PSYC 3260 Midterm: Midterm #1 Review Includes definitions of key terms, chapter summaries, and article summaries to use as a study guide for this test.
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Artificial intelligence a branch of computer science concerned with creating computers that mimic human performance on cognitive tasks. Association a connection or link between two units or elements. Attention cognitive resources, mental effort, or concentration devoted to cognitive process. Behaviourism a school of psychology that seeks to define psychological research in terms of observable measures, emphasizing the scientific study of behaviour. Between-subjects design a research paradigm in which different experimental subjects participate in different experimental conditions. Brain imaging the construction of pictures of the anatomy and functioning of intact brains through such techniques as computerized axial tomography (cat, or ct), positron emission tomography (pet), magnetic resonance imaging (mri), or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) Clinical interview a research paradigm in which an investigator begins by asking participants a series of open-ended questions but follows up on the responses with specific questions that have been prepared in advance.
