A period early in life when exposure to certain stimuli or experience is needed for proper development
What is Critical Period
100
Until recently; sweet, sour, salty, and bitter were thought to be the basic taste sensations. What is the fifth and newest taste sensation
What is Umamai
100
Schachter and singer’s theory that to experience emotion we must 1) be physically aroused and 2) cognitively label that arousal
Two-factor Theory
100
Which psychologist worked on intelligence testing
Who is Alfred Binet
100
Schizophrenia symptoms can include several symptoms. Name up to five
What is
Delusions,
Flat affect
hallucinations
False perceptions
False beliefs
(If students identify others not on this list, and they are a symptom, award (points)
200
Branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
What is Developmental Psychology
200
The point of central focus in the eye is..
What is Fovea
200
the point at which your “weight thermostat” is supposedly set. When your body falls below this weight, increased hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may combine to restore lost weight.
What is Set Point
200
Which term best describes a negative appraisal to a stressor?
What is Threat
200
A physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued.
What is Physical dependence
300
the “little brain” at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordination movement output and balance
What is Cerebellum
300
the minimum difference between 2 stimuli required for detection 50% of the time
What is Difference threshold
300
A response of the whole organism, involving, 1) bodily arousal, 2) expressive behaviors and 3) conscious experience
What is Emotion
300
“In uncertain times, I usually expect the best” this stamen best describes a(n)
What is Optimist
300
an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action.
What is Prejudice
400
Examines assumptions uncover hidden values weighs evidence and tests conclusions.
What is Critical Thinking
400
a type of learning in which a behavior is strengthened of followed by a reinforce or diminished if followed by a punisher
What is Operant conditioning
400
simple thinking strategies that often allow us to make judgments and solve problem efficiently; usually speedier but also more error prone than algorithms.
What is Heuristics
400
Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three stages—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
What is general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
400
the therapy that teaches more adaptive ways of thinking based on assumption that thoughts intervene between events and emotional reactions
What is Cognitive therapy
500
A descriptive techniques of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to change or control the situation
What is naturalistic observation
500
What is the process called that gets information into the brain
What is Encoding
500
mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating
What is Cognition
500
the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes combine to affect our immune system and health
What is psychoneuroimmunology
500
behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization and virtual reality exposure therapy, that treat anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actual situations) to the things they fear and avoid