THEORIES & CONCIOUSNESS
I am a surgical procedure that drills a small hole in a person's skull to release demons.
What is trephination?
This first step is essential in forming memories.
What is attention?
_____ occurs when a situation overwhelms a person’s perceived ability to meet demands of that situation.
What is stress?
This concept refers to the unique and relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that characterize the individual.
What is personality?
This allele will only show its effects if both are the same.
What are recessive alleles?
These theories focus on understanding behavior through observation and associations.
What is behaviorism-learning?
Giving a dog a treat for sitting on command would be an example of what?
What is positive reinforcement?
This is the ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed.
What is object permanence?
This experiment was conducted to test obedience to authority with administering fake shocks.
What is Stanley Milgram's shock experiment?
This disorder is described as profound disturbances in thought and emotion- in particular, impairments in perception, such as hallucinations.
What is schizophrenia?
This is a variation in psychological processes that cycle within approximately a 24-hour period.
What is the circadian rhythm?
A slot machine would be an example of this schedule type of reinforcement.
What is variable-ratio schedule?
This child temperament is described as unpredictable, unhappy most times, and slow to adapt to new situations.
What is a difficult child?
____ is described as people repressing their own ideas, feelings, or impulses and projecting them onto others.
What is projection?
This part of the nervous system is broken down into sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This substance is ranked harder to quit than heroin.
What is nicotine?
This type of neuron may drive humans imitating each other.
What are mirror neurons?
This scale ignores facts that people view similar life events differently.
What is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale?
_______ ascribe other people’s behavior to something within them such as their personality, motive, or attitude.
What are internal/dispositional attributions?
This disorder is described as having an extremely positive and arrogant self-image and an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
The experience with this drug has been noted to be so profound that it can change personality.
What is psilocybin?
The three storage systems in short term memory.
What are visiospacial sketchpad, phonological loop, and episodic buffer?
This stage of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Reasoning is focused on avoiding punishment and based on personal needs.
What is pre-conventional?
This woman's murder is associated with the theory of bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility.
Who is Kitty Genovese?
This neurotransmitter is associated with anxiety and intoxication.
What is GABA?