Brain and Nervous System
Cognitive Development
Consciousness and Sleep
Intelligence
Psychological Disorders
100

The physician who first supported the materialistic approach to the mind-versus-body problem

Claudius Galen

100

The absence of physical environmental conditions that can contribute to cognitive development

Deprived environment

100

The ability to pay attention to two tasks at once such as cooking a meal while talking to a friend

divided attention

100

What is the name for the concept given to someone's ability to perceive, use, understand and manage emotions in oneself and in others.

Emotional Intelligence 

100

A behaviour or skill developed as we age to assist in our ability to relate to others, become independent and function on a daily basis.

adaptive behaviour

200

A pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.

Phrenology

200

A child who hides their feelings and becomes emotionally distant from their parent or caregiver has this attachment style

avoidant attachment style (Ainsworth)

200

What happens to REM sleep as you age

the duration per sleep cycle reduces
200

Name a contemporary IQ test/ scale commonly used to measure intelligence in Australia

Wechsler's Intelligence scales for adults or children

200

The category of mental disorders in which a sense of reality remains, but there are difficulties with thoughts, feelings and behaviours, e.g. anxiety, depression

Neurosis

300

Name the two subcomponents of the PNS

somatic and autonomic nervous system

300

A period of rapid brain development during which the brain eliminates extra synapses.

synaptic pruning

300

This gland produces melatonin to regulate the sleep-wake cycle

the pineal gland

300

State 5 of the multiple intelligences theorised by Gardener

musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic

300

A globally used medical classification manual for mental and physical disorders developed by the World Health Organisation

ICD—the International Classification of Diseases

400

A brain region that controls the ability to understand the meaning of words.

Wernicke's Area

400

Learning to speak a second language as if it were a first language is easiesst from ages 0-12. This period of time in human cognitive development is called...

a sensitive period

400

This brain structure exert some control over which sensory signals reach the cerebrum and come to our conscious attention.

reticular formation (or reticular activation system)

400

This approach to intelligence measures how we process information by examining speed of processing, a person's knowledge base, and their ability to learn and apply mental strategies to solve problems or adapt to new situations.

The Information Processing Approach

400

Depression and Bipolar disorder are two examples of which category of mental disorders


mood disorders

500

A functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

500

During this developmental period a child begins to understand the concept of conservation; that the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass.

Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years)

500

A device that detects, amplifies and records electrical activity in the muscles that allow the eye to move.

Electrooculograph (EOG)

500

What is the name given to the amount by which IQ scores can vary depending on the interaction of heredity and the environment?

reaction range of intelligence

500

Why is the Rosenhan Study (1973) significant for all future research in psychological disorders?

The study suggested potential flaws in the diagnosis of mental health disorders (lack of validity). It raises issues surrounding the justification of treatments. It also indicates the importance of recognising that a person may have completely recovered from a mental illness.