Brain Structure
Individual nerve cells that make up the nervous system
What are neurons?
First developmental stage according to Piaget
What is sensorimotor?
Psychologist associated with classical conditioning
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Part of the brain where emotions are stored.
What is the amygdala?
Most common way to study personality.
What is trait theory?
Neuron fibers that receive messages from other neurons
What are dendrites?
Stage according to Erickson that occurs during adolescence (ages 12-18)
What is identity vs. role confusion?
Form of learning that involves reinforcement
What is operant conditioning?
Part of the brain that regulates biological motives like hunger, thirst, etc.
What is the hypothalamus?
4 theories on personality.
What are trait, psychodynamic, humanistic, and behavioral?
The production of new brain cells
What is neurogenesis?
Babies who have mixed emotions when their caregiver leaves the room and then returns.
What are anxious (or insecure) attachments?
What is starts as a neutral stimulus then becomes a conditioned stimulus?
Growth need according to Maslow
What is self-actualization?
Type of test that asks a person to describe ambiguous stimuli.
What is a projective test?
An MRI technique that records brain activity
What is fMRI?
The mastery of conservation occurs during this developmental stage of Piaget
What is concrete operational?
Any event that reliably increases the probability or frequency of responses it follows
What is a reinforcer?
Number of basic emotions according to Robert Plutchik.
What is 8?
More superficial personal qualities such as food preferences, attitudes, political opinions, etc are called this.
What are secondary traits?
Carries messages to an from the sense organs and skeletal muscles.
What is the somatic nervous system?
Psychologist who first studied attachment theory
Who is John Bowlby?
Reducing fear or anxiety by repeatedly exposing a person to emotional stimuli while the person is deeply relaxed
What is systematic desensitization?
Three signs your sympathetic nervous system is engaged. (fight or flight response)
What are dilated pupils, perspiration, constricted blood vessels, decrease digestion, release blood sugar in liver for quick energy, heart rate increases?
A state that exists when there is a discrepancy between one's experiences and self-image or between one's self image and ideal self.
what is incongruence?