Psychological Perspectives
A psychologist studies how low serotonin levels might lead to depression
What is the Biological Perspective?
A study randomly assigns people to drink caffeine or not, then compares their memory scores
What is an experiment?
A person in a coma still has a heartbeat and breathes on their own.
What is the medulla?
A dog salivates when it hears a bell because it has learned to associate the sound with food.
What is classical conditioning?
On a test, you write an answer without seeing any choices.
What is recall?
A researcher investigates how negative thought patterns contribute to anxiety
What is the Cognitive Perspective?
A researcher sits in a park and watches how often people smile at strangers
What is naturalistic observation?
You weigh pros and cons before making a big decision.
What is the frontal lobe?
A student keeps doing well on homework because the teacher gives praise and stickers.
What is operant conditioning?
When reading a list, you remember the first few items better than the middle ones.
What is the primacy effect?
A teacher uses rewards to encourage better behavior in students
What is the Behavioral Perspective?
A scientist conducts an in-depth study of a man with a rare brain condition.
What is a case study?
A split-brain patient has difficulty naming objects seen in the left visual field.
What is the corpus callosum?
A child is given a cookie after picking up their toys.
What is positive reinforcement?
You vividly remember your last birthday party.
What is an episodic memory?
A therapist helps a client uncover childhood trauma to explain adult relationship problems
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
After a breakup, someone says, “I knew it wasn’t going to work out anyway.”
What is hindsight bias?
A teenager hits a growth spurt because of hormone signals from this gland.
What is the pituitary gland?
A gambler keeps playing a slot machine because a win could happen at any time.
What is a variable-ration schedule?
After watching news about a plane crash, you overestimate the danger of flying.
What is the availability heuristic?
A psychologist examines how parenting styles differ between cultures
What is the sociocultural perspective?
In a drug trial, neither the participants nor the doctors know who received the real medication.
What is a double-blind procedure?
After a brain injury, someone can’t form new memories but remembers old ones.
What is the hippocampus?
A dog that had stopped responding to a bell starts salivating again after some time.
What is spontaneous recovery?
You can’t remember your old phone number because you just memorized your new one.
What is retroactive interference?