Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Name the two types of research used in psychology
Qualitative and quantitative
A p-value has to be under ___ for it to be significant
0.05
The process of getting info out of your memory storage is called the
Retrieval
A single extension from the nerve cell that carries nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons
Axon
The psychologist who created psychoanalysis:
Sigmund Freud
What is the main professional organization for psychology?
APA (American Psychological Association)
Name 2 of the 4 types of statistical scales
Nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
The ability to hold a limited amount of information in your mind for a limited period of time while you perform a task or solve a problem
Working memory
The portion of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord
CNS (Central Nervous System)
What theory/approach was Carl Rogers known for?
Person-centered/humanistic
Who formed the hierarchy of needs?
Maslow
In an experimental study, participants are typically randomly assigned to what two groups?
The tendency to recall experiences that are consisted with ones current bad mood or good mood
Mood-congruent memory
A medial temporal lobe structure that is important for learning and memory
Hippocampus
True or False: There's no difference between a PhD and PsyD
False
A cognitive framework/structure that helps to organize, understand, and interpret information
Schema
What are mean, median, and mode a measure of?
An area at the rear of the frontal lobes that control voluntary movement
Motor cortex
The region of the brain that consists of the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla
Brainstem
What resource do psychologists use to make diagnoses in clinical practice?
DSM-5
According to Freud, the human psyche is structured into these three parts
id, ego, superego
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
Standard deviation
Memory used for skills (i.e. riding a bike)
Procedural memory
The specific neurotransmitter/chemical that relates to pleasure and reward
Dopamine