Biopsych
Highly specialized cells that communicate info in electrical chemical forms
Neurons
An anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation
Phobia
What are the 3 retention measures?
Recall: retrieving info learned earlier
Recognition: person identifies items previously learned
Relearning: assess the amount of time saved when learning material again
Studied the behavior of dogs using food and a bell
Ivan Pavlov
You get credit for 09x courses in the Psychology department (T/F)
False
This region of the brain that is important in motor control, latin for "little brain"
The cerebellum
Contains the current listing of criteria for psychological disorders
DSM (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual)
What is the difference between semantic and echoic memory?
Semantic: facts & general knowledge
Episodic: experienced events
Studied the way rewards and punishments shape out actions
B.F. Skinner
Who is the chair of the department? (The one who sends you weekly email updates)
Dr. Dahling
Chemicals that pass nerve impulses across synapses. (Give 2 examples!)
Neurotransmitters
(serotonin, dopamine, glutamate, acetylcholine, adrenaline, GABA, endorphins, noadrenaline)
Occurrence of two or more identified disorders in the same psychologically disordered individual.
Comorbidity
What is it called when new learning disrupts your recall of old information
Retroactive interference
Invented and developed the technique of psychoanalysis & emphasized the importance of unconscious motivations
Sigmund Freud
International Honor Society in Psychology.
(Promotes scholarly and professional development of students within the field of psychology)
Psi Chi
The sensory motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body
PNS Peripheral Nervous System
Anxiety disorder, caused by unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The tendency to recall best the last (recency effect) and first (primacy effect) items in a list
Serial Positioning Effect
Created the Social Learning Theory and stressed the importance of observational learning, imitation, and modeling
Albert Bandura
What are the 4 courses in the Methods Sequence (formerly “Psychology Core”)?
PSY 101 – General Psychology
PSY 121 – Methods and Tools of Psychology
PSY 203 – Design and Statistical Analysis
PSY 299 – Research Seminar
This set of brain structures helps regulate emotion and memory, some of the structures include: the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, and the basal Ganglia.
The Limbic System
The personality disorder that is closest to psychopathy is:
Antisocial Personality Disorder
An increase in a nerve cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation; a neural basis for learning / memory
Long-term Potentiation (LTP)
One of the founders of humanistic psychology and developed the person-centered approach to psychotherapy
Carl Rogers
Who is the current dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences?
Lisa Grimm