2023 Psych Final Vocab

A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

• Stimulus

• Conditioning

• Heuristic

• Behavior

The process of training a person or animal to behave in a certain way.

• Stimulus

• Conditioning

• Heuristic

• Behavior

the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.

• Stimulus

• Conditioning

• Heuristic

• Behavior

mental shortcut commonly used to simplify problems

• Stimulus

• Conditioning

• Heuristic

• Behavior

A systematic error in thinking that occurs when people interpreting information

• Behavior

• Cognitive Bias

• Growth Mindset

• Self-Actualization

The belief that you can improve your abilities despite adversity.

• Behavior

• Cognitive Bias

• Growth Mindset

• Self-Actualization

the full realization of one's creative, intellectual, and social potential through internal drive

• Behavior

• Cognitive Bias

• Growth Mindset

• Self-Actualization

Acting in a certain way in order to follow socially accepted standards

• Conformity

• Obedience

• Deindividuation

• Attribution

Compiling with an order, request

• Conformity

• Obedience

• Deindividuation

• Attribution

The idea that, when in groups, people act differently than they would as individuals

• Conformity

• Obedience

• Deindividuation

• Attribution