Stress & Anxiety
Anna's printer jammed before class and then she couldn't find a parking place at Ayers Hall. This is an example of ____
A daily hassle
You gave Lisa a list of 10 numbers to remember: 4 6 3 7 8 9 0 1 5 2. When you ask her to recite them back, she starts with 2, 5, 1... This is because of the ____ effect.
recency
Steve tries every single combination to his three digit locker because he can't remember the combo. He is using an ____ to solve this problem.
Algorithm
Davey gives away 20 old toys because his mom says she will give him $1 for each toy he gets rid of. Davey is getting rid of toys because of _______ motivation
extrinsic
The fact that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater is a _______ memory.
The minute Susie hears that her teacher is giving a pop quiz in class today, her heart rate spikes and she becomes very alert. According to the General Adaptation Syndrome, what phase is she in?
alarm
You give Jenna a list of words to remember: cow, Dorito, spatula, piglet, house, manager, toddler. When she recites them back, the ones she remembers best are: cow, Dorito, spatula because of the ____ effect.
primacy
Macy can't remember her locker combo either, but she think it has something to do with family birthdays, so she starts trying combos of those. She is using a ____ approach to problem solving.
heuristic
Arial is hungry that she can no longer pay attention in class and can only think about finding food. Hunger is a ____ in motivation terminology.
drive (basic drive)
Darcy thinks back to her big birthday bash last year when thinking about what to do this year. Last year's birthday is stored as a(n) _______ memory
episodic
The purpose of ____ is to stabilize the conditions in the body.
homeostasis
The color red triggers the images of fire trucks, roses, and apples because of the _____ model of memory
spreading activation
Marco is afraid of Palestinian's because he has seen so many news stories lately about the conflict in Gaza and they pop into his head whenever he thinks about Palestine. This is an example of the _____.
availability heuristic
Dana loves to feel her blood pumping, so she loves extreme sports like skydiving. For her, having her heart rate up and blood pumping is a state of ___.
optimal arousal
The number of items you can hold in short-term memory is
7 +/- 2
Ethan has lots of chronic stressors. Because of this he gets sick all of the time because his ____ system is depleted.
What strategy did the class use to remember the shopping list: spaghetti, bananas, peas, etc.
method of loci
When you see the word fish on a menu, it is a(an) ______ representation
symbolic
Lisa likes to color and draw because it makes her happy. Thus, she colors because of ____ motivation
intrinsic
The memory of how to ride a bicycle is stored as a -___ memory
procedural
According to the _____ the relationship between physiological arousal and performance is a reverse U with the optimal level being in the middle.
Yerkes-Dodson law
context-dependent
You know that 80% of the students who fill out your survey are female, but when you read about Alex who likes physical contact sports and describes themself as assertive and a go-getter, you assume Alex is male. This is an example of the _____.
representativeness heuristic
In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, this is the top need
self-actualization
large; very short