Biology Bases of Behavior
This psychoactive drug can INCREASE anandamide leading to short term memory, also known as cannabis or CBD
What is marijuana?
What is PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Sleep walking is also known as...
What is Somnambolism
Who conducted the split brain experiments?
Who is Micheal Gazzaniga & Roger Sperry?
Who conducted the "Learned Helplessness" experiment?
Stanley Milgram
the most common drug used to improve mental alertness.
What is caffeine?
How long do your symptoms have to last to be diagnosed with MDD (Major Depressive Disorder)
At least 2 weeks
What is the circadian rhythm?
Our 24-hour biological clock.
What is Akintopsia?
The inability to perceive movement
What is self-serve bias?
dissociative drug; it induces distortion of sight and sound.
What is PCP?
Name 1/3 Eating Disorders
BONUS: Name all 3
- Bulimia Nervosa
-Anorexia Nervosa
-Binge Eating
When do Alpha/Theta waves occur?
Non-REM 1
What is absolute threshold?
Minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.
What are the two explanatory styles?
-Optimistic explanatory style
-Pessimistic explanatory style
Depressants (heroin, morphine, oxycodone)
What is opiates?
Obsession about dirt and germs may lead to compulsive hand washing or cleaning. What is this a form of?
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
What stage of sleep does sleep-talking occur?
Non-REM 2
What is Signal Detection Theory?
How and when we detect the presence of a weak stimulus among other stimulation.
What is the false consensus effect?
The tendency to over estimate the extent to which others share one’s beliefs and behaviors
powerful psychedelic molecule that can be readily synthesized from the amino-acid tryptophan, by enzymes present in many organisms.
What is DMT (dimethyltryptamine)?
Name 1/4 cluster B Personality Disorders
- Borderline
-Narcissitic
-Historionic
-Antisocial
What is the inactivity theory?
The idea that sleep is a survival mechanism
Sensory Adaption is what?
Decreased responsiveness to stimuli due to constant stimulation.
The Stanford Prison Experiment?
What is an experiment done by Philip Zimbardo