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.
These rules of perception include the Law of Closure and the Law of Proximity
What are Gestalt Principals
A memory of a vivid, emotionally significant event is called this.
Who is a flashbulb memory
Which psychologist was most famous for his Theory of Cognitive Development, including stages such as the Preoperational and Concrete Operational Stages
Who is Jean Piaget
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
Incoming light is transferred into neural energy and is sent to the visual cortex along this
What is the Optic Nerve
These are the three processes of memory
What is encoding, storage, and retrieval
Lawrence Kohlberg identified this many levels to his theories of moral development.
What is three
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
This part of the brain is responsible for making making and storing memoires.
What is the Hippocampus
These are the four different parenting styles.
What is Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, and Uninvolved
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
Thinking of as many uses for an object beyond its intended purpose is overcoming this concept.
What is functional fixedness
It is in this stage of cognitive development that object permanence takes place.
What is the Sensorimotor Stage
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 is the formula to calculate ones intelligence quotient.
What is Mental Age/ Physical Age x100
In Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development, which conflict do people resolve in their final stage?
What is Questioning one's lived experience/Did I live a meaningful life?