unit 1
What part of the brain is associated with emotion?
when you focus on one conversation at a loud party while ignoring other voices, this is called
what is Selective Attention
The perception that we control our own fate is also called what?
Internal Locus of Control
what is the body's tendency to maintain a constant internal state?
what is Homeostasis
Abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with?
What is depression
What stage of the sleep cycle does a person go into their deepest sleep?
What is NREM-3 sleep
According to Howard Gardner, a person who is especially skilled at understanding and interacting with other people would have high?
what is Interpersonal Intellegence
Watching the night sky for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on a what schedule?
what is variable-interval
what is a drive
The Placebo effects refers to?
The beneficial consequences of merely expecting that a treatment will be effective
Where in the brain are the Brocas' and Wernickies area located in the brain. DAILY DOUBLE, in order to recieve double point you need to say what both of those areas are for, their purposes.
What is Temporal Lobe, Wernickes area is for language comprehension, Brocas area is Language Production
While reading a novel at a rate of nearly 500 words per minute, Megan effortlessly understands almost every word. This ability highlights the importance of what?
What is Automatic Processing
Any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response is called a(n)
Coping with anxiety by retreating to behaviors of an earlier, more infantile stage of development is called
what is Regression
One positive symptom of schizophrenia is?
What are Hallucinations
Cutting the Corpus Colosseum is known as what and why would it be done? (both need to be answered for points to be given)
What is Split Brain, What is for epilepsy
A painter who wants to show that one figure is closer to the viewer than another, partially blocked, figure standing slightly behind it is using what principle?
Little Albert was condtioned by John B. Watson to fear furry white rats. After conditioning, Albert also showed fear to rabbits, dogs, and fur coats. This best illustrates?
What is Generalization
Hunger controls are located within the brains?
what is the hypothalamus
In which disorder do people alternate between states of lethargic hopelessness and over excitement?
The oldest part of the Brain is the brain stem, Name 3 parts of the Brain stem.
What are the Thalamus, Spinal cord, Pons, Midbrain, Medulla are all acceptable answers
After taking the same IQ test as their grandparents did, younger participants' scores were higher then their grandparents, This illustrates what?
A child correctly completes conservation tasks but struggles with abstract hypotheticals. According to Jean Piaget, the child is most likely in the
what is Concrete Operational stage
A psychologist finds that people high in extroversion and low in neuroticism report greater long-term happiness. Which theory best explains this result?
What is Trait Theory
This behavioral therapy technique, often used to treat specific phobias, relies on the principle of counter-conditioning by paring a progressive relaxation technique with a graduated hierarchy of anxiety-inducing stimuli. However, it is fundamentally distinguished from flooding by its gradual approach and its reliance on the biological impossibility of experiencing relaxation and anxiety simultaneously.
What is Systematic Desensitization