Unit 1
Psychodynamic therapy has its roots in the theories of which psychologist?
Sigmund Freud
What is the term associated with the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome that one would have foreseen it.
hindsight bias
Processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously.
parallel processing
When we retain information, it is known as
storage
A technique used to look at clusters of related items which allow researchers to see various patterns of the test.
factor analysis
Known as the father of psychology, who established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879?
Wilhelm Wundt
Which part receives messages from other neurons?
dendrites
The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images.
depth perception
STATES THAT IF THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEHAVIOR ARE PLEASANT, THE STIMULUS-RESPONSE CONNECTION WILL BE STRENGTHENED AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE BEHAVIOR WILL INCREASE.
law of effect
One standard deviation from the mean in Weschlers Adult Intelligence Scale is this many percentage points from the mean
15
In an experiment, this type of variable is being manipulated by the researcher/experimenter.
Independent Variable
Which division of the nervous system focuses on voluntary actions?
somatic nervous system
You damage your hippocampus due to a hard fall on your bike as a teenager, it’s now very difficult for you to learn and remember things after your teenage years.
anterograde amnesia
Only looking for evidence that confirms their pre-existing beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
Theory that states that if someone does well on one part of an intelligence test that they would have the tendency to do better on the parts of the test.
Charles Spearman theory of intelligence
THE HISTORICAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT AIMS TO DESCRIBE THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE BRAIN
structuralism
A period of inactivity after a neuron has fired.
refractory period
Mark is on a walk and hears a noise in the woods, he instantly thinks it is a bear following him. What type of processing is responsible for Marks assumption.
top-down processing
THIS PERSON STUDIED OPERANT CONDITIONING
B.F. Skinner
Mr. B gives his chemistry class two different versions of the same test. According to this type of reliability, the students should have similar scores on both tests
split half reliability
What percentage of people would we expect to score between 1 standard deviation of the mean in a normal curve? 2 standard deviations? 3 standard deviations?
68 - 95 - 99.7%
four different lobes in the brain
occipital, parietal, frontal, and temporal lobe.
A molecule that by binding to the receptor site, stimulates a response.
agonist
Directions for putting together a furniture item is an example of this problem solving strategy.
algorithm
Which type of intelligence tends to decrease as we age? Which tends to increase?
fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence