When applying psychology, what concept/idea is based on the ideas of learned helplessness and works to help people find joy and happiness in their life.
Positive psychology
A falsifiable prediction made by a theory is known as what?
A hypothesis
What in the brain is known as the relay center for all senses (except olfaction) and has two way communication
Thalamus
provide an example of an extrinsic reward
anything that is a reward being offered by an outside individual
What does this scenario describe in relation to learning
a person notices a constant beep in the hallway of their apartment while they are trying to do school. As time continues, the beep becomes less noticeable to the individual and they are able to focus on their school
Habituation
What subfield of psychology is this?
An fMRI reveals that a persons frontal lobe increases in activity when they are asked to pick between a having a pickle or having a piece of cheese
Biological- neuroscience perspective
list the three types of research methods used in psychology
descriptive research
correlational research
experimental research
the primary motor cortex is located in which lobe of the brain
frontal lobe
In the reflex arc associated with pain, what portion of the central nervous system houses the interneurons that connect the sensory and motor neurons
spinal cord
which associative type of learning is known as being a passive form of learning
classical conditioning
this is because there is an association made between a reflex and a stimulus
When looking at functionalism, Freuds clinical approach, and structuralism, what order were these different approaches to psychology introduced?
Structuralism
Functionalism
Clinical approach
What problem in psychological research does this situation describe?
I am researching the correlation between smoking and lung cancer but am having trouble determining if smoking causes lung cancer or if a genetic predisposition to lung cancer causes someone to smoke
direction of causation problem
What cortex in the brain helps to produce a meaningful experience of the world by integrating information coming in from the senses
Association cortex
what protein is released from the intestinal tract in glucostatic regulation of eating, signaling to the hypothalamus that an individual is full
CCK (cholecystokinin)
what type of punishment is this an example of
Your roommate decides to leave their clothes all over the floor. Because of this, you decide to add an item of your own dirty laundry to their bed for each item left on the floor in hopes they will stop putting their dirty laundry on the floor
positive punishment
What type of bias does this scenario represent?
I am researching why left handed people (such as myself) are more creative than right handed people
Confirmation Bias
I am looking into the third variable effect of correlational research to see if any factors could have skewed the results of my study
what type of validity am I assessing?
Internal validity
provide an example of what might be released from a neuron via chemical transmission of signals and where those chemical signals would be received on an adjacent neuron
types of neurotransmitters: Glutamate, GABA, norepinephrine, serotonin, acetylcholine
bind to dendrites of post synaptic neuron
when classifying emotions, what approach looks at emotions from a more physiological experience (arousal) and relates the arousal to being either positive or negative
Dimensional approach
In the little Albert study, an unconditioned response such as fear was conditioned to be associated with the presence of white rats. What was the conditioned stimulus (CS) in this study?
CS was the presence of the white rat
in classical conditioning, you want your conditioned stimulus to cause your conditioned response
Psychological science is ___________.
This component of psychological science (how the field is organized) allows for increased credibility of study findings and the potential to overcome research biases by recognizing them
psychological science is summative
Provide an example of a p-value that would result in a researcher rejecting the null hypothesis
any value less than 0.05
Which autonomic nervous system is responsible for transporting neural signals related to glucostatic regulation in the hypothalamus of the brain
parasympathetic nervous system
what happens to a rat if their ventromedial hypothalamus is severed
the rat will excessively eat and gain weight
provide an example of positive reinforcement
any situation where something is added to increase the chance that a behavior will occur.