Pillar 1
The brain structure that is associated with the formation of memories is the
hippocampus
What is the sequence of memory storage baed on the three-part model of memory storage
list the periods of human development in chronological order
Hint: there are 5
1. prenatal
2. infancy
3. childhood
4. adolescence
5. adulthood
Provide an example of a primary emotion
happy, surprised, bad, fearful, disgust, angry, sad
Recently, Arianna and Raymond had their first child, and they are experiencing difficulty dealing with the lack of sleep and the demands of the new baby. The kind of stress that Arianna and Raymond are experiencing is called
major life stressor
The brain structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is called the
corpus callosum
A person who has experienced the loss of past memories may be experiencing
retrograde amnesia
What were the results of Harry Harlow's monkeys experiment?
comforting touch is more important than food, particularly when an infant is stressed
In the movie Castaway Wilson the coconut is made as a companion. What psychological principal can be used to explain why Wilson was created?
Need to belong
The general adaptation syndrome proposes three levels of stress resistance. What are the three stages in the correct order?
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH THREE POINTS
Alarm - exhaustion - resistance
This part of the neuron is responsible for increasing the speed of the message
myelin sheath
The type of thinking that uses shortcuts to allow one to make a decision quickly, without considering all the evidence, is called
heuristic
This attachment style can be seen when an infant shows little interest for their caregivers when they leave or return. They are somewhat willing to explore an unfamiliar environment
avoidant attachment
A young girl named Malala Yousafzai was brutally attacked and nearly killed for attending school and speaking out against Islamic militants who are opposed to education for females in her traditionalist Pakistani culture. This is an extreme example of a girl being punished for defying
gender roles
Jonah experiences nearly constant anxiety that is not associated with any specific thing. Jonah is most likely to be diagnosed with
general anxiety disorder
The neural signals of vision, hearing, taste, and touch all pass through this part of the brain
Bonus: why doesn't smell go through here?
thalamus
Bonus: there is a direct connection to the olefactory cortex of the brain
Cognitive schemas allow for easy, fast processing of information about people, events, or groups that are related in some way. However, when we make generalizations about these people, events, or groups, we are using
stereotypes
Name the uncondiitoned stimulus, unconditioned response, neutral stiumuls, conditioned response, and conditioned stimulus in Pavlov's dog experiment.
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 5 POINTS
UC - food
UR - salivating
NS - bell
CS - bell
CR - salivating after bell is rung
Behaving in a way that confirms your own or other people's expectations is referred to as
a self-fulfilling prophecy
Ralph sometimes experiences disruptions to his identity, memory, and conscious awareness. Because of this, he may be diagnosed with
a dissociative disorder
The minimum amount of change required for a person to detect a difference between two stimuli is referred to as
difference threshold
The idea that a single intelligence factor contributes to performance on all intellectual tasks is known as the ________ intelligence theory.
general intelligence
In operant conditioning, removing a stimulus to increase a behavior in the future is called
negative reinforcement
How you experience yourself in the present, depending on which part of yourself is most relevant at the time is referred to as
a working self-concept
The treatment for depression that works by creating a seizure in the brain using an electrical current is called
electroconvulsive therapy