Approaches/Social
The first Psychologist
What is Wilhelm Wundt
the brain and spinal cord
what is the central nervous system
estimating the likelihood of an event based on their availability in memory
what is availability heuristic
a desire for significant accomplishment for mastery of skills or ideas
what is achievement motivation
a disorder where the person alternates between depression and a state of mania
what is bipolar disorder
is used to measure the strength of a relationship
what is correlation coefficient
drug that stops neural firing
what is antagonist
a mental image or best example of a category
what is a prototype
the body's resting rate of energy output
what is metabolic rate
fear of crowds or wide open spaces
what is agoraphobia
The study of human flourishing
What is positive psychology
connects two neurons and makes communication easier
what are interneurons
a test designed to acess what a person has learned
what is an achievement test
pyramid of needs
what is Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
drugs used to treat schizophrenia
what is antipsychotic drugs
when researchers overestimate the personality aspects but underestimates situation
what is fundamental attribution error
a network of nerve that relaxes your body after periods of stress and danger
what is parasympathetic nervous system
a statistical procedure that identified clusters of relates items on a test
what is factor analysis
a defense mechanism where someone pushes their own feelings onto someone else
what is projection
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually more stress
what is systemic desensitization
the thought that people get what they deserve because the world is just
what is Just-world phenomenon
located on the left frontal lobe, responsible for languege comprehension
what is broaca's area
the extent to which a test yields consistent results as assessed by the consistency of scores
what is reliability
giving priorities to ones goals over group goals
what is individualism
therapy that teaches people new and more adaptive ways of thinking
what is cognitive therapy