Name that part of the brain!
Name the 3 parts of the brain
hindbrain
midbrain
forebrain
Cells that transmit information across our bodies
Neurons
The theory that we forget things over time because they fade away.
Decay Theory
Training the brain using reward and consequence.
Conditioning
The favor of one thing over another
Bias
The system that runs nerves out to our fingers and toes.
Peripheral Nervous System
Overlapping categories of belonging (e.g. Black, female, and LGBTQ+)
Intersectionality
we can comfortably hold ___-____ bits of information in our working memory at a time.
4-7
Our brains are like computers and we react and learn from our surroundings.
Cognitive Theory
The theory that we remain our same selves because of what we remember.
Memory Theory
The chemicals that travel across synapses and control our emotions?
Neurotransmitters
the realization that things don't just disappear, but can return. It happens when we are babies in stage 1 of Piaget.
Object Permanence
The _ activating system acts as a filter to block unimportant information from reaching our brain.
Reticular
Internal motivation to accomplish a task.
Intrinsic Motivation
Ideas of what we must do or be in order to self-actualize and become our best selves.
Conditions of Worth
The two stress hormones are...
adrenaline and cortisol
A type of memory of a specific event or experience.
Episodic Memory
This part of the brain is responsible for transferring information from short-term to long-term memory.
Hippocampus
The debate between what impacts our behaviors more, our genes or our surroundings.
Nature vs. Nurture
What happens in stage 1 of Erikson's theory?
babies learn trust/mistrust
The part of the brain that controls our reaction to emotions like anger.
Amygdala
The actions you take based on your morals.
Ethics
This curve suggests we forget as much as 80% of what we learn in the first 24 hours.
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
Kohlberg used the ___ dilemma to test people's moral reactions. Should the man steal the drug for his dying wife?
Heinz Dilemma
What stage of Erikson's theory does the Identity Crisis take place?
Stage 5