Foundation
Pavlov is considered which type of psychologist after his work with dogs?
Behavioralist
This is the region of the brain that is responsible for higher order thinking, such as logic.
Frontal Lobe
A state of consciousness where an individual is highly suggestable, and easy to influence.
Hypnosis
This is the term given to “thinking about thinking”
Metacognition
This occurs when an individual assumes a person's behavior is the result of their personality, not their circumstances
Fundamental Attribution Error
Psychologists often debate this… whether or not someone is born with it, or if it is learned.
Nature vs. Nurture
The Spinal Cord and the Brain make up this neurological body
Central Nervous System
This classification of drugs slow down Neurotransmission
Depressants
The belief that we are motivated primarily by the need to survive and reproduce
Evolutionary Theory of Motivation
This disorder is characterized by pervasive sadness, and can include a lack of motivation, or changes in appetite etc.
This is the group that is responsible for ensuring that psych research does not violate research ethics
Institutional Review Board
This man had a railroad spike thrust through his brain, and lived, providing an excellent research subject
Phineas Gage
Johnny’s mother spanks him after he knocks over a vase. Which type of operant conditioning strategy did his mother use?
Positive Punishment
This occurs when someone believes that they “just knew the outcome” after the event has happened.
Hindsight Bias
Only looking at things that you believe to be true, so that your beliefs are strengthened
Confirmation bias
This type of study is excellent for learning in depth information, but may only apply to a small group, or one individual
Case Study
This is the name given to the message sent along a neuron
Action Potential
The process of identifying the meaning of stimuli in the environment is known as
Perception
The inability to see the uses of an object outside what it was designed for is known as
Functional Fixedness
This was the researcher that conducted the famous shock experiment
This type of psychology believes that everyone is striving to become “self actualized”, or the best they can be
Humanistic
This part of the hindbrain is responsible for regulating sleep
Pons
This is the lightest stage of sleep, and occurs more late in the night
REM
People are motivated to find peak arousal, so they may engage in risky, or extreme behaviors.
The Optimal Arousal Theory
Some extreme cases of human behavior can be explained by this, the knowledge that an individual will not suffer consequences
Deindividuation (Diffusion of Responsibility)