Exam 1
The definition of psychology
What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Alcohol slows down brain activity that controls judgments, inhabitations, reaction time, and muscle control. Prone to the placebo effect.
What is depressant?
Big 5 model:
My friend doesn't like cleaning up after herself and her room is constantly a mess. I told her to clean it and she shrugged it off.
What is low conscientiousness?
The process of taking in stimuli from our environment through our sensory receptors and nervous system
What is sensation?
Developed functionalism in the late 1800s/early 1900s
What is William James?
The brain is divided into 3 sections, what?
What is hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain?
Positive or negative evaluations of something or someone
What is attitude?
Theories about personality that view behavior as a dynamic interaction between the conscious mind and unconscious mind
What is psychodynamic theories?
Ability to differentiate between a CS and other stimuli after acquisition
What is Discrimination?
Increases a neurotransmitter's action by SSRIs blocking reuptake of serotonin which produces more of a positive mood
What is agonist molecules?
Persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of some object, activity or situation
What is phobia?
What is Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory?
2 stimuli that becomes associated in our minds and we learn to anticipate one stimulus open exposure to the other stimulus
What is classical conditioning?
Psychological disorders are marked by 3 D's, what are they?
What is deviance, distress, and dynsfunction?
Abraham Maslow's theory that humans have a hierarchy of needs
What is self-actualization?
The strategies we use to solve problems
What is trail and error, algorithms, heuristics, and insight?
Take in the world through our senses and we don't understand object permanence
What is sensorimotor stage?
Conforming to gain approval and avoid disapproval from others
What is normative social influence?
Pleasure is in the genitals, like when little boys are obsessed when their mom
What is phallic psychosexual stage?