Cognition
Which type of memory is responsible for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state, typically for around 20-30 seconds?
Short Term Memory
What is the term for the mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information to make it meaningful?
Perception
What is the term for a persistent and excessive fear of a specific object, situation, or activity?
phobia
This brain structure is responsible for basic life functions like breathing and heart rate.
Medulla
This type of variable is manipulated by the experimenter to observe its effect on another variable.
Independent variable
In Ivan Pavlov’s famous experiment with dogs, what was the conditioned stimulus (CS) that eventually triggered salivation?
Bell
What are the three main components of Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality?
Id, Ego, Superego
What is the name of the manual used by psychologists and psychiatrists to diagnose mental disorders?
DSM-5
This neurotransmitter is primarily associated with mood regulation and is often targeted by antidepressants like SSRIs.
Seratonin
To ensure that participant characteristics do not systematically differ between experimental conditions, researchers use this method of assignment.
Random Assignment
What is the name of the phenomenon where exposure to one stimulus influences a person’s response to a subsequent stimulus, often without conscious awareness?
Priming
Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating emotions, including fear and aggression?
Amygdala
In schizophrenia, what is the term for false beliefs that a person holds despite clear evidence to the contrary?
Delusions
Damage to this lobe of the brain can impair decision-making, personality, and impulse control.
frontal lobe
This occurs when participants change their behavior simply because they know they are being observed in an experiment.
Hawthorne Effect
What is the psychological phenomenon in which a person remembers the beginning and end of a list better than the middle items?
the serial position effect
What is the term for the process by which we learn through rewards and punishments, as studied by B.F. Skinner?
operant conditioning
Which mood disorder is characterized by alternating periods of extreme highs (mania) and extreme lows (depression)?
Bipolar disorder
This insulating material speeds up neural transmission along the axon and is often damaged in multiple sclerosis.
meylin
This statistical technique helps researchers determine whether the differences between experimental groups are likely due to chance or a real effect.
Interential statistics
Which cognitive psychologist is best known for his theory of cognitive development, which includes stages such as the sensorimotor and formal operational stages?
Jean Piaget
Who is considered the "father of psychology" and established the first psychology lab in 1879?
William Wundt
L-DOPA is a dopamine agonist used to primarily treat what?
Parkinsons Disease
This part of the brain is crucial for processing fear and emotional responses and is highly involved in conditions like PTSD.
amygdala
This type of experimental design involves measuring the same participants under multiple conditions or time points, reducing variability from individual differences