What is Psychology?
This is the difference between acute stress and chronic stress
What is short term vs long term
Our daily "sleep/wake cycle" has this technical name that starts with C. "C.... Rhythm"
What is "circadian rhythms?"
This kind of memory typically occurs after a starteling event such as a gun shot, a flash of light, or a startelinig noise. It can also be formed by a highly emotional event. (hint: starts with F)
What is episodic memory or flashbulb memory?
Freud believed that personality is divided into 3 parts, one part is very dark and impulsive, one part is very honourable and moral, and one part negotiates between the two.
What is Id, Ego, and Superego
When stress has a positive impact that is motivating or exhilarating.
What is eustress
This is the term used (a type of consciousness) when a coma patient can hear what is going on around them but cannot respond.
What is "hidden" consciousness?
The second process of memory occurs after information is processed (encoding) and before retreival. Three step process for memory formation: encoding, _____, retrieval
What is storage?
This defense mechanism involves redirecting socially unacceptable impulses into acceptable activities (e.g. redirecting aggressive impulses by becoming a professional fighter)
What is Sublimation
Being uncertain about the expectations and demands of your role is either called 1) Role conflict, 2) Role Ambiguity or 3) Role Strain
What is role ambiguity
The tendancy to remember the first items in a series (like phone numbers) is known as this effect. (* hint - starts with P. P...effect)
What is primacy effect?
This defense mechanism involves reverting to immature ways of responding (e.g. Throwing a temper tantrum when a friend doesn’t want to do what you’d like)
What is regression
This theory of psychology combines states that people behave the way they do because of a combination of factors such as their biology and their social surroundings.
What is biopsychosocial
Choosing between ice cream and cake is a type of conflict that can be considered a combination of approach or avoidance.
(ex. approach-avoidance)
What is ... depending if you like ice cream or cake :)
This relaxation method is used by people to focus their consciousness so stress from the outside world fades away.
What is meditation?
Grouping information into categories for better memory is also called... (hint- starts with C)
What is Chunking
This humanistic theory of personality states that people are motivated by their drive to reach self-actualization (think of a pyramid).
What is Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
This is the difference between an individualistic society and a collectivist culture.
What is individualistic cultures expect members of society to put themselves first and collectivist cultures expect members of society to put society first.
Walter Cannon described the stress response that has 3 parts and starts with the letter F
What is Fight Flight or Freeze
This hormone kicks in around 9 pm and wares off at around 9 am and helps us stay asleep.
a) cortisol
b) melatonin
What is b) melatonin
Having a thought in mind but not having the ability to verbalize what is being thought is known as this. It can feel frustrating because the word is just at the _______
What is the "tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?"
The traits in the Big 5 spell out the word OCEAN, can you name one of the traits....
What are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism