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| language | |
| The systematic, meaningful arrangement of symbols (Ch. 8) | |
| language-acquisition device | |
| A neural system of the brain hypothesized to permit understanding of language (Ch. 8) | |
| latency period | |
| According to Freud, the period between the phallic stage and puberty during which children’s sexual concerns are temporarily put aside(Ch. 14) | |
| latent content of dreams | |
| According to Freud, the “disguised” meanings of dreams, hidden by more obvious subjects (Ch. 5) | |
| latent learning | |
| Learning in which a new behavior is acquired but is not demonstrated until reinforcement is provided (Ch. 6) | |
| lateralization | |
| The dominance of one hemisphere of the brain in specific functions (Ch. 4) | |
| learned helplessness | |
| A state in which people conclude that unpleasant or aversive stimuli cannot be controlled—a view of the world that becomes so ingrained that they cease trying to remedy the aversive circumstances, even if they actually can exert some influence (Ch. 15, Ch. 16) | |
| learning | |
| A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience (Ch. 6) | |
| learning-theory approach | |
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The theory suggesting that language acquisition follows the principles of reinforcement and conditioning (Ch. 8) |
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| levels-of-processing theory | |
| The theory that emphasizes the degree to which new material is mentally analyzed (Ch. 7) | |
| libido | |
| According to Freud, the “psychic energy” that fuels the primary drives of hunger, sex, aggression, and irrational impulses (Ch. 14) | |
| limbic system | |
| The part of the brain located outside the “new brain” that controls eating, aggression, and reproduction (Ch. 3) | |
| linguistic-relativity hypothesis | |
| The theory that language shapes and, in fact, may determine the way people of a particular culture perceive and understand the world (Ch. 8) | |
| lithium | |
| A form of simple mineral salts that has been used very successfully in cases of bipolar disorders (Ch. 17) | |
| lobes | |
| The four major sections of the cerebral cortex—frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital (Ch. 3) | |
| longitudinal research | |
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A research method that investigates behavior as subjects age (Ch. 12) |
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| long-term memory | |
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Memory that stores information on a relatively permanent basis, although it may be difficult to retrieve (Ch. 7) |
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