PSYCO105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Natural Disaster, Insomnia, Persian Language
30 Jul 2018
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Pitch metaphors the different ways in which languages refer to the extreme ends of pitch (e. g. high/low - Self-regulation ability to control one"s thoughts, actions, behaviors and emotions, with the greatest improvement occurring at the age of 3, helping to predict academic success and development. Cool self-regulation executive functions and emotionally neutral tasks that affect the cognitive load, often associated with academic achievement (e. g. sorting shapes and colours) Hot self-regulation operating in emotional and motivational arousing situations along with delays of gratification, often associated with inattentive or overactive behaviors (e. g. resisting the urge to eat food placed in front of you) Inhibition the ability to inhibit or prevent an automatic response (e. g. reading over colour words presented to you in a different colour) Motivationally arousing stimuli that are rewarding or punishing (e. g. gambling) Set shifting/cognitive flexibility the ability to use multiple rules or sets (e. g. sorting cards by colours and then by shape)
