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chapter 7 memory
chapter 8 cognition, language and creativity
chapter 10 motivation and emotion
chapter 13 health, stress and coping
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George Miller found that this was limited to the "magic number" seven
What is short term memory
100
the process of thinking or mentally processing information (images, concepts, words, rules and symbols)
What is cognition
100
a steady state of body equilibrium
What is homeostasis
100
the mental and physical condition that occurs when a person must adjust or adapt to the environment
What is stress
100
the three types of variables in an experiment
What are dependent, independent, and extraneous
200
the three stages of memory
What are sensory, short-term, and long-term
200
Experiencing one sense in terms normally associated with another sense; for example, "seeing" colors when a sound is heard
What is synesthesia
200
the three types of motives discussed in the textbook and in the lecture
What are biological, stimulus and learned
200
a condition demonstrated by two people stuck on an escalator
What is learned helplessness
200
the five types of research methods
What are naturalistic observation, correlational, clinical, experimental, and survey
300
memory influenced by one's bodily state at the time of learning and at the time of retrieval. Improved memory occurs when the bodily states match.
What is state dependent learning
300
an ideal model used as a prime example of a particular concept
What is a prototype
300
motivation that comes from within rather than from external rewards; motivation based on personal enjoyment of a task or activity
What is intrinsic motivation
300
a habitual and often unconscious psychological process used to reduce anxiety
What is a defense mechanism
300
an inability to feel pleasure
What is anhedonia
400
a brain structure associated with emotion and the transfer of information from short-term memory to long-term memory.
What is the hippocampus
400
a learned set of rules that always leads to the correct solution of a problem
What is an algorithm
400
a small area at the base of the brain that regulates many aspects of motivation and emotion, especially hunger, thirst, and sexual behavior
What is the hypothalamus
400
According to Richard Lazarus, these are the two important steps in managing a threat or perceived threat
What primary and secondary appraisal
400
the two parts of the central nervous system
What are the brain and spinal cord
500
the ability to retain a "projected" mental image long enough to use it as a source of information
What is eidetic imagery or eidetic memory
500
the four types of barriers to problem solving discussed in the textbook and in the lecture
What are emotional, cultural, learned, and perceptual
500
the five needs on Maslow's hierarchy
What are physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, esteem and self-esteem, and self-actualization
500
the three stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome
What are alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion
500
the clinical name for sleepwalking
What is somnambulism