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This perspective focuses on unconscious drives and childhood experiences.
What is psychoanalysis or the psychodynamic perspective?
This process involves converting sensory input into a form that can be stored in memory.
What is encoding?
This physiologist's experiments with dogs led to the discovery of classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This phenomenon explains why a larger number of bystanders can decrease the likelihood of someone helping in an emergency.
What is diffusion of responsibility?
This disorder is characterized by alternating periods of extreme euphoria and profound sadness.
What is Bipolar disorder?
This type of study involves watching and recording behavior in a natural setting without intervention.
What is naturalistic observation?
This term refers to the ability to recall information after a long period.
What is retrieval?
This type of reinforcement schedule leads to the fastest extinction of learned responses.
What is continuous reinforcement?
This type of test, like the Rorschach inkblot test, asks participants to interpret ambiguous stimuli.
What are projective tests?
This disorder involves persistent repetitive thoughts that cannot be controlled.
What are Obsessions?
This neurotransmitter is likely involved in memory problems.
What is acetylcholine?
This cognitive milestone, typically achieved last, involves the ability to think about abstract concepts and possibilities.
What is hypothetical thinking?
In this stage of language development, children use simple two-word combinations.
What is the Telegraphic Speech Stage?
This law explores the relationship between stress levels and performance.
What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law?
A person with this disorder might be superficially charming, skilled at exploiting others, impulsive, and disregarding of social norms.
What is Antisocial personality disorder?
This lobe of the brain is responsible for activating muscles to move
What is the frontal lobe?
The phenomenon where exposure to a stimulus influences response to a later stimulus is called:
What is priming?
This term refers to the increase in behavior due to the removal of an aversive stimulus.
What is negative reinforcement?
This concept, developed by Hans Selye, describes the body's response to stress over time.
What is the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
This type of therapy for alcoholism involves inducing nausea after alcohol consumption.
What is Aversion therapy?
Activation of this system results in a decrease in heart rate.
What is the Parasympathetic nervous system?
This common barrier in problem-solving refers to the inability to perceive a new use for an object
What is functional fixedness?
This phenomenon occurs when a previously extinguished conditioned response reappears after a period of time without further conditioning.
What is spontaneous recovery?
This defense mechanism is illustrated when a college student has a temper tantrum after failing an exam.
What is Regression?
This humanistic approach emphasizes self-actualization and personal growth.
What is client-centered therapy?