Social Psych
A student studies harder when others are watching because they feel more energized. What concept explains this?
Social Facilitation
You remember how to ride a bike even after years without practice. What type of memory is this?
Procedural
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals from other neurons.
Dendrites
A child learns to associate a bell with food and begins salivating at the sound. What type of learning is this?
Classical Conditioning
A person experiences persistent sadness, loss of interest, and low energy. What disorder might this indicate?
Major Depressive Disorder
After seeing classmates ignore a fallen student, you also walk by without helping. What phenomenon is this?
Bystander Effect
A student studies for hours but struggles to recall information during a test due to anxiety. What is this called?
Retrieval Failure
A person’s heart rate and breathing speed up during a stressful situation. Which nervous system is activated?
Sympathetic Nervous System
A student studies more after receiving praise from a teacher. What type of reinforcement is this?
Positive Reinforcement
A person has recurring, unwanted thoughts and feels compelled to perform rituals. What disorder is this?
OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
You believe someone cut you off in traffic because they are a rude person, not because they’re late to the hospital. What error are you making?
Fundamental Attribution Error
After learning the meaning of a word, you continue to use it correctly months later. Which type of encoding helped most?
Semantic Encoding
Damage to this brain area would most likely affect balance and coordination.
Cerebellum
A child watches a sibling get punished for misbehavior and avoids doing the same thing. What concept explains this?
Observational Learning
A person has inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, and risky behavior for several days. What disorder are they experiencing?
Bipolar 1
A student agrees privately with a group’s wrong answer on a test question to avoid standing out. What type of social influence is this?
Normative Social Influence
A student solves a problem by trying multiple solutions until one works. What strategy are they using?
Divergent
A patient cannot form new long-term memories after a brain injury. Which structure is most likely damaged?
Hippocampus
A baby looks longer at a new stimulus than a familiar one. What research method is being used?
Habituation
In a study, participants give what they think are painful shocks to others because an authority figure tells them to. What classic study does this describe?
Milgram Obedience
After learning Spanish, a student struggles to remember previously learned French vocabulary. What type of interference is this?
Retroactive interference
A drug increases dopamine levels, leading to intense pleasure and addiction risk. What is this?
Agonist
A child can understand conservation but struggles with abstract logic. According to Jean Piaget, what stage are they in?
Concrete Operational Stage