Basics and Biology
Nerve cells
What are neurons?
This type of drug slows the nervous system, making the user feel relaxed.
What are depressants?
Females are typically the first ones to begin this process of change
What is puberty?
When you forget something for your own protection
What is repression?
The impulse to set fire to random things, either to destroy them or to watch the fire
What is pyromania?
This type of study is very important to psychologists because it allows them to observe psychological differences between people who have the exact same genetics
What are twin studies?
This phase of sleep is an acronym describing how a person's eyes move during it
What is R.E.M. (Rapid-Eye Movement)?
What is reinforcement?
The ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions
What is Emotional Intelligence?
An intense anxiety caused by a traumatic experience
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
What is a placebo?
One of the five tastes, alongside bitter, sour, salty, and sweet. Found in meat, eggs, milk, and beans.
What is umami?
Mr. K wears a dark, black tie every day on exam day. Mr. K's students begin to fear his black ties, being filled with anxiety at the sight of his black ties in the morning hallways. This is as a result of this type of learning/behavioral procedure.
What is classical conditioning?
Breaking down a set of information into small groups, bypassing the limited capacity of working memory.
What is chunking?
When people become obsessed that they have or are developing a serious illness
What is Illness Anxiety? (previously called hypochondria)
This section of the brain is involved in vital functions such as breathing and heart rate
What is the hindbrain?
Most basic biological functions (such as breathing) exist at this level of consciousness
What is the nonconscious level?
During this phase of adulthood, people are most likely to retire, spend more time with families or doing hobbies, and most likely to have their memories deteriorate
What is late adulthood?
When a memory is suddenly recalled after some kind of stimuli is presented, such as the smell of a favourite childhood treat
What are context-dependent memories?
A pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships, self-image or emotions
What is borderline personality disorder (BPD)?
This system activates the "flight or fight" response
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
A person with this sleep disorder can suddenly fall into deep REM sleep at any time or place
What is narcolepsy?
Harry Harlow's experiment found that infant monkeys preferred this sensation over food, as they favored cloth "mothers" to wire frame mothers who had food.
What is contact comfort?
The three levels of the psych, as defined by Sigmund Freud
What is id, ego, and super-ego?
An impulse to pull hair off of your body
What is trichotillomania?