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 Variance/ANOVA - ANS-i
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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 Variance/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.
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