Bias that occurs when an interviewer bases a positive assessment on a single characteristic and allows it to overshadow other, negative characteristics.

controls language reception - a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe

a pattern of attachment in which an infant avoids connection with the caregiver, as when the infant seems not to care about the caregiver's presence, departure, or return

using operant conditioning to teach a complex response by linking together less complex skills

Reduced amount or fluency of speech

The theory that motivation will be high when workers believe that high levels of effort lead to high performance and high performance leads to the attainment of desired outcomes.

have trouble producing language without substantial deficits in understanding language

1. trust vs. mistrust
2. autonomy vs. shame and doubt
3. initiative vs. guilt
4. industry vs. inferiority
5. identity vs. role confusion
6. intimacy vs. isolation
7. generativity vs. stagnation
8. integrity vs. despair

in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses

try to make yourself look worse than you are; usually for secondary gain
ex. insurance, disability, those trying to get out of trouble

Vroom, Yetton, and Jago's normative model

Tremor, sedation, ataxia, aphasia, thyroid enlargement, and reversible diabetes insipidus; Renal toxicity

He proposed children understand the world based on social interactions within their culture and the sign systems that represent ideas.

conducted to identify the factors that are maintaining or controlling an undesirable behavior

Si, Social Introversion, Tendency to withdraw from social contacts and responsibilities

a leader is most effective when his/her leadership style matches the subordinate's ability and motivation (willingness to accept responsibility), and they distinguish between four styles -- telling, selling, participating, and delegating.

five stages: proliferation, migration, differentiation, myelination, and synaptogenesis

is present to some degree at birth but then seems to disappear between the ages of 2 and 4 months and then reappears.

the removal of a stimulus to decrease the probability of a behavior's recurring; example money being taken away

rejecting a true null hypothesis

distinguishes between four processes that contribute to self-regulation: goal-setting, self-observation, self-evaluation, and self-reaction. According to this theory, self-regulation (the exercise of influence over one's own behavior) is a primary determinant of motivation.

a condition, brought about by bilateral amygdala damage, that is characterized by dramatic emotional changes including reduction in fear and anxiety

Symptoms of this disorder include low testosterone levels and infertility, breast development, and reduced body and facial hair

cognitive psychologist; latent learning and cognitive map

linear regression; used to predict Y from a single X, and an assumption is that the relationship between X and Y is linear