Foundations of Psychology
The study of the mind and human behavior is simply defined as what?
What is psychology
These are the four lobes of the brain.
The visual cortex is located in this lobe
What is the occipital lobe
This psychologists name should ring a bell with his association to classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov
This is the current diagnostics manual for psychological disorders.
What is the DSM-5
This psychologist was the founder of the theories of psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud
Drugs such as amphetamines are considered this
What is a stimulant
Light first enters the eye through this part
What is the cornea
This form of conditioning takes place after the behavior has occurred.
What is operant conditioning
This disorder is marked by sudden and severe anxiety attacks that have no obvious connections with events in the person’s life
What is panic disorder
A precise, measurable concept in scientific study is called this
What is an operational definition
Finish the correct pathway of a neuron: Dendrites, Soma, _____, ____
What are axons and terminals
The minimum level of stimulus needed for detection is called this
What is absolute threshold
In classical conditioning, the inability to distinguish betwen similar stimuli is called this.
This psychological disorder has four different types: Paranoid, Disorganized, Catatonic, and Undifferentiated.
What is Schizophrenia
This psychological perspective is most associated with the ideas of naturalistic observation.
What is behavioralism
These two parts of the nervous system that are used to make us alert and bring us down during stressful/anxious situations.
What are the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems.
These are the two types of processing of external stimuli.
What are top-down and bottom-up processing
Suspending someone's license for drunk driving is an example of what kind of reinforcement?
What is negative punishment
This psychological disorder is a combination of flight and amnesia, with some episodes lasting only a couple of days or as long as a couple of years.
What is dissociative fugue
What are confounding variables
REM Sleep is achieved during these two stages of the sleep cycle.
What are Stages 4 and 5
Your body's orientation of sense of gravitational balance is controlled through this sensory system
What is the vestibular system
This type of learning is when one is subjected to a stimuli in their everyday environment over a course of time
What is Mere Exposure
This classification of drugs is has two main categories, barbiturates and benzodiazepines
What are anti-anxiety medications