Brain and Nervous System
This part of the brain helps form new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
The body’s natural response to stress is called this.
What is fight or flight?
Short-term memory usually lasts about this long.
What is 30-60 seconds?
This theorist created the stages of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
Motivation coming from an outside reward is called this.
What is extrinsic motivation?
The Central Nervous System is made up of these two parts.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Wondering if you will do well on a final exam is this type of stressor.
What is a psychological stressor?
Memories are briefly held here before entering short-term memory.
What is sensory memory?
Bandura believed people learn behaviors mainly through this process.
What is observation/modeling?
According to Freud, the brain contains these three parts.
What are the id, ego, and superego?
This system carries messages to and from the Central Nervous System.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
Most modern psychiatrists believe psychological disorders are caused by this.
What are biological, psychological, and social factors?
Repeating information over and over to transfer it into long term memory is called this.
What is Rote Memorization?
Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development refers to this idea.
What is learning best with guidance slightly above current ability?
Negative events tend to have this kind of impact on personality.
What is a larger and longer-lasting impact?
This brain structure helps to form new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Psychiatrists can do this that psychologists typically cannot.
What is prescribe medication?
A prototype is best described as this.
What is the best example or mental image of a category?
According to Chomsky, children learn language because humans are born with this.
What is an innate ability for language?
Maslow believed people are motivated by meeting needs in this order.
What is from basic needs to self-actualization?
This is the first portion of the brain to develop.
What is the brain stem?
Name one pro AND one con of the DSM-5.
Pros: standardizes diagnosis. Cons: labeling/stigma or overdiagnosis.
This type of interference happens when old information makes it hard to learn new information.
What is proactive interference?
Name all four stages of Piaget’s theory.
Sensori-motor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational.
Motivation that comes from personal enjoyment or satisfaction is called this.
What is intrinsic motivation?