He founded a psychological laboratory in Germany and is considered to be the first psychologist.
Wilhelm Wundt
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Ivan Pavlov was the pioneer of what type of conditioning?
Classical Conditioning.
100
The smallest building block of your nervous system is a
Neuron
100
According to Freud, what aspects of your personality are represented by the ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO?
ID- instant gratification
EGO- reality
SUPEREGO- follows rules of society/parents
100
What is anxiety?
Apprehension or a tense feeling of dread.
200
He is the founder of psychoanalytic psychology.
Sigmund Freud
200
What is the difference between punishment and reinforcement?
Punishment is done to stop a behavior, reinforcement is done to make a behavior continue.
200
What are the 3 types of neurons and what do they do?
Motor: Movement
Sensory: Senses
Inter: In-between the two, communicate with brain
200
What is self actualization?
Reaching one's full potential.
200
OCD is categorized by what two symptoms?
Obsessive Thoughts and Compulsive Behaviors
300
Explain the difference between the Independent and Dependent Variable in an experiment.
IV: Thing that the experimenter manipulates and/or changes in an experiment. (What we want to see the effect of)
DV: The results of the experiment, what we are trying to measure.
Example: The effect of cell phones on total hours of sleep.
IV: Whether or not participant has cell phone
DV: Hours slept
300
Explain what happened in the Little Albert experiment.
A baby was conditioned to fear white furry things using classical conditioning.
300
The central nervous system consists of what?
Brain and Spinal Cord
300
Who are the two psychologists associated with Humanism?
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
300
Explain the symptoms of Anti-Social Personality Disorder.
The person lacks a conscience for wrong doing or harming others.
400
The tendency to look for information that proves something that you already believe rather than letting evidence form your beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
400
A variable ratio of reinforcement means that reinforcement is occurring when
After a random number of times of doing something.
Like a slot machine.
400
What are the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems responsible for?
Para: Calms you down
Sympathetic: Fight or Flight
400
Explain Trait Theory of Personality
Human personality can be define by testable characteristics or traits that persist over time.
400
Explain why psychoanalytic and humanistic therapy are not more widely used forms of therapy.
They are unscientific and their benefits cannot be proven using biology.
500
Explain the Evolutionary Perspective of Psychology.
Mental processes, emotions, actions, fears, etc. of humans have been passed down throughout our existence of a species because at some point they served a purpose to help us survive.
500
Explain how classical conditioning works using these terms:
Neutral stimulus + Unconditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Conditioned Response
The NS and UCS are paired together to cause the UCR.
Eventually, the NS becomes the CS and causes the CR
Pavlov:
NS: Bell
UCS: Food
UCR: Salivate
CS: Bell
CR: Salivate
500
Explain what the following Neurotransmitters are responsible for:
Serotonin
Dopamine
AcH
Serotonin- Mood
Dopamine- Brain Activity
AcH- Voluntary Movement
500
What are Piaget's 4 stages of Cognitive Development?