Science & Data
A quantity/quality that can be measured, controlled, or changed.
What is a variable?
Negative stereotypes and attitudes towards a group or idea
Stigma
The most widely-used source of disorder criteria
DSM-V
Part of the limbic system responsible for encoding memories of emotional events
Hippocampus
A motivation coming from external reward or punishment
Extrinsic
If your test measures a variable accurately and precisely, it has...
reliability
The opposite of introversion
Extraversion
APA stands for
American Psychological Association
If an AI could feel emotions, despite having no physical body, that might support the...
Cannon-Bard theory
The opposite of task-oriented goals
Ego-oriented goals
If your test measures what you want it to measure, it has...
validity
MSE stands for
Mental Status Examination
Prescription psychiatric drugs can only be prescribed by...
Psychiatrists
After Burt forced a smile on his face for thirty minutes, he actually started to feel the emotion of happiness. What theory of emotion explains this?
James-Lange theory
The law predicting the level of optimal arousal for a task
Yerkes-Dodson Law
A prediction that the IV will change/affect the DV is the _______ hypothesis
Alternate/experimental
Coulrophobia is the fear of...
Clowns
Judging what is normal based on whether it is close to the population average
Statistical approach to normality
What were the two emotional states of the actors in Schachter & Singer (1962)?
Euphoric and angry
Maslow's first name?
Abraham
If my p-value is 0.10, I should reject...
the alternative/experimental hypothesis
An ambiguous blob of paint, used to judge a patient's subconscious traits, is called a
Rorschach test
Judging what is normal based on what allows someone to complete normal tasks and live a good life
functional approach
Neurotransmitter indicating happiness
Dopamine
State of balance where bodily needs are fulfilled
Homeostasis