Cognitive
Storage capacity of STM.
7+-2 (or 5-9 units).
The 3 components of emotion include physiological response, subjective behaviour, and what?
Expressive behaviour.
Which lobe of the brain processes visual information.
The Occipital Lobe.
The complex interaction between an individual's biology, psychology, and social environment.
Biopsychosocial Model.
Process which allows information to transfer from sensory memory to short-term memory.
Paying attention.
The organisation of items into related groups during recall.
Clustering.
Physiological arousal associated with emotion occurs within what?
The Autonomic Nervous System.
The two components of the Central Nervous System are the brain and...
Spinal Cord.
Ethical consideration which states that participants cannot be forced to take part in an experiment or treatment.
Voluntary Participation.
What term defines the reaction one has to an event or situation.
Emotion.
When information is recovered from memory into conscious awareness.
Retrieval.
The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion argues that physiological changes and ___________ occur simultaneously, causing the experience of emotion.
Subjective feelings.
The role of the Parasympathetic Nervous System is to...
To counterbalance the actions of the sympathetic nervous system – restoring the body back to calm after a period of arousal.
The extent to which the results obtained from a research study are consistent, dependable and stable.
Reliability.
Items at the beginning of a list are the most likely to be recalled.
Primacy Effect.
Memory system that stores information for 1/3 of a second.
Iconic memory.
What part of the limbic system determines what the fight or flight response responds to?
The amygdala.
Which part of the neuron sends messages to neighboring neurons.
Axon Terminal.
Provides a standard or baseline against which the performance of the experimental group can be compared to in order to determine whether the IV caused a change in the DV.
Control Group.
Uses x-rays to measure the brain strcuture.
CAT Scan
German psychologist widely regarded as the first person to scientifically study forgetting.
Herman Ebbinghaus.
What theory of emotion argues that emotional experience relies on the cognitive interpretation of autonomic arousal?
Schachter-Singer's Two-Factor Theory.
The prejudice against or discrimination of a particular individual or group, based on particular characteristics.
Stigma.
Involves selecting participants who are readily available without any attempt to make the same representative from a population.
Convenience Sampling.
A psychological intervention for mental health conditions.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).