Biological Bases
Development Psychology
Cognition
Learning
Abnormal Psychology
100
Which system secretes hormones?
The Endocrine System
100
What is the critical period of development?
The time during which a skill or ability must develop, or else it will probably never develop fully
100
Maya is introduced to a group of people. She is only able to remember the names of the first and last people. This is demonstrative of what?
The serial position effect (primacy and recency effects)
100
In the following example, which would be the conditioned response? Suzie shines a light over her fish tank, which the fish originally ignores. However, Suzie then begins shining the light over the tank and then immediately giving her fish food, causing them to swim to the top of the tank. After a while, the fish become conditioned to swim to the top of the tank upon the shining of the light.
The fish swimming to the top of the tank
100
Hallucinations and delusions are common in which psychological disorder?
Schizophrenia
200
Afferent and efferent neurons are also known as...
Sensory and motor neurons
200
A collectivist culture is one in which...
The needs of society are placed before the needs of the individual
200
___ is the tendency after the fact to think you knew the outcome or answer all along
Hindsight bias
200
Giving a child chores for disrespectful behavior is a ______
Positive punishment
200
Bipolar Disorder is marked by movement between which two poles?
The manic and depressive states
300
Name 2 parts of the hindbrain
Cerebellum, medulla oblongata, reticular formation, pons
300
The following is an example of what?: A child knows cats and dogs are animals, and thus assumes all animals have 4 legs.
Schema
300
The following is an example of what concept: Jasmine believes air travel is more dangerous than car travel because airplane crashes are so vividly and repeatedly reported
Availability heuristic
300
The ability to "tune out" or grow accustomed to a stimulus is known as _____
Habituation
300
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is used to...
Identify and classify behavioral abnormalities
400
What is the difference between an MRI & an fMRI?
An MRI gives 3D structural information from the brain, thus is only a snapshot. An fMRI is a rapid sequencing of MRI images, thus shows action over time.
400
In accordance with Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, what is the stage undergone by infants in their first year?
Trust vs Mistrust
400
What are iconic and echoic memories?
Visual (iconic) and auditory (echoic) sensory memories
400
Seligman's dogs, placed on an electrified floor with no escape later did not escape even after being granted the opportunity. The dogs demonstrate which concept?
Learned helplessness
400
Conversion Disorder is a disorder in which...
Symptoms (such as paralysis, blindness, etc) occur without neurological explanations / a medical condition
500
Describe the breakdown of the Nervous System
500
What are the 4 stages of Piaget's Stages of Development?
Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operation
500
Episodic and semantic memories are representative of what type of memory?
Declarative (explicit) memory, memories a person can consciously consider and retrieve
500
John Watson's Little Albert experiment highlighted which type of learning?
Classical conditioning
500
A behavior is only considered disorder if: (name at least 2 of the 3 criteria)
1. shows statistical deviation from typical behavior
2. is maladaptive (interferes with ability to function)
3. shows perceptual or cognitive dysfunction