Brainarium

when Deci replicated the free choice paradigm study (Lepper), what was the key finding? - CORRECT ANSWER-the key was the expectation of the reward the more we make it salient that testing & rewards will be involved, the more intrinsic motivation _________ (drops or increases) - CORRECT ANSWER-drops what are the 2 types of rewards? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. tangible vs. symbolic 2. physical vs. verbal true or false: generally speaking, verbal rewards tend to have a positive effect on intrinsic m...

Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER-A testable prediction on what the outcome of an experiment will be. Derived from a theory Confirmation Bias - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency to seek out results that support a hypothesis (and ignore results that contradict it) Belief Perseverance - CORRECT ANSWER-Initial assumptions, even when proved to be wrong, still tend to survive and influence people Ruling Out Rival Hypotheses - CORRECT ANSWER-There may be another hypothesis that explains the results just as...

what is "R?" - CORRECT ANSWER-A general symbol to represent an alkyl group, or any hydrocarbon Saturated Halide - CORRECT ANSWER-(Halo), Primary, secondary, tertiary Saturated Alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER-(hydroxyl), Primary, secondary, tertiary Unsaturated Aldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER-DIFFERENT FROM A KETONE, has an H attachment Unsaturated Carboxylic acid - CORRECT ANSWER-DIFFERENT FROM CARBONYL, has an OH group Ether - CORRECT ANSWER-(Alkoxy), can be symmetrical or asymetrical Amine -...

1.0 Information Technology - CORRECT ANSWER-Any computer based tool that people use to work with information and to support the info and info-processing needs of an organisation 1.0 Information Systems - CORRECT ANSWER-Collects, processes, stores, analyses and disseminates info for a specific purpose 1.1 Why Should I Study Information Systems? - CORRECT ANSWER-Current generation practices continuous computing, surrounded by a movable information network, created by constant cooperation be...

What were animals derived from - CORRECT ANSWER-A common protist similar to choanoflagellates All animals have what in the extracellular matrix? - CORRECT ANSWER-Collagen and proteoglycans Animals likely expanded during what era? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cambrian Explosion All animals share what type of gene? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hox genes Sponge body shapes - CORRECT ANSWER-Highly Variable and Asymmetrical, but still the basic shape of a pore how does water get out of a sponge? - CORRECT ANSWER-Thr...

Why are experts, experts? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Dedication training that drives changes in the brain. 2. Genetics such as physical factors and tendency to practice diligently. 3. Take advantage of the ability to acquire skills. Learning - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating abilities rather than bringing people to the point where they can take advantage of their innate ones. Potential - CORRECT ANSWER-Expandable vessel, shaped by the things that we do in our lives. Potential Development - CORRECT ANSW...

construct validity - CORRECT ANSWER-the extent to which the measures used in a study measure the variables they were designed to measure and the manipulations in an experiment manipulate the variables they were designed to manipulate subject variable - CORRECT ANSWER-a variable that characterizes preexisting differences among the participants in a study (ex: gender, ethnicity) internal validity - CORRECT ANSWER-degree to which it can be sure that the independent variables caused the depend...

Efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER--The order produced by all these selfish decisions is efficient -all the good/services people want and have the means to purchase are produced with the least possible amount of our scarce resources Characteristics of the "Market" economy - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Self-interest 2. Incentives: People in the economy respond to incentives 3. Market price and Quantity: determined by buyers and sellers, though not directly or officially 4. Institutions: These activi...

emotional contagion - CORRECT ANSWER-extent to which an emotional display by one person influences the emotional state of a bystander CS: Kramer et al. (2014) manipulated person's news feed for the week → IV: exposure to emotional content, DV: mood Results: did provide evidence of causality Doherty (1998) IV: videotape of woman explaining experimental procedures in which the woman happy or sad, DV: participant shown 10 photos of faces (5 positive, 5 negative) to make ratings of emot...

Opportunity Cost Formula - CORRECT ANSWER-what you give up/what you gain Four Key Economic Problems - CORRECT ANSWER-1. What is Produced and How 2. What is consumed and by whom 3. Why are resources sometimes idle 4. Is Productive capacity growing The Circular Flow of Income and Expenditure - CORRECT ANSWERpositive statement - CORRECT ANSWER-a factual claim about how the world actually works normative statement - CORRECT ANSWER-statement which describes how the world should be endogenous...