Unit 0
Must get approval before doing research
What is the Institutional Review Board or IRB or Human Subjects?
Medulla, pons, midbrain are connected to the...
Brainstem; regulates basic survival functions.
What is massed vs. distributive practice?
Can bias answers based on choice of words
What are wording effects?
DSM-5
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition
Correlation between drownings and ice cream sales
What is a confounding variable
Hunger hormone stimulating hunger.
What is ghrelin?
Proactive interference
What is when old, previously learned material, interferes with new learning?
Blame another's behavior on personality, but I behave depending on the situation
What is the fundamental attribution error?
SSRIs
What are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors? They treat depression and anxiety by increasing the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the synaptic gaps between neurons by blocking reuptake, improving mood. They are called selective because they only target serotonin.
Measures of central tendency
What is mean, median, and mode?
Jane has problems with coordination and balance, due to a tumor in her....
What is a cerebellum?
Sensory and motor neurons are also known as...
What are afferent and efferent neurons?
Conformity is punctured when...
Dissent is modeled
Expectation of results causes results
What is the placebo effect? What is self-fulfilling prophecy?
Quantifies average distance from mean
What is a standard deviation?
This enhances neurotransmitter action and this decreases neurotransmitter action.
What is an agonist and what is an antagonist?
The concept of g
Types of parenting styles
Authoritarian: my way
Authoritative: democratic, parent in charge
Neglectful: not involved
Permissive: no boundaries
Mental disorders develop from predisposing vulnerability plus stress
What is the diathesis stress model?
Every member has an equal chance of selection.
What is random sampling?
Damage to this part of the brain causes aphasia
What is Broca's area (responsible for speech production)?
Anchoring heuristic
What is a mental shortcut, shaped by initial information?
Zone of proximal development
Vygotsky, the difference between what one can do independently and potential development with scaffolding/support
Hallucinations AND flat affect in schizophrenia
What are positive (added symptoms) and negative (something taken away) symptoms?