Social Psychology
What is the term for the tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors?
self-serving bias?
What part of the brain is primarily responsible for regulating emotions?
Amygdala
What is neuroplasticity?
brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life
Which psychological theory is most closely associated with projective tests?
Psychoanalytic theory
Elsa sometimes hears voices and struggles to differentiate between what is and is not real. She also sometimes has rambling or disorganized speech.
what disorder dose she have?
schizophrenia
Describe the concept of cognitive dissonance.
mental discomfort experienced when holding two or more contradictory beliefs or values
Parietal lobe does what?
receiving and processing sensory input such as touch, pressure, heat, cold, and pain.
What is the difference between sensation and perception?
sensation is the process of sensing our environment while perception is the way we interpret those sensations
When a person attributes their own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to someone else, they are using
projection
When Thumper is experiencing this, he has tons of energy and feels like nothing can hurt him. Sometimes this will lead him do problematic things, like behave recklessly. His friends are concerned he might hurt himself or others. what disorder does he have?
BIPOLAR 1
What is the Bystander Effect?
phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present
what is absolute threshold
the lowest level of energy or intensity needed for a stimulus to be detected by the human senses
if you are telling a story to your friend about what happened last night and you omite minor details, what is this called?
leveling
what are the 4 types of parenting styles
authoritarian
authoritative
permissive
uninvolved
what is the Diathesis-stress model
mental disorder develops when an individual has a predisposition(genetic) combined with exposure to stressful life events.
Explain the concept of groupthink
the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility
Nature/ Nurture- give one example of both FROM CLASS
nature- dna/ nurture-social
reimer twins
harlow monkey
where's dad
social deprivation studies
Explain the UR, US, CR, AND CS for pavlov dog experiment
US-smell of food
UR-salvation
CS:sound of bell
CR: salvation
id, ego, and superego- explain each one
id is the impulsive part of your personality that is driven by pleasure and repulsed by pain,
the superego is the judgmental and morally correct part of your personality
ego is the conscious part of your personality that mediates between the id and the superego and makes decisions.
what 3 things need to be present to have disorder
1. distressing( causes harm to self or others)
2. atypical ( goes against society)
3. maladaptive ( interferes with ability to live life in society)
what are the 4 types of research methods in psychology?
-interviews/surveys
-experiments
-case studies
-observations
what are the stages of sleep, and what happens at each one.
1- very light. sense of falling
2-body tempt and heart rate lowers
3/4-body repairs self. deep sleep
5-REM
Explain the difference between positive and negative punishment
positive add
negative take away
punishment- dont do behavior again
What are the Big Five personality traits?
openness-curious, creative
conscientiousness-organized, punctual
extraversion-outgoing
agreeableness-sensitive, trusting
neuroticism- temperamental
A- odd thinking
B- dramatic
C-anxiety