Awareness
A person’s awareness of themselves and their surroundings.
What is state of consciousness?
The body’s natural 24-hour cycle that regulates physiological and behavioral processes.
What is the circadian rhythm?
Maya decided to quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey. She is experiencing ___ of nausea and agitation as a result.
What is withdrawals?
Psychosocial development was pioneered by __.
What is Erik Erikson?
Julia has been drinking throughout her pregnancy. Her baby may have __ __ syndrome and deal with cognitive deficits throughout its life.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
Brain’s ability to focus in on a sound in the presence of a lot of background noise.
What is cocktail party effect?
Stage of sleep that involves dreams and memory.
What is REM?
Main categories of psychoactive drugs include: depressants, hallucinogens, opioids, ___, and cannabis.
What is stimulants?
The last stage of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
What is formal operational?
Nina just reached menarche meaning she had her fist __.
What is menstrual cycle?
Failure to notice visual objects because attention is drawn elsewhere.
What is inattentional blindness?
Hormone that makes it easy to fall asleep at night.
What is melatonin?
A substance that removes normal reactions and emotional processing of situations.
What is disinhibitor?
The second stage of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
What is preoperational?
Stassi takes care of her baby girl, when she cries she picks her up and soothes her, when she is hungry she quickly feeds her. This is setting the baby up to have a __ attachment style.
What is secure?
The ability to focus on something and filter out background distractions.
What is selective attention?
Lack of sleep or poor sleep quality can lead to a spike in this hormone.
What is cortisol?
Kayla took heroin and is now feeling disconnected from her environment and numb. This is a sign that heroin is a ___.
What is a depressant?
A stage theory of moral development was developed by __.
What is Lawrence Kohlberg?
Patrick enforces strict rules with his children. He feels detached from his children and offers them little affection. Patrick would be an example of an __ parent.
What is authoritarian?
Inability to notice significant changes in their environment when they should be easily noticed.
What is change blindness?
It takes Lisa hours to fall asleep and she has difficulty staying asleep. Lisa is suffering from:
What is insomnia?
Lee took a substance and now feels like his heart is beating out of his chest and notices that his eyes are dilated. These are signs that Lee took a ___.
What is a stimulant?
Developing a sense of independence is the goal of __ according to Erikson.
What is toddlers?
An adolescent's main goal is achieving a sense of identity according to the psychologist ___.
What is Erik Erikson?