS-According to Piaget - stage of cognitive development where child between ages of 7 and 12 begins thinking more globally and outside of the self but are still deficient in abstract thought. Construct Validity - ANS-Validity answers the question of whether or not the measuring device actually measures the theoretical idea under question. Convergence - ANS-Binocular cue to distance referring to fact that the closer an object is, the more inward our eyes need to turn in order to focus Dopamine Hypothesis - ANS-Theory that schizophrenia is caused by an excess amount of dopamine in brain. Research has found that medication to reduce dopamine can reduce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. CONTINUES... [Show More]

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