Brain
The part of the brain that controls movement and balance, as well as language and attention
What is the Cerebellum?
The biologically functioning clock that lasts about 25 hours
What is the Circadian Rhythm?
The learned response to a conditioned stimulus
What is Conditioned Response?
The disorder that involves delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and inappropriate emotional expressions
What is Schizophrenia?
Led the Bobo doll experiment which was a study on aggression that demonstrated that children are able to learn through the observation of adult behavior.
Who is Albert Bandura?
The part of the brain is the center of emotion and motivations, responsible for fear, turns a memory to long term, and is part of the limbic system?
What is the Amygdala?
The recurring sleep stage in which vivid dreams occur
What is REM sleep?
The unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus
What is Unconditioned Response?
The disorder where a person alternates between the hopelessness of depression and an overexcited state of mania
What is Bipolar Disorder?
The founder of psychoanalysis and a big believer in the unconscious. Also developed a set of therapeutic techniques centered on talk therapy that used many strategies.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The part of the brain that ensures both sides of the brain can communicate and and messages to one another
What is the Corpus Callosum?
The remembered story line according to Freud
What is Manifest Content?
The increase in behavior after presenting a positive stimuli after a response
What is Positive Reinforcement?
The anxiety disorder marked by an unpredictable minute-long episode of intense dread in which a person may experience terror an accompanying chest pain, choking, and or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over a possible next attack
What is Panic Disorder?
Created an 8-stage theory to show how people evolve through their lifespan. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who am I?"
The part of the brain region in the front lobe of the brain that is responsible for the control of voluntary movement.
What is the Motor Cortex?
The sleep disorder in which one faces high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; typically this time is not remembered
What is Night Terrors?
The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response
What is Spontaneous Recovery?
The mood disorder characterized by depression that occurs at the same time each year
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development, said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation).
Who is Jean Piaget?
The procedure in which one severs the corpus callosum to alleviate episodic seizures
What is Split Brain Procedure?
The large, slow brain waves that are associated with deep sleep
What is Delta Waves?
The scheduled that reinforced a response after an unpredictable amount of time
What is Variable-Ratio Schedule?
The complex condition that involve persistent challenges in social interactions and communication
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Developed the theory of behaviorism and conducted an experiment with Little Albert where he developed a fear in a child with a previously neutral stimulus.
Who is John Watson?