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Cells/Biopsych
Social Psych
Sensation and Perception
Conditioning
Abnormal
100
There are approximately 100 billion of these in our brain.
What are neurons?
100

An unfair or unjustifiable attitude or feeling towards a group of people.

What is prejudice?

100
This is the process of detecting physical energies with a sense organ.
What is Sensation?
100

This term refers to any consequence of a response (or behavior) that increases the likelihood of that behavior reoccurring.

What is reinforcement?

100

This personality disorder was named after an individual from a Greek myth, in which he fell in love with his reflection.

What is narcissistic personality disorder?

200
This part of a neuron contains the cell body.
What is the soma?
200

This refers to the tendency of an individual who observes an emergency to help less when other people are present than when the observer is alone.  

What is the bystander effect?

200
This is the process by which the brain organizes sensations into meaningful patterns.
What is perception?
200
A relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience.
What is learning?
200

unipolar (depressive) and bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders are the two types of ____.

What are mood disorders?

300
This is the term for when a nerve impulse is sent down an axon.
What is an action potential?
300

The pressure for the uniformity of a group's decision is a symptom of this bias in decision-making.

What is groupthink? 

300
This is the minimum amount of energy needed for a sensation to occur.
What is the absolute threshold?
300
This term refers to what a neutral stimulus becomes after it is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
300

People with this disorder may find that they occasionally check stove burners, count steps, clean homes and offices past the point of normal standards, and wash their hands multiple times in order for it to be "clean."

What is obsessive compulsive disorder?

400
Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Acetylcholine, and Seratonin are types of these.
What are neurotransmitters?
400

When two people who have worked closely together for years fall in love.

What is the mere exposure effect?

400
These are the visual receptors used to detect colors and bright light.
What are cones.
400
This is a fear that persists even when no realistic danger exists
What is a phobia?
400

Personality disorder characterized by egocentrism, lack of conscience, impulsive behavior, and manipulation of others.

What is antisocial personality disorder?

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

This term describes the tendency to explain people's behavior regarding internal, stable characteristics.

What is fundamental attribution erorr?

500
This is the part of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye.
What is the blind spot?
500

This term refers to any event that follows a response and decreases the likelihood of its occurring again.

What is punishment?

500

The classification system, a handbook, developed by the American Psychiatric Association, used to describe abnormal behaviors.

What is Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?