BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY & The Brain
The basic unit of the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
This psychologist is considered the “father of psychoanalysis.”
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The process of getting information into memory.
What is encoding?
Learning through rewards and punishments.
What is operant conditioning?
This stage of sleep is associated with vivid dreaming.
What is REM sleep?
Chemicals that carry signals across the synapse.
What are neurotransmitters?
This early psychologist created the first psychology laboratory in 1879.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Memory storage that holds information briefly before processing.
What is short-term memory?
Ivan Pavlov is most associated with this type of learning.
What is classical conditioning?
A circadian rhythm is approximately this long.
What is 24 hours?
This lobe is primarily responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
This perspective in psychology focuses on observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
This type of memory stores personal experiences.
What is episodic memory?
In operant conditioning, a reward that strengthens behavior is called this.
What is reinforcement?
This psychoactive drug category slows central nervous system activity.
What are depressants?
This part of the brain helps coordinate balance and movement.
What is the cerebellum?
This approach emphasizes free will, personal growth, and self-actualization.
What is the humanistic perspective?
Forgetting caused by competing information.
What is interference?
Albert Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment demonstrated this type of learning.
What is observational learning?
The sudden inability to move while falling asleep or waking up.
What is sleep paralysis?
The brain’s ability to reorganize itself after injury.
What is neuroplasticity?
This psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This memory strategy groups information into meaningful units.
What is chunking?
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to strengthen behavior is called this.
What is negative reinforcement?
This theory suggests dreams help process information and memories.
What is the information-processing theory of dreams?