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100
A brain structure that is fundamental to spatial memory
Hippocampus
100
The inability to see other uses for an object outside of their original intention. ( A hammer can only be used to drive nails)
Functional Fixedness
100
Potential harmful substances that can affect fetal development during pregnancy
Teratogens
100
The tendency for individuals to like things that they are familiar with or have been exposed to.
Mere Exposure Effect
100
Overproduction of dopamine is commonly associated with which psychological disorder
Schizophrenia
200
The sleep stage that helps the most in rest and recovery, if deprived of this type of sleep you will enter into it immediately when you sleep to next to speed up recovery.
REM Sleep
200
The idea that the average intelligence of the population has increased steadily over time.
Flynn Effect
200
This form of intelligence declines in age over time.
Fluid Intelligence
200
When working in a group project, individuals will perform less tasks because they believe someone else will do it.
Social Loafing
200
One of the key elements of positive psychology that shapes individuals ability to have positive subjective experiences
Resiliency
300
This neurotransmitter acts as the bodies natural pain killers.
Endorphins
300
The tendency to remember what comes first and last in a sequence but struggle with memory of the middle.
Serial Position Effect
300
The most common grammar mistake toddlers make where grammar rules are used incorrectly. Example (I am going to played tomorrow.)
Overgeneralization
300
Taylor Swift is the greatest artist of all time! She is really the nicest person ever!
Halo Effect
300
Three Stages of Stress Response is known as?
1.Fight of Flight
2.Resistance Phase
3.Exhaustion Phase
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
400
An individual whose genetic traits make them vulnerable to developing certain psychological traits or disorders.
Genetic predisposition
400
When taking the AP Exam, you remember a specific lesson that we did in the front corner of the room. Looking at the front corner allowed you to pull the memory out of long term storage.
Context Dependent Memory
400
After a neutral stimulus no longer creates the conditioned response, this has taken place.
Extinction
400
This Big Five Personality Trait demonstrates someone's ability to work with others and collaborate.
Agreeableness
400
An individual with arachnophobia might be prescribed this therapeutic approach to help them. (NO MEDICATIONS)
Systematic Desensitization
500
The sensation that individuals have that help maintain balance and is controlled by a small tube located in the inner ear.
Vestibular Sense
500
The biological approach to understanding memory which argues memory is constructed by strengthening neural pathways.
Long Term Potentiation
500
As children enter middle school, they begin to determine and feel whether they fit into the social dynamics of school and society.
Industry v. Inferiority
500
Yerkes Dodson Law
500
This model emphasizes that genetic predisposition and environmental factors influence the likelihood of developing a psychological disorder.
Diathesis Stress Model