Biological Bases of Behavior
This part of the neuron transmits messages to other neurons.
What is the axon?
The mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
What is perception?
This psychologist proposed stages of cognitive development, including the sensorimotor stage.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This experiment by Milgram explored obedience to authority figures.
What is the Milgram shock experiment?
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and a lack of interest in activities.
What is major depressive disorder?
The division of the nervous system responsible for the fight-or-flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This problem-solving shortcut can sometimes lead to errors.
What is a heuristic?
This type of learning occurs by observing and imitating others.
What is social learning or observational learning?
This term describes the tendency to attribute others' actions to their personality rather than the situation.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
This therapeutic technique focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy?
Damage to this brain area can lead to difficulty understanding language.
What is Wernicke’s area?
This model of memory includes sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.
What is the multi-store model?
This form of memory retention involves associating new information with existing knowledge.
What is elaborative rehearsal?
This defense mechanism involves redirecting emotions to a safer outlet.
What is displacement?
This stress hormone is released during the fight-or-flight response.
What is cortisol?
These neurotransmitters act as natural painkillers in the brain.
What are endorphins?
This effect predicts better memory for the first and last items in a list.
What is the serial position effect?
This attachment style is characterized by trust and comfort in relationships.
What is secure attachment?
This is the part of the personality that operates on the pleasure principle, according to Freud.
What is the id?
This anxiety disorder involves persistent and excessive worry about multiple topics.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This imaging technique tracks blood flow in the brain to show activity.
What is fMRI?
This type of thinking generates multiple possible solutions to a problem.
What is divergent thinking?
In classical conditioning, this is the response elicited by the conditioned stimulus.
What is the conditioned response?
The theory that we reduce discomfort by aligning our attitudes with our actions.
What is cognitive dissonance theory?
This disorder includes episodes of manic highs and depressive lows.
What is bipolar disorder?