Physiological Psychology
___ are chemical signals that travel across a synapse.
Neurotransmitters
___ is the adjustment of our opinions, judgments, or actions so that we become more consistent with the opinions, judgments, or actions of other people, or to the normative standards of a social group or situation.
Conformity
What are the main personality dimensions in the Big Five model of personality (OCEAN)
1. Openness to experience
2. Conscientiousness
3. Extraversion
4. Agreeableness
5. Neuroticism (or emotional stability)
___ is any of a collection of mood disorders in which symptoms of mania and depression alternate.
Bipolar disorder
What area of the brain is primarily responsible for logical thinking, planning and decision making?
The Frontal Lobe
What is the "tripod" of social psychology?
thoughts, feelings, and other behaviors
Heuristics
An irrational and disproportionate fear of social situations would most likely be classified as what disorder?
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anne is a taxi driver in New York City. No matter where she's at, she knows how to drive to Time Square. Her vast knowledge of places located in NYC is likely correlated with ____ in her brain.
size of her hippocampus / the hippocampus.
List the five core social-motives we focused on in this course.
Belonging
Understanding
Control
(Self) Enhancement
Trusting
Lucy works at a company as an administrator. She's extremely innovative and is always willing to try out new techniques and ideas that she feels may benefit the company. What OCEAN trait might Lucy score highly on?
Openness to experience.
What is the name of the guidebook used to diagnose psychopathology and mental disorders?
DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition)
Alex got into a car accident and hit the back of her head very hard. If the rear part of the brain developed a lesion, what might she subsequently struggle with?
Vision and coordinated movement, because the back of the head is where the primary visual cortex is located (in the occipital lobe), and also the cerebellum for coordinated movement.
___ is a prevailing perspective among social psychologists, which claims that a person's environment and situational factors (rather than their personal characteristics) are the primary determinants of the person's behavior.
Situationism
____ is a mode of cognition that is intuitive and affective (i.e., what “feels right”), whereas ___ is a mode of cognition that is logically analytical and deliberate (i.e., what “makes sense”).
System 1; System 2
According to ____, psychopathology is primarily defined by people, based on the social norms of the particular time and place in which they live (i.e., what people generally agree is normal and appropriate).
social constructionism theory
What area of the brain is highly implicated in speech production?
Broca's area.
Alex says he has no problem with homeless people. However, one day he sees a homeless man on the corner of the street where he's walking. Mike feels somewhat grossed out and walks to the other side of the street to move away from the homeless man. What is Mike exhibiting in this scenario?
Aversive prejudice.
Paul is in the market for a new car. When deciding on how to make his purchase, he evaluates as much as he can about the car including the price, make and model, reliability, etc. Paul takes this information into careful consideration before buying a car. What system is Paul using to make decisions?
System 2
In the DSM-5, what are two main types of mood disorders that we focused on in this course?
1. bipolar disorders
2. depressive disorders