Social Psychology
The study of how we influence and relate to one another
What is Social Psychology?
A book that describes disorders, predicts their future, imply appropriate treatment, and stimulates research into causes by forming an aggregate tool for the amalgamation of psychological disorders
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
A group exposed to a treatment
What is Experimental Group?
System that sends hormone based responses slowly through the bloodstream
What is the Endocrine System?
The recognition of things from different angles and colors
What is Perceptual Constancy?
An unjustifiable/negative attitude towards a group of people
What is Predjudice?
The continuous and inexplicable feeling of tension or unease for 6+ months
What is General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
A testable prediction
What is Hypothesis?
Deepest stage of sleep
What is Non REM 3?
5 types of taste
What is umami, sweet, sour, bitter, salty?
The tendency of people who have first agreed to a small request to comply with a larger request
What is Foot in the Door tendency?
An individual troubled by repetition or compulsive thoughts; intrusive thoughts dictate day to day actions
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Questionnaire that self-reports the anonymous behaviors and characteristics of a certain group
What is Surveys?
Fight or flight response
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
6th sense
What is Kinesthesia?
The tendency of people to agree to a request after first receiving an outrageous request
What is Door in the Face tendency?
Alternating between a depressed and hyper active, wildly-optimistic state. Burnout often occurs
What is Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder)?
The probability that random chance effected the outcome of an experiment
What is P-Value?
Part of the neuron that receives neurochemicals
What is Dendrites?
Constructs perceptions that draw from our own experiences and expectations - not just the object or stimulation itself
What is Top-Down Processing?
Experiment that revealed a person is far more likely to be obedient than they perceived themselves to be when instructed by an authority figure
What is the Milgram Obedience Experiment?
The five subtypes of Schizophrenia
What is catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, residual, and undifferentiated?
Institution that determines the ethics and procedures, and requires compliance from any prospective experimenters
What is the American Psychological Association?
Part of the brain responsible for forming memories
What is the Hippocampus?
Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation
What is Sensory Adaptation?