Psychological Perspectives
Which perspective offers the best explanation for schizophrenia?
Biopsychological Perspective
A tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations is known as a
Hypothesis
The central nervous system is composed of these two parts.
The brain and the spinal cord
This term is used to describe "the smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50 percent of the time".
Just Noticeable Difference (JND)
This psychologist is best known for his research on classical conditioning and an experiment with dogs, saliva, a bell.
Pavlov
Which perspective focuses on an individual's ability to reach self-actualization?
Humanistic Perspective
This term reflects the relationship between two variables, but does NOT necessarily reflect causation.
Correlation
This part of the neuron contains the nucleus and is responsible for keeping the entire cell alive and functioning.
Soma
Tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant, unchanging information
Habituation
This psychologist proposed the five Psychosexual stages of development
Sigmund Freud
In this early experiment within the Behavioral Perspective, dogs were rewarded for their appropriate response to a stimuli. What was the name of this experiment?
Operant Conditioning
What type of correlation is reflected if two variables increase in the same direction?
Positive
Cocaine functions in the body by blocking the dopamine reuptake process in the nervous system. Blocking or reducing the effect of a neurotransmitter is an example of what chemical process?
Antagonist
You walk into your house and immediately smell the garbage. However, you forget to change the trash. Your roommate walks in and immediately says, "whew, what stinks!". You say "oh my goodness, I forgot to change the trash, I can't even smell it anymore." This scenario describes what process?
Sensory Adaptation
This psychologist proposed sociocultural theory and is best known for his explanation of the "zone of proximal development"
Lev Vygotsky
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is an example of which psychological perspective?
Humanistic Perspective
You will always have these two types of variables in an experiment.
Independent and Dependent Variables
Neurotransmitters must pass from an axon terminal to the next dendrite by crossing a fluid-filled space that is called the what?
Synapse
Identify the 5 sense organs
Eyes, Ears, Nose, Skin, and Taste Buds
This psychologist is best known for his theory on cognitive development, which describes his belief that children progress through 4 distinct stages where their thinking becomes more advanced with each stage
Jean Piaget
This psychological perspective focuses on how people think, remember, store, and use information.
Cognitive Perspective
This term describes the tendency of the experimenter's expectations for a study to unintentionally influence the results of a study.
Experimenter Effect
What is the name of the neurotransmitter most commonly associated with pain relief?
Endorphin
The process of converting outside stimuli, such as light, into neural activity.
Transduction
This psychologist is responsible for developing Operant conditioning and focused on the relationship between behavior and rewards.
B.F. Skinner