Biological Bases of Behavior
This neurotransmitter, under supply of which is linked to depression, is increased by SSRI’s.
What is serotonin?
This threshold term describes the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.
What is the absolute threshold?
In classical conditioning, this term describes a previously neutral stimulus that, after association, triggers a conditioned response.
What is the conditioned stimulus?
This reseacher’s study of attachment in monkeys demonstrated the importance of caregiving and companionship.
Who is Harry Harlow?
This anxiety disorder is characterized by sudden, intense episodes of dread, often with chest pain and choking sensations.
What is a panic disorder?
These cells in the nervous system support neurons by providing insulation and nutrients/
What are glial cells?
This phenomenon cause us to perceive a stationary object surrounded by moving objects as moving ourselves.
What is the motion after effect?
This schedule of reinforcement delivers rewards after an unpredictable number of responses.
What is a variable-ration schedule?
According to Erikson, adolescents face this psychosocial “crisis,” involving identity vs. role confusion.
What is identity formation?
Disorders are classified by this overarching system of categories and diagnostic criteria.
What is the multiaxial classification system?
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals from other neurons.
What is the dendrite?
The process by which our sensory receptors convert stimulus energies into neural impulses is called this.
What is transduction?
This memory phenomenon describes our tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle.
What is the serial-position effect?
This reflex causes infants to turn their face toward a tough on the cheek and search for a nipple.
What is the rooting reflex?
This therapy uses systematic desensitization and exposure to help clients reduce phobic reactions.
What is behavior therapy?
The ”fight or flight” response is activated by the division of the autonomic nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This theory proposes that color perception depends on three receptor types (red, green, blue).
What is the trichromatic theory?
This type of long-term memory involves factual knowledge and personal experiences.
What is explicit memory?
This concept describes a child’s difficulty in seeing another person’s point of view.
This disorder involves alternating between periods of depression and mania.
What is bipolar disorder?
This imaging technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of brain structure.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
The organization of sensations into meaningful wholes (ex. Figure vs. Ground) is studied by this school of thought.
What is Gestalt psychology?
This stage (around ages 7-11) is when children gain the mental operations that enable logical thinking about concrete events.
What is the concrete operational stage?
This researcher identified stages of moral development, from preconventional to postconventional.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
This class of antidepressants work by blocking the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine.
What are SNRIs?