Social Psych
Developmental
Begins with C
Clinical Psych
Begins with P
100
The first studies in social psychology were about this effect…whereby the presence of an audience improves performance
What is SOCIAL FACILITATION
100
One of the key elements of Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development was this idea – abbreviated ZPD – that kids develop fastest when they are given problems that they can solve with some assistance by others
What are ZONES of PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT
100
This is the famous bundle of fibers connecting your two hemispheres
What is the CORPUS CALLOSUM
100
Although it sounds like they stay away from others, this disorder involves the exploitation of others, not avoidance of them
What is ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY
100
The breakdown of the dopamine-producing centers in the substantia nigra is largely responsible for this neurocognitive disorder
What is PARKINSON'S
200
You have this ‘calamitous’ situation when people – serving their individual interests – deplete a resource that everyone relies on
What is a TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
200
•The device shown here was used to test infant depth perception
What is the VISUAL CLIFF
200
This vision problem is mostly a function of aging and involves clouding of the lens
What are CATARACTS
200
They are the two most distinctive POSITIVE symptoms of schizophrenia
What are DELUSIONS and HALLUCINATIONS
200
This is the name for your sense of where your body is as well as its movement - a sense that is located within muscles, tendons and joints
What is PROPRIOCEPTION
300
Make no ‘mistake’ – we are probably going to label Jim’s habitual tardiness to being lazy, not to his having an unreliable vehicle, because of this common cognitive bias
What is the FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
300
Piaget used this term in reference to changing schemas in the face of new information; it also refers to the role of the lens in vision
What is ACCOMMODATION
300
One of the dominant forms of humanistic therapy is this one; also called Rogerian in honor of its creator, it stresses the importance of unconditional positive regard
What are CLIENT CENTERED
300
Functional analysis, token economies, in vivo exposure, and ABA are all rooted in this broad approach to psychotherapy
What is BEHAVIORAL
300
If, when you think of birds, you immediately picture a pigeon, then pigeons are serving as THIS for your mental category for birds
What is a PROTOTYPE
400
The main independent variable in a famous helping study at Princeton Theological Seminary was time pressure…the irony is that the seminarians who failed to help were in a hurry to talk about what story?
What is the PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN
400
On a visit to the zoo, while touring the reptiles section, Ben’s mothers says that the cobras are very poisonous; although he’s never heard that word before, clever Ben uses this to infer that cobras are snakes
What is FAST MAPPING
400
One major limitation in the concrete operational period of Piaget’s theory is this tendency to focus on just one aspect of any perceptual stimulus
What is CENTRATION
400
Formally classified as an anxiety disorder, this condition often mimics the symptoms of a heart attack in its victims
What is PANIC DISORDER
400
If old information, such as the name of an object in your native language, makes it harder to remember new information, such as the name of that object in the language you’re trying to learn, we would say the old information was producing this type of interference
What is PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
500
You might have a ‘meh’ reaction to a product the first time you see it, but after being hit with 500 TV ads for it, you’ll warm up to it because of this effect
What is the MERE EXPOSURE EFFECT
500
This term is used to identify the basic sounds of a spoken language…some of them have meaning by themselves but most do not
What are PHONEMES
500
Because of this memory phenomenon, you’re better off being tested in this room, where (hopefully) you stored a lot of the information into LTM stores
What is CONTEXT DEPENDENT RECALL
500
MAO inhibitors are in THIS class of psychotropics; they reduce levels an enzyme that breaks down serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine
What are ANTIDEPRESSANTS
500
This term refers to the well documented tendencies for humans to be biologically predisposed to associate certain objects (e.g., snakes) more quickly with fear responses than others (e.g., automobiles)
What is PREPAREDNESS