Sexuality and Gender
Define gender identity
a person’s sense of being a man, woman, or other gender
Lisa attempts to retrieve her bottle after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Lisa has developed a sense of:
object permanence
______ is defined as Detecting stimulus energy and encoding it as neural signals
Sensation
This group of psychologists focused on principles of perceptual organization
Gestalt Psychologists
This sleep disorder is characterized as uncontrollable sleep attacks
narcolepsy
Define asexuality
•an enduring lack of sexual attraction to others
Contemporary research suggests that Piaget identified fairly accurately ____ of major cognitive developmental milestones.
the sequence, not the age related timing
_______ is defined as Selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory info
Perception
The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into three-dimensional perceptions is called
Depth Perception
Give me one way to get better sleep
Exercise (not late)
Avoid caffeine, food, and drinks near bedtime
Use dimmer lights as bedtime nears
Get on a sleep schedule
Hide time displays while trying to sleep
Focus your mind on nonstressful thoughts
Vacations, songs lyrics, happy tv shows
Manage stress
What term describes combinations of male & female chromosomes, hormones, & anatomy; sexual characteristics of both sexes
Intersex
The aging brain partly compensates for a loss of brain cells by recruiting and reorganizing existing neural networks. This best illustrates…
plasticity
________ is defined as converting sensory impulses from one form of energy to another
transduction
Which pitch theory explains how we hear higher pitched sounds
Place Theory
_______ occurs When we go through REM sleep deprivations, we have a tendency to have increased REM cycles in our sleep
REM rebound
This theory states that men with older brothers are more likely to be gay
Fraternal Birth Order Effect
Authoritarian parents demonstrate _____ levels of parental control and _____ levels of parental responsiveness.
High; Low
This part of the eye Changes shape to focus image on retina
Lens
This occurs when Sense of touch influences cognition
Embodied Cognition
This is the Pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24-hour cycle
Circadian Rhythm
This theory states that gay men tend to have more gay relatives on the mother’s side
Fertile Female Theory
When 1-year-old Andrea tries to talk, her mother talks back; when she smiles, her mother smiles in return. These maternal reactions are most relevant to Andrea’s development of _______ attachment
secure
This part of the ear transfers vibrations into neural signals
Hair Cells
This term describes the tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes
an organized whole
______ is defined as Processing consciously & unconsciously at the same time
parallel processing