Perceptive Psychologists
Who is Ivan Pavlov
Drugs like Cocaine that disrupt perception and speed up the central nervous system
What is a stimulant
Part of the brain that deals with vision
What is the Occipital Lobe
A time in middle adulthood where an individual may act impulsively and attempt to relive parts of their youth and take risks
What is a Midlife Crisis
In classical Conditioning this is what we are hoping will get a response when presented with an unconditioned stimulus
What is a Neutral Stimulus
What are humors
This is our inability to determine slight differences
What is change bias
The part of the Neuron that receives information from other Neurons
What are Dendrites
Teenagers will periodically bump into things as they grow because of this
What is Awkward Age
This is the idea that rewards tend to create repeated behavior and punishments tend to see reduced behavior
What is the Law of Effect
This individual believed in the psychosexual development of personality
Who is Sigmund Freud
This is the least amount of stimulus needed to be perceived by a human being
What is Absolute Threshold
This is the process of neurotransmitters being automatically absorbed
What is Reuptake
A reflex where a baby will instinctively turn and nuzzle in an attempt to feed
What is Rooting
This is the desire to do something because of an external force like money
What is Extrinsic Motivation
This individual believed in stages of Cognitive development including sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational
Who is Jean Piaget
Your ability to sense multiple things at one like tasting a burger and smelling fries
What is Parallel Processing
Studies done on siblings that can help determine if a behavior is caused by nature or nurture
What are Twin Studies
What is Alzheimer's Disease
We want our children to see individuals like Mr. Rodgers because they model this well.
What is Prosocial Behavior
This individual is known for developing a Hierarchy of Needs that leads to people to reach their full potential when met
Who is Abraham Maslow
When an individual adjusts to the stimulus in their environment, like no longer being able to smell a room
What is Sensory Adaptation
Our desire to eat salty and sweet things as much as possible
What are Outdated Tendencies
An identity status where the individual is exploring who they are but have yet to make any commitments
What is Identity Moratorium
This happens sometimes to punished behaviors where they reappear randomly over time
What is Spontaneous Recovery