Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to a relatively permanent change in knowledge or behavior resulting from experience.
What is learning
100
A driving force that directs behavior
What is motivation
100
The production of new neurons is called ______________.
What is neurogenesis
100
Name the typical sequence of steps in psychological treatment, from first to last?
What is assessment, diagnosis, treatment
100
Psychologists define _________ as the capacity to learn from experience, solve problems, and to adapt to new situations.
What is intelligence
200
The ability to associate stimuli with responses is termed __________.
What is conditioning
200
The experience of feeling or emotion.
What is affect
200
The brain and the spinal cord constitute the _________ nervous system.
What is central
200
The therapist listens while the client talks about whatever comes to mind
What is free association
200
The pattern of scores usually observed in a variable that clusters around its average is known as a
What is bell curve
300
_________ is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that would elicit the same response naturally.
What is Classical conditioning
300
TRUE-FALSE
Marilee is so angry she could spit: She is experiencing a secondary emotion.
What is False
300
The chemicals that relay signals across the synapses between neurons are called _________.
What is neurotransmitters
300
The transfer of strong feelings about parents or authority figures to a psychoanalyst
What is transference
300
“Every time I take it, it tells me something different!” complains your friend, turning away from the online personality quiz she just completed. Your friend is complaining about the test’s __________.
What is reliability
400
June’s cat runs to the kitchen at the sound of the electric can opener, but not when a blender is used. June’s cat is demonstrating stimulus:
What is discrimination
400
Initially perceiving a threat or a stressor
What is the alarm stage of the General Adaptation model
400
The ________________________ is an insulating coat of fat and protein wrapped around an axon.
What is myelin sheath
400
Thorazine is used to treat which of the following disorders
What is Schizophrenia
400
Maggie is nervous as she begins her calculus final. She is not quite sure she can compete with the male students in her chemical engineering degree program. Maggie’s performance on the calculus test may be impaired by:
What is stereotype threat
500
Something that creates a response only after conditioning
What is conditioned stimulus (CS)
500
The primary purpose of the fight-or-flight response is to
What is prepare the body for action
500
Nicotine is an acetylcholine agonist.
TRUE or FALSE
What is True
500
Electroconvulsive therapy is which type of approach to treatment
What is a biomedical approach
500
_______’s area in the left frontal lobe is specialized for speech production