UNIT 1 AND 2
the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
What is NATURE VS NURTURE
Mental framework that helps us organize and interpret information, based on past experiences and prior knowledge.
What is a SCHEMA?
The ability to stare information for extended periods of time.
What is LONG-TERM MEMORY?
Most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
What is the DSM-5
Focuses light rays onto the retina by adjusting it's shape.
What is THE LENSE
The examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings
What is INTROSPECTION
Learning that remains hidden until useful/is not immediately expressed in an overt response
What is LATENT LEARNING?
A condition which a person with an intellectual disability is exceptional in a specific skill.
What is SAVANT SYNDROME
disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind
What is AUTISM
Manages functions like digestion, heart rate, breathing, and sexual function.
What is the PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Developed the influential psychoanalytic theory of personality
Who is Sigmund Freud?
When different features of a stimulus, like shape and color, are processed at the same time by different parts of the brain.
What is PARALLEL PROCESSING
Name Factors that influence fetal development.
(2 minimum)
NUTRITION, ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND TERATOGENS
prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame
What is the SCAPEGOAT THEORY
Regulates involuntary functions like heart rate, breathing, digestion, and blood pressure
What is your SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
What are DELTA WAVES
This person believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Created the theory of cognitive development.
Who is JEAN PIAGET
The unselfish regard for the welfare of others
What is ALTRUISM
Name The Lobes and areas of the brain
(5 minimum)
Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, Brocas Area, Wernickes Area, Somatosensory Cortex, and the Motor Cortex
A neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body
What are DENDRITES
This person conducted the Bobo Doll Experiment.
Who is ALBERT BANDURA?
Created the first standardized intelligence test
Who is ALFRED BINET
An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship
What is PASSIONATE LOVE
Name the parts of the ear
(5 Minimum)
ANVIL, COCHLEA, EARDRUM, EUSTACHIAN TUBE, HAMMER, NERVES, OUTER EAR CANAL, SEMICIRCULAR CANALS, AND STIRRUP