Examples
A research participant receives a sugar pill in place of an antidepressant, and notes a boost of happiness afterward.
What is the placebo-effect
Where neurotransmitters cross
What is the synaptic gap
Sorry, but your partner breaks up with you over Thanksgiving break. When you tell your mom over dinner, you say, "it doesn't matter, I knew they weren't my person all along".
What is hindsight bias
red-green, blue-yellow, white-black
What is Opponent-process theory (OPT)
Periodic sleep spindles, aids in memory processing
What is N2 sleep
You are babysitting your little brother at the playground. He falls and yells for help, and you are able to detect your little brother's voice from the crowd of other kids playing because of this ability
What is difference threshold
When damaged, each hemisphere processes information separately
What is the corpus callosum
How you would see an object shaped like a trunk topped with leaves, and recognize it as a tree. Receiving, transforming, and delivering stimuluation, which then converts one form of energy into another.
What is transduction
Explains that REM sleep allows the brain to consolidate memories and process emotional information.
What is neurocognitive function dream theory
Understanding the concept that switching the type of glass containing the milk, doesn't mean larger volume of milk.
What is the concrete operational stage
Danny unfortunately got into a motorcycle accident while he was filming a reel...he ultimately damaged this area of his brain and is unable to recognize his family, girlfriend, or dog...
What is the temporal lobe
What is the frontal lobe
Your girlfriend/boyfriend often tries to diagnose you with ADHD and low IQ (!!!), because you forget your wallet and keys every other day, and they cannot deal with this behavior any longer.
What is armchair psychology
g, Gf, Gc
What is Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory
Erikson 's stages of psychosocial development indicates the major conflit of competence vs. inferiority occurs in this stage
What is elementary school
You need to write a psychology research paper and develop a study of your choice. The steps of scientific method you will need to outline this paper are
What is Theory, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze, Conclude
Damage to this area impairs memory consolidation, as it is critical for forming explicit memories
What is the hippocampus
Considers the interconnected factors that may lead to behaviors. Clinicians use this to diagnose people with mental disorders.
What is the biopsychosocial approach
Current perspective on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information. Asks questions like "what is the most effective way to alter a behavior, like losing weight?"
What is the cognitive perspective
What is postconventional morality
You went out last night and slept at your friends apartment, and you forgot to do your dishes in communal sink. Knowing there are always complaints about dirty dishes, you text your roommate, who is home studying, if they can do you a solid and wash them for you, and they finish yours with their own that morning. The next week, you leave to go home for Thanksgiving break, forgetting to clean up your side of the dorm room. You text your roommate again, asking if they can tidy up your side of the room too before they head out.
Brain structure that consists of areas linked to emotion and reward, homestatic internal state, as well as sensory control.
Intentionally seeking diverse friend groups freshman year, to adapt your understanding or schema of your peers.
What is Accommodation
School smarts, innovative smarts, street smarts
What is Sternberg's triarchic theory
In this stage of cognitive development, the frontal lobes and prefrontal cortex grow most rapidly, enabling the ability to control attention/behavior and make rational decisions.
What is the preoperational stage