Simply BIOLOGICAL Watson
THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER IS LINKED TO REWARDS, PLEASURE, AND MOTIVATION
Dopamine
ACCORDING TO FREUD, THIS PART OF THE PERSONALITY CONTAINS A PERSON’S INSTINCTUAL DRIVES AND OPERATES ON THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, SEEKING IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION
ID
THIS THEORY PROPOSES THAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN THROUGH OBSERVATION AND IMITATION WITHOUT DIRECT REINFORCEMENT
Social Learning Theory (Modeling)
IN THIS PARENTING STYLE, THE PARENTS ARE NURTURING, SUPPORTIVE, AND RESPONSIVE, YET STILL FIRM AND SET LIMITS FOR THEIR CHILDREN
Authoritative
THIS MOOD DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY ALTERNATING PERIODS OF EXTREME MANIC AND DEEP DEPRESSIVE EPISODES
Bipolar I Disorder
THIS PART OF THE BRAIN HELPS WITH FORMING NEW MEMORIES
Hippocampus
THIS PHENOMENON DESCRIBES THE TENDENCY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE LESS LIKELY TO HELP SOMEONE IN DISTRESS WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE PRESENT
Bystander Effect
IN PAVLOV’S EXPERIMENTS, THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE INITIALLY NEUTRAL STIMULUS THAT EVENTUALLY ELICITED SALIVATION FROM THE DOGS ON ITS OWN
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
VYGOTSKY THEORIZED THAT THIS ZONE WAS THE OPTIMAL AREA FOR LEARNING TO OCCUR THAT A CHILD COULD DO WITH SCAFFOLDING (assistance)
THIS DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS, DISORGANIZED SPEECH, AND POSSIBLE CATATONIA STUPOR.
Schizophrenia
THIS PROTECTS THE AXON IN A NEURON AND LEADS TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IF DEGRADED
Myelin Sheath
THE DEFENSE MECHANISM THAT EXPLAINS WHY A CHILD WHO IS VERY INTO DISSECTING ANIMALS AND PLAYING WITH THEIR ORGANS, AS AN ADULT BECOMES A SURGEON.
Sublimation
AFTER A TODDLER USES THE POTTY, HIS DAD REWARDS HIM WITH A STICKER. THIS ACTION IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF OPERANT CONDITIONING
Positive Reinforcement
IN THE STRANGE SITUATION, A CHILD WITH THIS TYPE OF ATTACHMENT STYLE MIGHT CRY WHEN THE CAREGIVER LEAVES BUT QUICKLY CALMS DOWN AND IS HAPPY TO SEE THE CAREGIVER RETURN
Secure Attachment
THIS PERSONALITY DISORDER IS MARKED BY A PERVASIVE PATTERN OF DISREGARD FOR AND VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, LACK OF EMPATHY, AND OFTEN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Anti-social personality disorder
THIS PART OF THE BRAIN CONTROLS THE PITUITARY GLAND AND PLAYS A ROLE IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
JANE IS ORGANIZED, PLANS AHEAD, AND KEEPS HER WORKSPACE VERY NEAT. THIS INDICATES THAT SHE SCORES HIGH IN THIS BIG 5 TRAIT
Conscientiousness
WHEN YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST AND LAST ITEMS IN A SERIES, AND THE MIDDLE ITEMS THE WORST
Serial Position Effect (Primacy and Recency effect)
PIAGET’S TERM FOR THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OBJECTS KEEP THEIR SAME QUANTITY OR AMOUNT EVEN IF THEIR SHAPE OR APPEARANCE CHANGES, TYPICALLY MASTERED IN THE CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
Conservation
THIS TYPE OF THERAPY, DEVELOPED BY AARON BECK, FOCUSES ON CHANGING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS OR COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONAL STATES
THIS IS THE PROCESS OF TURNING SENSORY INFORMATION INTO ELECTRICAL CHARGES
Transduction
THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE PHENOMENON WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL PERFORMS BETTER ON SIMPLE OR WELL-PRACTICED TASKS WHEN IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS RATHER THAN ALONE
Social Facilitation
ENCODING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY BY ASSOCIATING IT WITH KNOWLEDGE ALREADY IN MEMORY IS KNOWN AS THIS TYPE OF ENCODING
Semantic Encoding (Deep processing)
THIS FINAL STAGE OF ERIKSON’S THEORY FOCUSES ON REFLECTING BACK ON LIFE, LEADING TO FEELINGS OF FULFILLMENT OR REGRET
Integrity vs. Despair
THIS CLASS OF DRUGS IS COMMONLY PRESCRIBED TO TREAT DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY BY INCREASING THE LEVELS OF SEROTONIN IN THE BRAIN
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's)