Parts of the brain
This part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic functions like heartbeat and breathing.
What is the medulla?
This Russian scientist is best known for classical conditioning with dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
What is major depressive disorder?
This theory by Freud proposed the concepts of id, ego, and superego.
What is Freud’s psychoanalytic theory?
This term describes adjusting your behavior to match a group?
What is conformity?
This brain structure helps coordinate voluntary movement and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
In classical conditioning, this term refers to the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.
What is the conditioned response?
This anxiety disorder involves intense fear of specific situations where escape might be difficult.
What is agoraphobia?
This theory of personality believes that traits are consistent and measurable.
What is the trait theory?
Milgram’s electric shock experiment was the study of this?
What is obedience?
Known as the "switchboard" or relay station for sensory information this part of the brain relays sensory information to the appropriate cortices.
But not smell...
What is the thalamus?
This type of reinforcement removes an unwanted stimulus.
What is negative reinforcement?
Bill sees things that aren't here. Jane hears noises that aren't there. They are experiencing these.
What are hallucinations?
These are the "Big Five" personality traits.
What are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism?
The fundamental attribution error believes that you attribute your bad behaviors to the situation and you attribute someone's bad behaviors to this.
What is personality?
Damage to this area in the left frontal lobe can result in difficulty producing speech.
What is Broca’s area?
Slot machines are an example of this type of reinforcement schedule.
What is a variable-ratio schedule?
This disorder involves alternating periods of depression and mania.
What is bipolar disorder?
Carl Rogers emphasized the importance of this in personality development.
What is unconditional positive regard?
What is cognitive dissonance?
A patient shows no fear when facing dangerous stimuli. This brain structure has probably been damaged.
What is the amygdala?
A student gets sick after eating sushi and now feels nauseous when seeing it. The learned avoidance of a particular taste or flavor after it's been paired with a negative experience Garcia called it this.
What is taste aversion?
Hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and flat affect are common symptoms of this disorder.
What is schizophrenia?
A person is described as imaginative, curious, and open to new experiences. They probably scored high in this Big 5 personality trait.
What is Openness?
Roberta was mugged outside a restaurant on a busy Saturday night. None of the patrons of the restaurant called 911; they all believed someone else would.
What is the bystander effect?