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Disorders
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Researcher who designed experiments with dogs, where salivation was the unconditioned response.
Who is Ivan Pavlov
100
A part of the nervous system that prepares the body for emergencies.
What is the sympathetic nervous system
100
The study of changes in behavior from conception to death
What is developmental psychology
100
Function include helping us react to dangerous stimuli through a quick fear response.
What is the amygdala?
100
Sensory experience that occur in the absence of a stimulus.
What is a hallucination?
200
After weeks of successful extinction trials, the lab rat suddenly resumes performing a conditioned behavior.
What is spontaneous recovery
200
The cycle of bodily activity approximately 24 hours in length.
What is a circadian rhythm
200
Psychologist who discovered that all children pass through a series of distinct stages in their intellectual development.
Who is Jean Piaget
200
Part of the brain responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe
200
A core feature of all abnormal behavior.
What is maladaptive?
300
Intervention that is used to discourage or reduce behavior.
What is punishment
300
The type of motivation that stems from obvious external factors or rewards.
What is extrinsic motivation
300
Substances capable of causing birth defects.
What are teratogens
300
PArt of the brain directly related to such functions as thinking, language, and memory.
What is the association area of the cerebral cortex
400
Paying employees on a piece-work basis is an example of this type of reinforcement.
What is a fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement
400
The theory that emotions are organized in the brain and that emotional feelings and bodily expressions occur simultaneously.
What is the Cannon-Bard theory
400
Researcher who found that baby monkeys prefer a terrycloth surrogate mother to a wire mother
Who is Harlow
400
Part of the brain responsible for maintaining balance and movements.
What is the cerebellum
400
the cause of Alzheimer's disease.
What is brain pathology.
500
The result of presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.
What is extinction
500
Theory that describes the relationship between arousal level, task difficulty, and efficiency of performance.
What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law
500
Researcher known for his research in the area of moral development.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg
500
Band of fibers that connect the two cerebral hemispheres
What is the corpus callosum
500
Psychological dependence on mood- or behavior-altering drugs.
What is a substance related disorder?