Leave-In Conditioner
Type of conditioning: my mouth waters when I see the Taco Bell sign
What is classical conditioning?
Emotional distress seen in infants when they are away from someone they have formed an attachment to
What is separation anxiety?
The three stages of general adaptation syndrome (in order)
What is alarm, resistance, and exhaustion?
Elmo has very high self-esteem, refers to himself in third person, and believes the world revolves around him (disorder)
What is narcissistic PD?
If you see Mr. Heidegger trip over a backpack in the classroom and immediately determine that he's clumsy, you have fallen victim to this
What is the fundamental attribution error?
Giving your puppy a treat to lay down, then to roll on his back, then to roll to back to his stomach, and then only when he fully rolls over
What is shaping?
Which parenting style: When Thomas broke a lamp after roughhousing with his friends, his parents sat him down and sternly explained why he was in trouble and why he cannot play like that in the living room
What is an authoritative parenting style?
The decision-making component of personality that seeks to delay gratification of urges until appropriate
What is the ego?
Interpretation is to psychoanalysis as clarification is to _____________
What is client-centered therapy?
(AKA person-centered therapy)
The most important factor contributing to the bystander effect
What is diffusion of responsibility?
Removing something unpleasant to encourage behavior (EX: replacing the batteries in the smoke detector to eliminate the obnoxiously loud beeping)
What is negative reinforcement?
How we know that adding "-ed" makes a word past tense
What is semantics?
"I feel nervous because my palms are sweaty." (theory)
What is James-Lange theory?
The neurotransmitter believed to play a role in various anxiety disorders
What is GABA? (gamma-aminobutyric acid)
A chemical released during the fight or flight stage of stress.
What is Epinephrine?
Explains why after being conditioned to fear a white rat, Little Albert was also fearful of other white, furry objects
What is stimulus generalization?
This stage of cognitive development features the contemplation of concepts such as justice, love, and free will
What is formal operational?
A student who doesn't trust Mr. Trust instead believes Mr. Trust doesn't trust him (defense mech)
What is projection?
Type A personalities are linked to this health condition
What is coronary heart disease?
Hunger is controlled by what part of the brain?
What is hypothalamus?
The schedule of reinforcement that is the most resistant to extinction
What is a variable-interval (VI) schedule?
Children who are competent outside of a nurturing home environment have mastered this stage (crisis) of psychosocial development
What is industry vs. inferiority?
This notion suggests that as a task gets more complex, the optimal level of arousal (for peak performance) decreases
What is Yerkes-Dodson Law OR the inverted-U hypothesis?
To overcome your fear of snakes, your therapist locks you in a room with a snake and won't let you out until you pet it
What is exposure therap?
Your initial evaluation of whether a situation is irrelevant to you, relevant but nonthreatening, or stressful.
What is primary appraisal?