Biological Approach to Psych
The concept that every behavior or cognitive process has a specific area in the brain.
What is localization?
Sensory store --> STM --> LTM is the basics for this model?
What is the multi-store model?
According to Hofstede, there are 6 cultural dimensions that affect behavior. This is the one we studied.
What is Individualism vs. Collectivism?
Psychological professionals use this classification system (need the full name).
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
This study can be used to answer a question about localization, neuroplasticity, research methods (quasi) and techniques (MRI).
What is Maguire
The chemical messengers that allow for communication between nerve cells
What are neurotransmitters?
This process involves problem-solving, creativity, reasoning and decision-making.
What is thinking?
Social Categorization is the first step in what theory?
What is Social Identity Theory?
When making a diagnosis, clinicians look for the ABCS. The S stands for this.
What are somatic symptoms?
Serial position effect. Biases (primacy and recency effect). Multi-Store model are all supported by this study.
What is Glanzer and Cunitz?
This is the type of neuroimaging that shows actual real time brain activity
A mental shortcut that leads to quick responses but is prone to mistakes.
What are heuristics?
According to Bandura, these 4 elements are needed for learning to occur.
What are: Attention, Retention, Motor reproduction and Motivation (ARMM)?
According to the DSM, this behavior violates social norms, is maladaptive, rare and causes distress.
Caspi looked at depression as represented by this serotonin carrier gene.
What is 5-HTT?
This hormone is released during a stressful event.
What is Cortisol
A memory associated with a surprising or emotional event.
What is a flashbulb memory?
These are schemas based on thoughts and generalizations about a person based on group membership or physical attributes
What is a stereotype?
This bias comes from the first piece of information that we receive and can affect our diagnosis.
What is anchoring bias?
This researcher looked at the Asch paradigm in various cultures.
Who is Berry?
When talking about genetic inheritance we look at what type of twins to differentiate nature vs. nurture.
What are Monozygotic or Identical twins?
These help to organize our knowledge, predict likely outcomes, make sense of new experiences and can be distorted.
What are schema?
This approach to looking at culture from the top down (outside looking in)
What is an Etic approach?
A diagnosis that shows stability over time can be assumed to be this.
What is a valid diagnosis?
Yuille and Cutshall contradicted the findings of Loftus and Palmer because of what theory?
What is flashbulb memory?