Theories & Research
B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov are affiliated with this early school of thought.
What is Behaviorism?
The _____ lobe is involved in a person's ability to plan, initiate, and carry out voluntary movements and actions.
What is the frontal lobe?
The phase of sleep in which most dreams occur.
What is REM?
Alcohol is a common substance in this category of psychoactive drugs.
What are depressants?
Hypnosis is derived from the Greek word hypnos, which means _____.
What is sleep?
This school of thought was heavily influenced by Charles Darwin's theories of survival of the fittest.
What is Functionalism?
In general, neural messages are received by the _____ and transmitted by the _____.
What are the dendrites and axon?
The name of the cluster of neurons that regulates circadian rhythms.
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
Opioids mimic the brains natural painkillers, which are called _____.
What are endorphins?
_____ refers to a group of techniques that induce an altered state of focused attention and heightened awareness.
What is meditation?
This term refers to a procedure that assures that all participants have an equal chance of being assigned to any of the experimental conditions.
What is Random Assignment?
The process where neurotransmitter molecules are reabsorbed by the presynaptic neuron is called _____
What is reuptake?
Freud believed that most dreams were representations of this.
What are unconscious desires?
This category of psychoactive drugs increase brain activity, arouse behavior, and increase mental alertness.
What are stimulants?
The goal of all forms of meditation is controlling or training _____.
What is attention?
Researchers at the United Family Therapy Center are conducting a study to determine how quickly different forms of psychotherapy reduce symptoms of anxiety. This is the dependent variable in the study.
What is change in the symptoms of anxiety?
The part of the peripheral nervous system that is responsible for "fight or flight"
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
According to this model of sleep, dreaming is considered the subjective awareness of the brain's internally generated signals during sleep.
What is the activation–synthesis model?
Last week we watched a video that described this psychedelic drug's usage for treatment resistant depression.
What is psilocybin or magic mushrooms?
About _____ percent of adults are highly susceptible to hypnosis, and _____ percent are difficult or impossible to hypnotize.
What is 15% and 10%
Name the four types of descriptive research explored in the text.
What are:
Case studies
Naturalistic observation
Surveys
Correlational studies?
This part of the limbic system is involved in emotional responses and memories with a strong emotional component.
What is the Amygdala?
This term is defined as the capacity to selectively focus awareness on particular stimuli in your external environment or on your internal thoughts or sensations.
What is attention?
Designer drugs get their name due to their production which typically takes place here.
What is in a laboratory?
Meditation has been found to have this effect on emotions.
What is improved emotional control and well-being?