Part of the Brain
What are Neurotransmitters?
The chemical messengers of the nervous system.
Who is often referred to as the father of psychology?
Freud
How many types of encoding are there?
3
What is social psychology?
Interactions between people spanning from a wide range of how we connect.
How many weeks into a pregnancy do we start referring to the fertilized embryo as a fetus?
9 weeks through 40 weeks
Even though we typically separate the lobes into different sections, can they all interact with each other?
Yes
Which psychologist studied how children reacted to different models of aggressive and violent behaviors?
Banduras
What is the name for the term that makes it easier for us to remember things better when we are involved, rather than ones where we aren't involved?
The self-reference effect.
What is the term for the view that our behavior and actions are determined by our immediate environment and surroundings?
Situationism
Is this definition either continuous or discontinuous development?
"views development as a cumulative process, gradually improving on existing skills."
Continuous
Which Lobe of the brain is located near the temples and processes various sensory and perceptual information?
The Temporal Lobe.
Who proposed that the mechanisms underlying language acquisition are biologically determined?
Noam Chomsky
What is Memory Consolidation?
When our short-term memories get transferred over to long-term memory.
What is the Just-World Hypothesis?
The idea that people get the outcome that they deserve.
Which scientist made two fake monkeys and see which one the babies preferred, the one with only metal wiring + milk & the one with the cloth-skin?
Harlow
What are the three parts that remain inside the Frontal Lobe.
Motor Cortex, Prefrontal Cortex, and Broca's Area
What did Alfred Binet do?
Developed an intelligence test to use on children to determine who would struggle in school.
What are the three ways/methods to help retrieve your memories?
Recall, Recognition, and Relearning.
What is Self-Serving Bias?
The tendency of an individual to take credit, by making dispositional or internal attributions for positive outcomes but situational or external attributions for negative outcomes.
How old are you when you can recognize yourself in a mirror?
Around 18 months
Where is dopamine produced?
The Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)
Which two psychologists came up with the work-family balance theory?
Greenhaus and Beutell
What is the difference between Retrograde Amnesia and Anterograde Amnesia?
Retrograde- the inability to remember new information after the trauma
Anterograde- the inability to remember old information, whether partial or complete, after the trauma
How do Psychotropic Medications treat psychiatric symptoms?
By balancing the neurotransmitters.
Name all four types of parenting styles.
Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive, and Uninvolved.