Psychology
Terms
Terms
An educated guess about the relationship between two variables
What is a hypothesis?
What does fMRI stand for?
A mental health professional specialized in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral issues in children and adolescents
What is a child Psychologist?
Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder fall under what Category of Psychological Disorders?
What is Anxiety Disorders?
What is the term for a type of therapy that involves reliving and processing traumatic memories in order to reduce their impact?
What is Exposure Therapy?
A partial or total loss of memory
What is Amnesia?
Dopamine, Serotonin, Glutamate and Norepinephrine all fall under the category of
What are Neurotransmitters?
Profession that specializes in diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental disorders, and can prescribe medication.
What is a Psychiatrist?
A disorder characterized by a pattern of hyperactivity and/or inattention that interferes with functioning and presents itself in two or more settings such as at home, work, school, or social situations.
What is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
Who created the theory of classical conditioning?
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations
What are Phobias?
The abrupt depolarization of the membrane that allows the neuron to communicate over long distances
What is an Action potential?
A person who applies psychology principles to the legal system, often working with law enforcement and courts, assessing mental evaluations and providing their expertise
What is a Forensic Psychologist?
Bulimia, Anorexia, and Pica fall under what category of Psychological Disorders?
What is Eating disorders?
Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love and belonging, self-esteem ,and self-actualization are the five levels of what motivational theory?
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of needs?
What is a false perception of objects or events involving your hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Individuals with Schizophrenia often experience these....
What are Hallucinations?
A cognitive process in which the brain uses prior knowledge, expectations, and context to interpret sensory information
What is top-down processing?
What is a Neuropsychologist?
A disorder associated with lasting patterns of exaggerated self-image, self-centeredness, and low empathy, people with this disorder tend to be more interested in themselves than in others. Preoccupation with power or success.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by extreme changes in motor activity, ranging from excessive and purposeless movement to immobility and rigidity.
What is Catatonic schizophrenia?
A state of severe mental disturbance where an individuals loses touch with reality
What is Psychosis ?
Surgical removal of brain tissue, is often used for large areas. Usually done by aspiration,- a vacuum applied to micropipette.
What is brain Ablation?
A profession that uses art to help people explore their emotions, improve their mental health, and cope with trauma.
What is an Art therapist?
Factitious Disorder, Conversion Disorder, and Munchausen syndrome fall under what category of disorders?
What is Somatic Symptom Disorders?
A woman disappears and is found in a nearby town a few days later, working under a false identity with no memory of her previous life, what psychological disorder might she be facing?
What is Dissociative Fuge?