Perspectives
This perspective argues that every person has the potential to become self-actualized.
What is humanistic?
The time shortly after a neuron fires and before it fires again.
What is the refractory period?
John walks into art class and is overwhelmed by the smell of paint. However, the longer he stays in the room, the less noticeable the smell becomes because of this phenomenon.
What is sensory adaptation?
Eleanor is interested in measuring how personalities differ. She statistically analyzes responses to personality surveys to determine what aspects of personality can best explain how people differ. This is the best theory of personality to explain Eleanor’s work.
What is trait theories?
The pituitary gland is controlled by this.
Charlie believes anorexia nervosa is the direct result of the emphasis put on thinness in movies, television, and advertisements. This perspective is most consistent with Charlie’s viewpoint.
What is sociocultural?
A person having difficulty with speech production may have damage to this location in the brain.
What is Broca's area?
This is the name for the change in the curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances.
What is accommodation?
Colleen likes to have others do things for her and is quick to criticize other people for being dependent and lazy. This demonstrates this defense mechanism.
What is projection?
A scientist electrically stimulates an area of a rat's brain, and the rat becomes aggressive. They likely stimulated this area.
What is the amygdala?
This approach to treating psychological disorders includes free association and dream analysis
What is psychodynamic?
Johanna, a high school senior, starts experiencing disruptions in her movement when she cannot contract certain muscles. This neurotransmitter may be involved in her difficulties.
Balance is influenced by this structure in your ears.
What are the semicircular canals?
Georgi believes she is capable of playing extremely well in the volleyball game scheduled for tonight. Albert Bandura would most likely say that Georgi’s expectations for this task reveal that she is exhibiting high levels of this.
What is self-efficacy?
Markum reads online articles to assess the advantages and disadvantages of several universities and uses this information to decide where to attend. Markum is primarily using this brain region as he decides which university to attend.
What is the frontal lobe?
Stressful situations are often explained differently by different individuals. An impending deadline at work may motivate one employee, while that same deadline would create debilitating stress for another employee.
This perspective supports the view that stress is related to how people believe the stressor impacts their daily life.
What is cognitive?
During practice for a gymnastics competition, Tessa sprains her ankle, resulting in pain and some swelling in her ankle. This neurotransmitter enhances her pain perception.
What is Substance P?
These are the two theories that explain how we see color.
What are opponent-process theory and trichromatic theory?
Dave feels guilty after eating three slices of chocolate cake. However, he tells himself not to worry because he ate a very light lunch earlier in the day. Dave is relying on this defense mechanism.
What is rationalization?
This brain structure relays most sensory signals to the cerebral cortex.
What is the thalamus?
Jim decides to seek treatment for his alcoholism that involves taking a medication that causes nausea when paired with alcohol. Jim's treatment is best aligned with this perspective.
What is behavioral?
Rudy has chronic trouble staying awake in class. This part of the brain is most likely responsible for Rudy’s drowsiness.
What is the reticular formation?
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What is Weber's Law?
Paris tends to view personality as fairly stable and therefore her personality is more stable, whereas Lane tends to view personality as fairly changeable and therefore her personality is more changeable. These differences in attitudes and personality are most consistent with this set of personality theories.
What are social-cognitive theories of personality?
As Shericka starts to run, her heart and breathing rates increase. This brain structure is regulating her heartrate and breathing (be specific).
What is the medulla? (Half credit: brain stem)