Intro to Psychology
The word “psychology” comes from Latin for the “study of the what?
What is soul?
These fire in your brain when performing certain actions or when observing someone else doing so.
What are mirror neurons?
This is our awareness of ourselves and our environment
What is Consciousness?
These are defined as deviant, distressful, dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.
What are psychological disorders?
What is the first step of the scientific method?
What is a question?
Today psychology is defined as “the science of _____________ and ___________________.”
⚡DOUBLE JEOPARDY⚡
What brain structure is in charge of memory consolidation and emotion?
What is the amygdala?
The need or desire to do something is referred to as what?
What is motivation?
Persisitent or irrational fears of specific objects, activities, or situations are characterized as what?
What are phobias?
Sound “loudness” is measured in the unit of what?
What are decibels?
Psychology is an __________________ science.
What is integrative?
What neurotransmitter affects your mood, hunger and sleep?
What is serotonin?
Your short term stored memory is now more commonly known as what?
What is working memory?
How long must symptoms last for to diagnose Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
What is 6 months?
What is the Circadian Rhythm?
What are the 3 early 'schools of thought' in psychology?
What are structuralism, functionalism and psychoanalysis.
The five taste sensations are what?
What are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami?
This is the way which our senses, like vision, hearing and smell receive and relay outside information and this is the way our brains organize and interpret that information.
You need both words in correct order to get the points.
Dissociative Identity Disorder is when a person exhibits more than one what?
What is personality?
⚡DOUBLE JEOPARDY⚡
This is a slow chemical communication system in the body, a set of glands that secretes hormones into the bloodstream.
What is the endochrine system?
Psychodynamic theories focused on the importance of ___________________________________ in shaping the unconscious and how that process affects our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and personality.
What are early experiences?
Monocular Cues, Retinal Disparity, Binocular Cues are all factors that help determine what?
What is depth perception?
This is defined as the process by which we perceived and respond to certain events that we view as challenging or threatening.
What is stress?
Antisocial Personality Disorder is also known as psychopathy or sociopathy; it’s defined as a personality disorder in which a person exhibits what even toward friends and family members?
What is a lack of conscience for wrongdoing?
The scientific community theorizes that the purpose of sleep includes the following three reasons:
a. Recuperation
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
What are growth and mental function?