Memory
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
What is flashbulb memory?
At any moment our awareness focuses on only a limited aspect of all that we experience
What is selective attention?
The ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self esteem is achieved
What is self actualization?
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns
What is psychological disorder?
The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
What is social psychology?
The conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage
A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals
What is visual cliffs?
An attitude of total acceptance toward another person
What is unconditional positive regard?
FIrst model that said psychological disorders are sicknesses
What is the medical model?
Tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition
What is fundamental attribution error?
When people go around a circle saying words or their names and attempting to remember what was said by the others, their poorest memories are for what was said by the person just before them
What is the next-in-line effect?
A gradual change from a coarse, distinct texture to a fine, indistinct texture signals increasing distance
What is texture gradient?
A test developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups
What is empirically derived test?
Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
What is anxiety disorders?
This situation triggered degrading behaviors among those assigned to the guard role
We more easily recall information when we can organize it into meaningful units
What is chunking?
Corners teach us to interpret outward or inward pointing arrowheads at the ends of a line as a cue to the lines distance from us
What is the Muller-Lyer Illusion?
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, Extraversion
What is the Big Five Factors?
Emotional extremes of this are major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder
What is mood disorders?
Experiments with standard lines and comparison lines in which individuals conform to the group
What is Aschs conformity experiments?
This much studied California sea snail has increased our understanding of the neural basis of learning
What is Aplysia?
A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
What is perceptual set?
Views behavior as influenced by the interaction between persons and their social context
What is social-cognitive perspective?
fMRI scans show elevated activity in the anterior cingulate cortex
What is brain with OCD?
By pursuing our self interest and not trusting others, we can end up losers
What is a social trap?