Stress
This is the second stage of GAS
What is resistance?
This is one of the hunger producing hormones
What is Ghrelin? (or Orexin)
I am trying to find out which flavor of gum has the longest lasting flavor. This is the independent variable
What is the flavor of the gum?
My significant other always smells like garlic. Now every time I smell garlic, I smile. In this situation the unconditioned stimulus is
What is your significant other?
Remembering what you hear is using this kind of memory
What is Echoic memory?
This is the 3rd F-word in fight/flight/? trio
What is Freeze?
If I am hungry so I eat an apple, this theory of motivation is being used
What is Drive-Reduction theory?
I believe that aliens have visited Earth so I only visit pro-alien websites. My information ends up biased becasuse of this type of bias
What is Confirmation bias?
When I want a behavior to increase I use
What is Reinforcement?
This is the other name for short-term memory
What is Working memory?
When I am journaling to work through my stress, I am using this kind of coping
What is emotion-focused coping?
If I am neither hungry nor full, neither thirsty nor not thirsty, my body has reached this stage of balance
What is Homeostasis?
If the results of my study show that the difference between my 2 groups is quite small, I probably have not achieved this type of inferential statistic
What is statistical significance (or Significant difference)?
When Kohl's offers me 10 dollars for every 50 dollars I spend, they are using this schedule of reinforcement
What is Fixed-ratio?
This is the first process of memory that gets info into the brain
What is Encoding?
Women tend to use this strategy when dealing with stress
What is Tend and Befriend?
If I have to decide between going to prom with Billy or Johnny, and they are both EQUALLY good choices, I am experiencing this type of interpersonal conflict
What is Approach-Approach?
The researcher is asking me to be honest and even though it is anonymous, I think I will answer that I study more than I really do in case anyone sees my answers. I have fallen victim to this kind of bias
What is Social desirability bias?
When you an action gets a negative consequence, I am less likely to do that action again, at least according to this law
What is the Law of Effect?
This idea explains why when I am in a happy mood, I remember happy memories
What is Mood-congruent (or Dependent) memory?
When I am upset about an argument between me and a friend, so I go talk to that person, I am using this kind of coping
What is Problem-focused?
According to this law, moderate arousal makes for best performance
What is Yerkes-Dodson?
If I am studying why more people are afraid of snakes and spiders as opposed to driving, I am using this psychological perspective
What is Evolutionary psychology?
This is why some organisms learn certain behaviors better and faster than others when those behaviors are best for survival
What is biological preparedness? (or Biological predisposition)
This type of amnesia occurs when I cannot form any new memories after a brain trauma
What is Anterograde amnesia?