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some spychology questions.

Postby SilverFang » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:22 pm

my final is coming up, so I need help as soon as it can be given.

I need to know the folowing words.

Behaviorists
central nervous system
chunking
clinical psychologist
creativity
darwin
discrimination
dizygotic
dreams
electoencephalograph
eidetic
electodes
feedback
Galton
greeks
hormones
hypothesis
illusions
input
instinct
learning
mantra
memory
mental practice
mnemonic devices
monozygotic
needs
nerve fibers
neutral stimulus
output
Parasympathetic nervous system
Pavlov
perseption
pituitary
paractice
recall
Schizophrenia
shaping
Skinner
stimulus
sympathetic nervois system
synapses
theory
thyroid
unconditioned stimulus
Watson
Wundt


I know what some of these words mean. but the people are hard to reamimber.

If this needs to be moved then I am sorry.

and thank in advance for all those who help.
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Postby agasfas » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:37 pm

First http://www.dictionary.com can be a very useful tool. If you need to know meanings of words, what better place would you goto?

Second, if you need to memorize things try to word association or for really long lists try using acronyms. But to be honest, from personal experience the best way to remember things is just to buckle down for a long time and go over it a million times.
I've tried a million tricks and by far the best way is to just sit down and study. Are are a million tricks, but even those take time to memorize.
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Postby Raiden no Kishi » Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:25 pm

A tip I've learned from my beloved science teacher is to condense definitions to about 4 words or less if you can. It works.

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PS: Spychology? Is that the study of how secret agents think? ^_~
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Postby Spiritsword » Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:45 pm

I think the tips already given are good ones. Once you get the definitions from a psychology text or dictionary/online dictionary, you should hopefully find some that are pretty straightforward/self-explanatory. Get the easy ones down first and fast, the ones that you can remember simply by the term. I've found cues or mnemonics more helpful for technical terms or names, you might use them for the names. Then for the really tough ones, where it may be difficult to form an association between the term and the definition, I'd go with what agasfas said. Concentrate your time on just going over those, rote memorizing them. Make flashcards or two sets of cards with terms and definitions to match them. Once you've successfully gotten a definition matched to term several times, take it out. Even it down to the tougher ones and go over them repeatedly. Hope this helps! I'll pray for you.
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