Biopsychology
The lobe of the brain that controls executive processes like higher-order thinking
What is the Frontal Lobe
Bipolar disorder that requires a full manic episode but not a depressive episode
What is bipolar type 1
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (What theory is this?)
What is Gestalt Theory
The debate between whether human development is determined by biological or environmental factors
What is Nature vs Nurture
The part of the eye that holds our blindspot
What is the Optic Nerve
The region in the brain involved in experiencing emotions such as fear and anger
What is the Amygdala
Disorder that results from trauma accompanied by re-experiencing and lasts a minimum of 6 months
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cognitive process in which information is repeated over and over as a way of remembering the information
What is Rehearsal
The stage of life when auditory development takes place
What is Prenatal Period
The experiment that involved giving fake shocks to participants
What is the Milgram Experiment
The study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system and behavior
What is Psychopharmacology
Rituals performed by an individual with obsessive-compulsive disorder
What is Compulsions
This occurs when the visual stimulus changes and the observer does not notice
What is Change Blindness
Concept or framework that organizes and categorizes information
What is Schema?
Accepting the null hypothesis in research when there is actually an effect (Which Error Type?)
What is Type II Error
The neurotransmitter involved in the reward pathway-imbalance in it is related to Parkinson’s and Schizophrenia
What is Dopamine
Depressive disorder that results in constant low-grade sadness with 2 additional depressive symptoms for most days in more than 2 years
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder
The tendency to recall the initial items in a series
What is Primacy Effect
Attachment demonstrated by babies who are constantly afraid of potential separation from caregiver
What is anxious attachment?
Bodily response to seeing blood results in a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure
What is a vasovagal response
The binocular cue that facilitates depth perception by allowing your right and left eye to view slightly different images
What is Retinal Disparity
Somatic disorder characterized by malingering a mental or physical ailment on another person for primary and secondary gains
factitious disorder imposed by another
Memory for knowledge about the world that is not tied to any specific personal experience, focuses on facts
What is Semantic Memory
What is Erikson's 5th stage, identity vs role confusion?
A child who walks for a few days, falls a few times, and then goes back to crawling is experiencing __________ to a prior stage of development
What is Regression