Social Psych
adjusting one's behavior to "mimic" someone else
what is conformity
The set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain’s storage systems
Encoding
thalamus
directs info to the correct part of the cerebral cortex
What is a state on consciousness?
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
Mood disorders
major depression (depression lasts more than 2 weeks) and bipolar disorder (alternates between mania and depression symptoms)
peripheral route to persuasion
relying on rumors instead of the facts given to be persuaded
The 2 types of sensory memory
Iconic and Echoic
3 parts of the brain
cerebrum (sensory functions, motor functions, and highest level of thinking), cerebellum (balance, posture, and movement), brain stem (vital life functions "3 parts, midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata")
What are the 4 types of consciousness?
1.Waking
2. Tripping
3. Dreaming
4.Sleep
Anxiety disorders
OCD, general anxiety, panic disorders, phobia, and PTSD
Informative social influence
influence resulting from assuming someone has more knowledge than we do
The average capacity of short-term memory
About seven items or pieces of information, plus or minus two items, or from five to nine bits of information.
responsible for day and night cycle
pineal gland
Name the 3 cycles of sleep
24-hour cycle, 90-minute cycle, Annual cycle.
Eating disorders
what is anorexia (starvation and heavy exercise diet), bulimia Nervosa (excessive eating followed by vomit), and binge eating (excessive eating followed by thoughts disgust)
the tendency for people who have the first agreed to a small request to comply later w/ a larger request
what is power of persuasion
Iconic Duration
Information that has just entered iconic memory will be pushed out very quickly by new information, a process called masking.
Neurons
dendrites (receive incoming signals), Axon (carries ongoing signals), Synaptic terminal (axon communicates w/ dendrites of another cell)
What is Somnambulism?
Sleep walking
Causes dissociative fugue, problemed memory, and confused identity
what is D.I.D (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
asking for something big at first, then when you get turned down ask for something smaller
what is door-in-the-face phenomenon
The time when retrieval occurs
Recalling from long-term memory to short-term memory
medulla oblongata
responsible for breathing, blood pressure and heart rate
True or False: Women dream of men more, while men dream of both men and women equally.
False- Women tend to dream about men and women equally, while men dream more about women.
Negative, positive, and cognitive symptoms that affect its patient and strike those (15-35 years old)
what is schizophrenia