History & Research Methods
The father of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
_____ is to top-down processing as sensation is to bottom-up processing
What is perception?
A device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something.
What is a mnemonic?
The rhythm at which your body individually functions
What is circadian rhythm?
The disorder which literally translates to "split mind"
Schizophrenia
The first president of the American Psychological Association
Who is G. Stanley Hall?
Occurs when sensory receptors stop responding to unchanging stimuli
What is sensory adaptation?
A memory made in a stressful time, every detail can be remembered
What is a flashbulb memory?
The sleep stage where sleep spindles appear
What is NREM-2?
The 2 different forms of schizophrenia
What is catatonic schizophrenia and paranoid schizophrenia?
The method of asking subjects to record observations to simple stimuli
What is introspection?
The theory of color vision in which 3 kinds of cones exist
What is the Young-Hemholtz Trichromatic Theory?
The capacity of short term memory in terms of items
What is 7±2 items?
The type of brain waves present when awake yet relaxed
What are alpha waves?
The 3 D's needed for something to be a mental disorder as defined by the DSM-5. (100 points for each correct component)
What is Deviant, Distressful, and Dysfunctional?
The creator of structuralism
Who is Edward Titchener?
The spiral cavity of the inner ear
What is the cochlea?
An information processing model named after its two creators
What is the Atkinson-Shriffrin Model?
The man who first used hypnosis
Who is Anton Mesmer?
The former name for hypochondria
What is illness anxiety disorder?
The first female president of the American Psychological Association
Who is Mary Whiton Calkins?
The five different tastes. 100pts for each correctly named
What are the tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami?
Strengthening of neural connections at the synapses
What is long-term potentiation?
The stage of sleep at which night terrors occur
What is NREM-3?
A progressed form of dissociative amnesia that involves a complete loss of identity.
What is fugue?