"It's developmental, Watson"
A logical thinking ability that allows a person to determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment of the container, shape, or apparent size, according to the psychologist Jean Piaget.
What is conservation?
What is the standard deviation of this set: -45, -30,-15, 0, 15, 30, 45
What is 15?
More people around the world are killed every year by malaria than by terrorism. Yet, terrorism is widely reported in the news and causes fear, so we believe that more people die from terrorism than malaria. Which obstacle to problem solving is present in this situation?
What is availability heuristic?
I am doing this for the grade.
What type of motivation am I experiencing?
What is extrinsic motivation?
Amy, age 38, is a worrier. She is restless, irritable and has difficulty concentrating. She worries that she worries so much and isn’t always sure what it is that she is worried about. She can’t let her husband or children leave the house without making them call her regularly to reassure her that they are ok.
What psychological disorder is Amy experiencing?
What is generalized anxiety?
The developing baby turns its cheek when stroked is exhibiting this innate reflex.
What is the rooting reflex?
In this method, two groups are compared in order to find cause and effect.
What is an experiment?
The tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore facts that contradict our belief is this obstacle to problem solving.
What is confirmation bias?
Which of Maslow's needs refers to basic needs such as food, water, air, etc...
What are physiological needs?
A few days after a bad car accident, Terry began having recurrent distressing thoughts and images of the accident. Theses symptoms lasted for several weeks. The memory of his son’s screams after the car was struck seemed particularly vivid. The patient became irritable, had difficulty concentrating, and avoided talking about the accident.
What is Terry experiencing?
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
Developmental psychologists find that this leads to happy and trusting relationships in adulthood; especially when it is with those who provide comfort.
What is a secure attachment?
In this method, scatterplots are used to find a relationship between two sets of data.
What is correlational?
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What are phonemes?
A reward that motivates someone to do something, like a payment or candy.
What is an incentive?
The most common mood disorder in America today; characterized by persistent feelings of despondency and hopelessness.
What is major depression?
A style of parenting that includes understanding and warm affection but firm.
What is authoritative parenting style?
In this method, it's when one variable increases and another variable decreases.
What is a negative correlation?
The conscious repetition of information, to encode for storage, but done in such a way that applies effort and meaning, usually done over a long period of time.
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Emotion and physiological experience happen at the same time.
What is Cannon-Bard (theory of emotion)?
A type of treatment that encourages a person to replace negative and doubtful thoughts with more optimistic and positive ones.
What is rational-emotive therapy?
He studied the moral stages of development.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
In this type of study to find the cause and effect relationship of a drug on an individual, neither the experiment nor the participant know if they are receiving the placebo or not.
What is double blind study?
I'm having trouble remembering the password to this site, so I get a new password.
Later, all I can remember is the old password instead of the new one.
What retrieval failure is happening?!
What is proactive interference?
A hormone that plays an important role in your body's response to stress; too much of it reduces your ability to defend the body against illness.
What is cortisol?
A professional with a medical degree who can prescribe medication for psychological disorders.
Who is a psychiatrist?