Unit 1
What are the 4 lobes of the brain?
Frontal, Parietal, temporal, occipital.
What test has become the most common way of measuring intelligence?
IQ test
Why does the brain develop rapidly within the first couple monts of life?
overproduction of neurons, especially in the frontal lobes.
What are the 2 main kinds of motivation?
intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Carl rodgers is the posterboy to what approach to therapy?
Humanistic approach.
What does CNS Stand for?
Central nervous system
Which Lobe of the Brain is heavily associated with memory?
Temporal lobe
Based on Vygotsky's theory, what is needed for a child to properly develop?
A “more knowledgeable other.”
Which contribution to psychology is sigmund freud most known for?
Psychoanalytic theory.
What does a person with bipolar disorder display?
Swings between symptoms of mania and depression, two nearly opposite mental health conditions.
What are Dendrites?
Dendrites are what look to be little branches extending from the neuron that receive information.
What does the hippocampus do for memory?
turns Short term memory into long term memory.
What psychologist is the main advocate for the psychological theory that increasing brain function is what leads to cognitive development?
Jean Piaget.
What were the three parts to sigmund freud's theory about personality?
Unconscious mind, psychosexual stages, defense mechanisms.
Bringing feelings that are being repressed to the surface as a form of treatment is a good example of what kind of therapy?
psychoanalysis.
If someone describes themselves or another as left brained what are they referring to?
Left brain deals with more, logical, analysis based thinking.
What was the overall idea of spearman's thoughts on intelligence?
people were either generally intelligent or they weren't.
Piaget said Preschool aged children typically can not perceive things from others point of view, Making them what?
egocentric.
What are the three main categories of psychological disorders?
anxiety disorders, Mood disorders, antisocial personality disorders.
What does the somatic nervous system control?
The bodies skeletal muscles.