Lifespan
Schemata are...
Concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information.
Are you unconscious when you sleep?
No!
What is "rooting" an example of?
Instinctive behavior
Group polarization is:
The strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group.
The average sleep cycle lasts for
90 minutes
What concept is this a demonstration of:
Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.
Conservation
What is the respiratory disorder that disrupts sleep, called?
Sleep Apnea
Which of the following exemplifies extrinsically motivated behavior?
1. Baby sitting a family member for money
2. Dating someone who harms you because you believe you don't deserve good treatment
3. Pulling your hand back from a hot burner
4. Doing a chore for your elderly neighbor's for free because he can't do it himself
Babysitting a family member for money
________ holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors, such as individual traits or temperaments.
Dispositionism
What are the two primary rhythms related to the sleep-wake cycle?
Circadian and Ultraradian
During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk-taking behavior. Emotional outbursts are also quite common. This is explained by the relative underdevelopment of the ________ lobe of the cerebral cortex.
Frontal
What is explosive head syndrome?
Disruptive, painless disorder most commonly seen around time when falling asleep or waking up.
What is a basic definition of self-efficacy?
Believing in yourself that you can do something.
In Stanley Milgram's obedience research, the person playing the part of the "learner" was an accomplice, or ________, of the experiment.
Confederate
Which stage of sleep is characterized by increased heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate, erections, eye movements, paralysis, and the perception of thoughts and experiences during sleep?
REM
After age 65, most people are attempting to assess their lives and make sense of life and the meaning of their contributions. Within the psychosocial model of development, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?
Integrity vs. Despair
What disorder is commonly onset when quickly disrupted during dreaming?
Sleep paralysis
According to the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory of emotion, emotions consist of two factors; what are they?
Physiological and Cognitive
When might a person be most likely to yield to the effects of informational social influence?
When the correct choice is unclear
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WHAT DOES REM STAND FOR?
Rapid Eye Movement
According to Jean Piaget, in what stage do children begin to use abstract thinking processes?
Formal Operational
When does sleep walking occur?
During the deep stages of sleep.
Research has found that the nucleus accumbens and the amygdala, both of which are part of the ________, are brain areas that are particularly important in sexual motivation.
Limbic System
During the international coronavirus pandemic, many people began acting aggressively toward individuals of Chinese descent, blaming them for the virus even though most of those people had lived in the United States for their entire lives. Those Chinese-Americans were the victim of a process called ________.
Scapegoating