Introduction to Psychology
The study of behaviors and the mind
What is Psychology?
This term refers to mental processes involved in acquiring, storing, and using knowledge.
What is cognition/thinking?
how the presence of other people influence our thought processes
What is Social Influence?
physical emotional cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging
What is stress?
An active system that receives information from the senses, organizes and alters that information as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage
What is Memory?
This father of psychoanalysis emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
holding information for a brief period of time
What is short-term memory?
changing one's own behavior to match that of other people
What is conformity?
these are examples of: marriage, expecting a baby, graduation, going to a job interview
What is eustress?
This anxiety disorder is marked by intense, irrational fear of specific objects or situations.
What is a phobia?
set of assumptions rules, and procedures used by scientists for empirical research
What is the scientific method?
This phenomenon describes the ability to be aware of oneself and one's surroundings.
What is consciousness?
tendency to respond positively or negatively to an idea, person, object, or situation
What is attitude?
a system of cells, organs, and chemicals of the body that respond to attacks from diseases, infections, and injuries
What is the immune system?
the tendency to search for evidence that reinforce our beliefs and ignore evidence that contradicts it
What is Confirmation Bias?
This is the "founder of Psychology".
What is Wilhelm Wundt?
The knowledge and skills people have in monitoring and controlling their own learning and memory
What is Metacognition?
The tendency people have to overemphasis personal characteristics and ignore situational factors in judging others behavior
The fundamental attribution error
This psychological intervention technique involves changing thought patterns to reduce stress and improve health outcomes.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This process involves the detection of physical energy from the environment and converting it into neural signals
What is sensation?
a list of rules or morals that protects the well-being of subjects in an study
What is Ethics?
memory of fear is stored in this part of the brain
What is the amygdala?
a group of extremists that are lead by one powerful leader
What is a cult?
This behavior modification technique involves rewarding desired behaviors to encourage their recurrence.
What is positive reinforcement?
This Gestalt principle states that elements close together tend to be perceived as a group.
What is the Principle of Proximity?