Learning And Cognition + Individual Differences And Psych Testing
Social Interaction + Psych Health
100
Which contemporary perspective was founded by John Watson and explained how the environment has an effect on our behavior?
Behavioral
100
Where is the hind brain located in the brain?
rear base of the skull
100
study of changes that occur through life
Developmental Psychology
100
when a neutral stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus
What is classical conditioning?
100
What is social loafing?
the tendency to work less hard when sharing the workload with others.
200
This psychologist explores motivations in pursuit of getting people to embrace health promotion and illness prevention.
What is a Health Psychologist?
200
Frontal Lobe
brain region that carries out higher mental processes such as thinking, decision-making, and planning.
200
What is the authoritarian parenting style?
children are expected to follow strict rules, parents have high demands and are not responsive to their children.
200
What is stimulus generalization and what is an experiment that represents it?
tendency to evoke response to stimuli that are not identical but similar to CS in stimulus response; Little Albert Experiment
200
What is groupthink?
poor group decision that occurs as a result of a group emphasizing unity over critical thinking
300
Main organization for scientists and psychologists in the US.
APA (American Psychological Association)
300
Cerebellum
brain region that is responsible for balance and coordination of muscle and body.
300
life periods in which an individual's goal is to satisfy desires associated with social needs (Erikson)
Psychosocial development
300
processing of alternating behavior by observing and imitating the behavior of others
Observational Learning
300
a deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional pattern of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that interfere with the ability to function in a normal way
psychological disorder
400
Which famous experiment out of the two violated the "Voluntary Participation" ethic? (APA Ethics Code)
1) Milgram's Obedience Study
2) Elliot's Racism Experiment
2) Elliot's racism Experiment
400
weakest amount of a stimulus required to produce a sensation (sensation + perception)
What is an absolute threshold? (sensation + perception)
400
a child grown up in isolation with virtually no human contact
feral of "wild" child
400
certain specific means by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances
Defense Mechanisms
400
a disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness.
Disociative Disorder
500
What can a Psychiatrist do that a Psychologist cannot do?
Prescribe medicine to patients
500
Rapid Eye Movement; muscles are relaxed, brain waves closely resemble those of a person who is fully awake, most dreaming takes place, "active sleep", usually lasts 15-45 min.
What does REM stand for and what happens in that process?
500
What kind of psychological development are Kolberg's stages based on?