What is a phobia? (Bonus point, what determines fear as a phobia?)
An irrational or intense fear of an object, situation, (anything) that possesses little or no actual danger.
Bonus point - It's the degree to which a person is affected that determines whether that fear has become a phobia.
What was at the bottom of the pyramid? (Bonus points, list the needs.)
Physiological needs.
Bonus point - Air, water, food, rest, and health.
When did the Salem Witch Trials start? (Bonus point - Full date)
1600
Bonus point - February 1692 to May 1693.
Describe/what is memory? (Bonus point - When is it important to have your memory?)
The ability to retain information, store it, and bring it back up when you need it.
Bonus point - When your a witness for something like a crime, or exams.
Frontal cortex function? (Bonus point -name all of the parts of the brain?)
Emotional production, speech, motor and behavioural control, planning and reasoning.
Bonus point - Frontal love, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, cerebellum, temporal lobe.
What is Arachnophobia?
Who created this hierarchy of needs?
Abraham Maslow.
She was the first person executed for witchcraft during the trials.
A vivid memory that's emotionally charged is called what?
Flashbulb memory.
What is the function of lobus temporalis?
Processes sounds, understand language, memory, recognises complex objects.
Most common treatments for phobias?
1. Cognitive Behaviour therapy (CBT)
2. Medication
Explain Self-Actualisaton?
The realisation of personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences. A strong desire "to become everything one is capable of becoming. Many do not reach this state of mind.
How many deaths occurred during the witch trials?
Around 25 deaths.
Long term memory?
Long term memory is information that you subconsciously store.
what is the function of the lobus parietalis?
Processes temperature, processes your body's position in the world, processes pain and touch.
Arachibutyrophobiais the fear of what?
The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
List all of the tiers of the hierarchy, bottom to top?
Physiological Needs, Safety needs, Love and Belonging, Esteem, Self-Actualisation.
Describe Mass Hysteria?
A group of more than one person with uncontrollable and inexplicable fear, giggles, and sweats.
What is the difference between short term memory and sensory memory?
Short term memories that you think about in the moment that lasts for maybe 30 seconds. Sensory memory is the most brief stage of memory, holds for a moment what you hear, feel, smell, taste, and touch.
What is the function of the cerebellum?
Balance, posture, coordination, movement.
What day did we start our phobia work?
25th of March.
What is the reason Maslow created the hierarchy?
To explain human motivation. And to understand our actions that are motivated in order to achieve certain needs.
What was Reverend George Burroughs accused of?
Noit only being a witch but the leader of the witches. He was the "conjurer".
What are the three steps to recall a memory? (Must describe what the stages do)
1. Encode, info put into memory in a usable way.
2. Storage, accessible for later use.
3. Retrieval, memories pulled out of storage.
What is the function of the occipital cortex?
Processes movement of objects, processes colour, recognises shapes of objects.