You should be familiar with the following terms for Quiz 2. Except as noted, these terms are in the glossary of Myers or in the Terms and Concepts to Remember lists in the Review and Reflect page of each module. See also the study guide.
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chromosomes DNA evolutionary psychology fraternal twins gender genes identical twins natural selection
culture gender identity gender roles memes X chromosome Y chromosome concrete operational stage conservation conventional moral reasoning* critical period formal operational stage identity crisis postconventional moral reasoning* preconventional moral reasoning* preoperational stage sensorimotor stage adaptation amplitude* basilar membrane* blind spot cochlea complementary colors cones feature detectors fovea frequency ganglion cells gate control theory hue intensity interneurons iris lateral inhibition* light wavelength* opponent-process theory optic nerve pitch place theory primary auditory cortex* primary visual cortex* receptive field* retina sensation transduction trichromatic theory (Young-Helmholtz)
absolute threshold bottom-up processing closure* continuity* difference threshold Gestalt psychologists* just-noticeable difference perception psychophysics signal detection theory subliminal stimuli top-down processing Weber's law |
* These terms are not in the glossary or the lists at the end of the modules. They are either in the index of the book, on a class handout, or in the class notes.
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