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The Brain
Sensation and Perception
Abnormal Psychology
Cultural Psychology
100

If you behave a certain way to receive a reward or avoid punishment, you have what type of motivation? 

Extrinsic 

100
This part of the brain is primarily responsible for human intelligence and the ability to acquire complex skills.
What is the cerebral cortex?
100
This is the process of detecting physical energies with a sense organ.
What is Sensation?
100

his disorder is characterized by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that begin in childhood and can continue into adulthood, often affecting academic and social functioning.

What is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

100

This term refers to shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group.

What is culture?

200

Factors that energize, direct and sustain behavior are what?

Motivation

200

This is a band of fibers that connect the two hemispheres of the brain.

What is the corpus callosum?

200
This is the process by which the brain organizes sensations into meaningful patterns.
What is perception?
200

This anxiety disorder is characterized by sudden episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms like heart palpitations and shortness of breath.

What is panic disorder?

200

The tendency to view one’s own culture as superior is called this.

What is ethnocentrism?

300

What is the bystander effect? What causes it?

The probability of receiving help in an emergency decreases as the number of bystanders increases. Diffusion of responsibility, each person feels less and less responsible for helping. 

300
This is the area of the cerebral cortex that has a primary role in vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
300
This is the minimum amount of energy needed for a sensation to occur.
What is the absolute threshold?
300

This disorder involves disruptions in identity, memory, or consciousness, often as a response to trauma.

What is a dissociative disorder?

300

This cultural dimension contrasts independence with interdependence.

What is individualism vs. collectivism?

400

This hormone is commonly released during stress and is often called the stress hormone

Cortisol

400
The primary somatosensory area is located in this lobe of the brain.
What is the parietal lobe?
400
These are the visual receptors used to detect colors and bright light.
What are cones.
400

This personality disorder is defined by a long-term pattern of disregard for others’ rights, impulsivity, and lack of remorse.

What is antisocial personality disorder?

400

This concept describes how people’s behavior is influenced by the social roles and expectations of their culture.

What are social norms?

500
This part of the nervous system carries messages from the internal glands and organs. It is comprised of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
500
Damage in this area of the brain causes damage in understanding the meaning of words.
What is Wernicke's area?
500
This is the part of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye.
What is the blind spot?
500

his disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of consuming large quantities of food within a discrete period, accompanied by a sense of loss of control, but unlike similar eating disorders, it is not regularly followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging or excessive exercise.

what is bing eating disorder

500

This term describes psychological disorders or symptoms that are specific to certain cultural groups.

What are culture-bound syndromes?