Unit 1
The neuron structures receive signals
Dendrites
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
Perception
Which psychologist is best known for the theory of cognitive development?
Jean Piaget
Theory explains the behavior of how people interpret the causes of events and others’ actions.
Attribution Theory
This manual developed by American Psychiatric Association to classify and diagnose mental disorders.
DSM-5
This division of the autonomic nervous system arouses the body in response to stress or emergency.
sympathetic nervous system
This type of memory holds information briefly in conscious awareness
short-term memory
The type of learning in which an individual forms an association between two stimuli, leading to a conditioned response.
Classical conditioning
Changing one’s behavior or beliefs to match a group is called ____ ?
Comformity
Which disorder is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking?
Schizophrenia
This brain structure helps regulate hunger, thirst, body temperature, and other homeostatic functions.
hypothalamus
The psychologist proposed that intelligence is composed of analytical, creative, and practical components.
Robert Sternberg
Increasing a behavior by adding a desirable stimulus
Positive reinforcement
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
emphasizes unconscious conflicts and early childhood experiences.
The perspective explains disorders in terms of biological, psychological, and social factors.
Biopsychosocial approach
This sleep stage is associated with vivid dreaming and heightened brain activity.
REM sleep
The type of long-term memory stores facts, concepts, and general knowledge
Semantic Memory
Which research method follows the same participants over an extended period of time?
longitudinal study
Who created the hierarchy of needs?
Abraham Maslow
Which therapy focuses on changing harmful thought patterns and maladaptive behaviors?
Cognitive behavioral therapy
This theory proposes that human color vision is based on three types of cones in the retina, each respond to different wavelengths.
trichromatic theory
What is the long-term, substantial rise in average standardized IQ scores called?
The Flynn Effect
What did the visual cliff experiment reveal?
The depth perception in infants
Theory explains that behavior is motivated by the desire to obtain rewards and incentives
Inentive Theory
a theory that suggests humans respond to stress by taking care of others (tending) and seeking social support (befriending)
Tend and befriend theory