Brain and Biology
This part of the brain is responsible for forming new memories
What is the hippocampus?
He proposed the stages of cognitive development, including sensorimotor and preoperational.
Who is Jean Piaget?
Autism is classified as this type of developmental condition.
What is a neurodevelopmental condition?
Excessive worry for at least 6 months characterizes this disorder.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
Pavlov is famous for studying this type of learning
What is classical conditioning?
The “fight-or-flight” response is activated by this nervous system branch
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This type of attachment is marked by distress when the caregiver leaves and comfort upon return.
What is secure attachment?
The term describing natural variation in human brains and behavior.
What is neurodiversity?
This disorder involves alternating periods of depression and mania.
What is bipolar disorder?
Skinner’s work focused on this type of conditioning.
What is operant conditioning?
This neurotransmitter is strongly linked to reward and motivation.
What is dopamine?
This term describes learning by watching someone else do something
What is observational learning?
Repetitive movements like hand‑flapping or rocking are known as this.
What is stimming?
Intrusive memories, avoidance, and hyperarousal are symptoms of this condition.
What is PTSD?
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior is called this.
What is negative reinforcement?
Damage to Broca’s area results in this type of language impairment.
What is expressive aphasia?
This newborn reflex causes a baby to turn its head toward a touch on the cheek.
What is the rooting reflex?
This term describes needing time alone to recover from sensory or social fatigue.
What is decompression or regulation time?
Persistent, fixed false beliefs define this symptom.
What are delusions?
A behavior that is reinforced only sometimes is on this schedule.
What is partial/intermittent reinforcement?
This brain structure helps coordinate balance and fine motor movements.
What is the cerebellum?
This reflex makes a newborn automatically suck when something touches their lips.
What is the sucking reflex?
The current diagnostic manual used in the U.S. to define autism criteria.
What is the DSM‑5‑TR?
This personality disorder is marked by instability in relationships, self-image, and emotions.
What is borderline personality disorder?
Learning that occurs by watching others is known as this.
What is observational learning?