Development
The cognitive limitation of preoperational thinkers to view the world through their own experiences
What is egocentrism?
Brain area used to process situations involving uncertainty
What is amygdala?
Attention allows only the most important information through to the brain
What is attention filter theory?
Situations that mask personality expression because they demand everyone acts similarly
What are strong situations?
Stage of sleep with bizarre and highly emotional dreams
What is REM?
Our ability to recognize that others have mental states that might explain their behavior
What is theory of mind?
The type of motivation that produces the highest quantity of work
What is extrinsic motivation?
Stage of sleep where your awareness of external stimulation decrease
What is Stage 2?
Theory that our environment, person factors, and our behavior interact to influence personality
What is Bandura's reciprocal determinism theory?
Exposure to a stimulus facilitates responses to a subsequent stimulus without the person being aware of the connection
What is priming?
A child's reaction during the strange-situation test if they are securely attached to their parent
What is crying and looking around the room in distress?
Theory of emotion that states a physiological reaction (trembling) causes an emotional reaction (fear)
What is James-Lange?
Personality traits associated with behavioral, cognitive, or emotional response tendencies are referred to as
What are dispositions?
Extraverts are more likely to approach new situations because they are more sensitive to rewards
What is reinforcement sensitivity theory?
A man is asking you for directions when a large, framed picture is moved between the two of you. You do not notice that he has been swapped with another man
What is change blindness?
Erikson's final stage of psychosocial development
What is old age?
Emotion is experienced through physiological arousal followed by cognitive interpretation
Person who proposed that unconditional positive regard helps develop healthy personalities
Who is Carl Rogers?
Personality assessment methods that look at how people vary on common characteristics
Your subjective, conscious experiences of a color you don't like or a food you enjoy
What is qualia?
The correct ordering of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
What is sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational?
Physiological responses and emotional experiences happen independently and at about the same time
What is Cannon-Bard theory?
All people share these three core values: competence, relatedness to others, and autonomy
What is self-determination theory?
Relationship between infant temperament and adult personality
What is predictive?
Sam is completely immersed in their favorite video game, to the extent that they lose track of time and miss dinner
What is flow?