Theories
This school of thought focused on the importance of the unconscious mind, often thoughts from past traumatic experiences.
What is Psychoanalytic Theory?
This system is critical for thinking and behaving normally. It carries millions of neurons between the brain and the spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System
Behavior that is determined by its environment and is modifiable by its consequences is known as...
What is Operant Conditioning?
Scoring higher than 85% of test takers would equate to what rank?
What is 85th percentile?
To repeat a behavior over a span of time is a way to remember something.
What is rehearsal?
The study of consciousness must involve observable behaviors. Conditions of our environment affect how we learn and react to stimuli. Around 1913, John B. Watson founded what new Psychological movement?
What is Behaviorism
Aphasia is a disorder that affects how you communicate. This part of the brain would be affected if someone develops aphasia.
The Wernecke Area, Broca's Area
These two consequences of behavior are designed to either increase or decrease the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.
What are punishments and reinforcements?
What is the standard deviation?
This refers to the processes that allow an individual to select and focus on particular input for further processing while simultaneously suppressing irrelevant or distracting information.
What is selective attention?
Founded by William James, this theory looked at the function of the parts of the brain rather than the structure.
What is Functionalism?
This imaging test can help reveal the metabolic or biochemical function of your tissues and organs. The metabolizing of glucose is assessed during this scan.
What is the PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan?
In Classical Conditioning, this type of response is automatic and unlearned.
What is an unconditioned response?
This is a schedule of reinforcement. An example would be a child being given candy for every 3-10 pages of a book they read
What is the fixed ratio?
Perceieving a pattern or relationship where none exists is known as...
What is illusiory correlation?
An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts relates to this theory of psychology.
What is Gestalt theory?
This part of. your brain is responsible for planning, judgment, and impulse control.
What is the frontal lobe or pre-frontal cortex.
A learned behavior that has been associated with a conditioned stimulus.
What is a conditioned response?
In an experiment, this is the variable being measured.
What is a dependent variable?
Leyla is behind a really slow driver and assumes that the person is old. This is an example of which type of heuristic?
What is representative heuristic?
The followers of this movement considered behavioralism and psychoanalytic theories to be dehumanizing. They believed humans were inherently good and should, therefore, play an active role in determining their own behavior. These new theorists believed that free will, emotions, and a subjective view of their experiences were important in this movement.
What is Humanism?
If you had a visual deficit, this part of your brain would most likely be affected.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
This type of consequence strengthens a behavior by reducing something negative.
What is Negative reinforcement?
This type of research can reveal a causal relationship.
Whaty is experimental research?
This is the biological, chemical, and physical capacity for the brain to reorganize its structure and function. It can be the result of learning, experience and memory formation. It can also happen after damage to the brain.
What is Neuroplasticity or plasticity?