Clinical Psychology
What is the name of the book used to diagnose mental disorders in the U.S.?
DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
What famous case study suggested that brain injury can cause specific changes in behavior?
Phineas Gage
What is another name for the Engineering Psychology field?
What is the name of the gap between neurons where communication via chemical signals is initiated?
Synapse
What are the 3 sections of the mind according to Freud?
Id, Ego, Superego
What anxiety disorder involves intense fear of social situations?
Social anxiety disorder
What part of the brain is linked to regulation of emotions, particularly fear and aggression?
Amygdala
What is the term for the cognitive process of focusing on relevant info while filtering out irrelevant background distractions?
Selective attention
What is the name of the structure that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain?
Corpus Callosum
What 1972 experiment tested children’s ability to wait for gratification and claimed to predict future outcomes?
Marshmallow Test
Which disorder is commonly associated with panic attacks?
Panic disorder
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for processing visual information?
Occipital lobe
Which type of processing refers to perceptions formed based on sensory input without the use of prior learned information or knowledge?
Bottom-up Processing
What part(s) of the brain are crucial in language processing and comprehension?
Broca’s Area and Wernicke’s Area
What do participants look at in the Rorschach test?
Inkblots
What disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings between emotional highs and lows?
Bipolar disorder
What is the concept of contralaterality in the brain?
Each hemisphere is responsible for the opposite side of the visual field
What human factors method breaks down how a user works through a task?
Task Analysis
What is the primary function of the sympathetic nervous system?
Fight or flight response
What experiment by Bandura tested the theory of social imitation being the basis for human behavior instead of genetic factors?
Bobo Doll Experiment
Which disorder involves repeated, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
What does the autonomic nervous system regulate?
Involuntary, unconscious bodily functions
What does one letter in the acronym EDIPT stand for?
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Prototype
Test
Name the 4 lobes that make up the brain.
Temporal, Occipital, Frontal, Parietal
Name all of the Big 5 personality traits.
Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism