The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research.
100
What is the difference between the grasping and Rooting Reflex?
Grasping- infants clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hand.
Rooting- infant's response in turning toward the source of touching that occurs anywhere around his or her mouth.
100
What is the difference between the CNS and PNS.
What is They are composed of different parts and they have different jobs. Both send communication throughout the body.
100
What is the difference between generalization and discrimination?
reactions to stimuli differs.
100
What is the DSM-IV?
What is Manual used to categorize, identify, and diagnose psychological disorders.
200
What are the 4 Goals of Psychology?
What is Describe, Explain, Predict, and Influence behaviors.
200
What is object permanence?
cognitive process that develops around the age of two, that allows children to understand that an object still exists, even if they cannot see it.
200
What is the importance of the pituitary gland to the endocrine system?
What is it is the "master gland" it controls all other glands.
200
What is the difference between reinforcement and punishment in the occurrence of behaviors.
When a person feels very anxious and cannot stop thinking about something even though it is unpleasant, he or she suffers from a (an) ______________.
What is obsession
300
What is the difference between "applied" and "basic" science?
Basic Science is the pursuit of scientific knowledge for its own sake, whereas, applied science is using psychological knowledge and applying it to life to accomplish goals.
300
How do adolescents cognitive processes change? In other words how does their thinking change. Give 2 examples.
What is rationalization and abstract thinking.
300
What is the importance of the "Limbic System"? and Where is it located in the brain?
What is located in the midbrain. The Limbic System regulates our emotions, memories, and motivations.
300
Individuals who believe that no matter what they do their actions make no difference are exhibiting what? and What type of learning is this?
What is Learned helplessness and social learning
300
What is the difference between a hallucination and delusion. What disorder do both of these symptoms typicaly show up in?
Sensory vs. beliefs and schizophrenia.
400
What method is used by psychologists to research?
What is the Scientific Method.
400
What is the "Empty Nest Syndrome?"
What is a significant time during adult life that typically affects women, when the last child has moved out of the home.
400
What is the difference between the left and right hemispheres? In other words what functions do each hemisphere specialize in?
right- Deals with nonverbal, spatial, and creative thinking.
Left- verbal, mathematical, logical thinking.
400
What is cognitive mapping? and how does latent learning create cognitive mapping?
latent learning allows us to pick up information without changing out behavior. A lot of times we don't even know we picked up on the information. This in turn allows us to create mental pictures or cognitive maps of our surrounding environments.
400
How do personality disorders differ from other disorders that we have talked about.
lack of anxiety
500
What are 3 different types of research used? How do they differ?
What are the 5 Stages of Grief/Death? Explain each stage
What is Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance.
500
What are the 4 lobes of the brain and what are their functions?
Temporal- Auditory and some memories
Parietal- Identifying and processing Sensory information
Occipital- Processing visual information
Frontal- Critical, organization, abstract thinking processes.
500
What is the difference between classical and operant conditioning and social learning?
Classical conditioning- Making association between stimuli.
Operant- Learning from consequences of behavior.
social- Modeling, copying other's behaviors and learning from others behaviors.
500
What is the difference between delusions of persecution and grandeur?