This is the name of the variable measured in a study.
What is the dependent variable?
100
This is the term used when a person shows a response to stimuli similar to the initial conditioned stimuli.
What is stimulus generalization?
100
This is the ideology that people get what they deserve.
What is the just world hypothese?
100
This is the manual used to diagnose mental illness.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual?
100
This approach to family therapy is characterized by developing a treatment plan for each family member.
What is strategic family therapy?
200
This is the term for the subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that are responsible for an increase in heart rate, breathing when faced with a fearful situation.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
200
Receiving a paycheck every 2 weeks is an example of this reinforcement schedule.
What is the fixed interval schedule?
200
This type of persuasion uses facts to convince people.
What is the central route?
200
These disorders are characterized by excessive and persistent fear.
What are anxiety disorders?
200
This therapy approach focuses on eliminating unhealthy thought processes.
What is cognitive therapy?
300
This is the brain structure that processes fear and is part of the limbic system.
What is the amygdala?
300
Ths theory was developed by Albert Bandura and believes someone can learn just be observing others.
What is social learning theory?
300
This theory looks at relationships as a tally of costs and benefits.
What is the social exchange theory?
300
This disorder is characterized by persistent thoughts/urges that lead to repetitive behaviors.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorders?
300
This therapy approach pairs unpleasant stimuli with unpleasant behavior.
What is aversive therapy?
400
This is a brain structure that is involved in creating implicit memories.
What is cerebellum?
400
Who is the theorist that established the principles of classical conditioning after his experiments with dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
400
This occurs when an individual experiences psychological discomfort when there is a conflict between their attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.
What is cognitive dissonance?
400
This disorder is characterized by major disturbance sin thought, perception and behavior.
What is Schizophrenia?
400
This is the term used when asylums were closed.
What is desinstitutionalization?
500
This nervous system involves both sensory and motor neurons.
What is the somatic nervous system?
500
This is the American psychologist credited with developing the principles of operant conditioning.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
500
This term refers to when people act according to stereotypical expectations of them.
What is self-fulfilling prophecy?
500
This model believes people with a predisposition for a disorder are more likely to develop the disorder when faced with stressful life situations.
What is Diathesis Stress model?
500
This approach to therapy involves talking about childhood experiences.