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| 12172781770 | who influenced the PSYCHODYNAMIC approach | Sigmund Freud | 0 | |
| 12172794842 | What women helped to reform treatment of people with disorders in America | Dorthia Dix | 1 | |
| 12172798525 | Evolutionary Perspective | change in psychology over time | 2 | |
| 12172863439 | why do we use an experiment instead of other methods | because an experiment is the only way to show cause and effect | 3 | |
| 12172876682 | how do you know when a research study is using the experimental method | has potential sampling bias, ALWAYS has independent and dependent variable, can random assignment | 4 | |
| 12172971767 | what type of analysis can be done without basically any type of calculations | mode | 5 | |
| 12172983195 | why do we want to use exact operational definitions | people can replicate and it gives the EXACT procedures looking for | 6 | |
| 12173004303 | what is iv/dv | IV= What we're testing, IF ,DV= What changes, THEN | 7 | |
| 12173085145 | Understand the basics of the bell curve | 2%, 14%, 34%, 34%, 14%, 2% | 8 | |
| 12173125036 | What do we use to predict correlation | a linear relationship between two variables | 9 | |
| 12173148070 | Correlations | positive/ negative\ no correlation (bunch of dots) | 10 | |
| 12173172054 | what helps to limit confounding variables | RANDOM ASSIGNMENT randomization, restriction and matching | 11 | |
| 12173178542 | what is plasticity | the ability for our brain to take of for lost functions | 12 | |
| 12173191601 | Wernicke's area | comprehension area in left temporal lobe | 13 | |
| 12173206118 | THE FACE HAS THE LARGEST AREA OF THE SENSORY CORTEX | THE FACE HAS THE LARGEST AREA OF THE SENSORY CORTEX | 14 | |
| 12173233701 | what neurotransmitter is related to schizophrenia | dopamine | 15 | |
| 12173238823 | why is the brain system involved in emotion | the limbic system (hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus) | 16 | |
| 12173276512 | the hypothalamus controls eating, drinking, body temp and sex BUT it also has something to do with the endocrine system... what is it | controls the pituitary gland | 17 | |
| 12173308711 | what is the disease that eats away at the myelin of a neuron | MS (multiple sclerosis) | 18 | |
| 12173332761 | Motor and Sensory areas on a brain | motor= frontal lobe sensory= parietal | 19 | |
| 12173355355 | cerebellum | balance and coordination... senses body position | 20 | |
| 12173364443 | body actions of sympathetic system | eyes dilate, hear rate increases, stomach stops digestion, liver stimulates glucose, release of adrenaline from adrenal gland, bladder release | 21 | |
| 12173429399 | occipital lobe | back of head, eyes and vision | 22 | |
| 12173465707 | on the back of the eye (retina) are bipolar cells, rods and cones, ganglion cells and the optic nerve, put these in order that they would happen | rods and cones; bipolar cells; ganglion cells; optic nerve | 23 | |
| 12173507570 | Transdution | when our brains sends signals and converge energy to how we can interpret it... through skin, retina, hair cells, taste buds; olfactory | 24 | |
| 12173539787 | what part of the ear is responsible for the vestibular system | INNER EAR (Cochlea and semicircular canals) | 25 | |
| 12173560852 | BE ABLE TO LOCATE THE ear drum; ossicles; cochlea; auditory nerve and semicircular canals | in order outside to in: ear drum; ossicles; cochlea; semicircular canals; auditory nerve | 26 | |
| 12173606199 | what is the fovea made of | cones | 27 | |
| 12173606200 | opponent process theory | cones are in opposite pairs (red-green)(blue-yellow)(white-black) | 28 | |
| 12173616064 | after image effect | proof of opponent process theory (ex: American flag) | 29 | |
| 12173640320 | Figure-ground | to perceive things as items and background (ex island and ocean) | 30 | |
| 12173656012 | What brain part monitors our sleeping and circadian rhythms | hypothalamus and suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) | 31 | |
| 12173683312 | psychological effects of alcohol are | reduced inhibition; disrupts memory... reduces self awareness and is part of parasympathetic system | 32 | |
| 12173695659 | discrimination | treating two similar things DIFFERENT | 33 | |
| 12173703005 | Unconditional Stimulus | unconditionally, naturally, and automatically triggers a response | 34 | |
| 12173706713 | unconditional response | a response that does not have to be learned, such as a reflex | 35 | |
| 12173709701 | conditioned stimulus | a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place | 36 | |
| 12173713526 | conditioned response | a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus | 37 | |
| 12173723090 | what behaviors are not learned | Unconditional stimulus and response (breathing; sweating) | 38 | |
| 12173731265 | habituation | when you have repeated situations cause decreased responses | 39 | |
| 12173751278 | Fixed interval | know 100% and have to wait | 40 | |
| 12173763468 | fixed ratio | reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses, have to do something | 41 | |
| 12173779214 | variable ratio | unpredictable number of responses; gamblers | 42 | |
| 12173805756 | variable interval | unknown and have to wait | 43 | |
| 12173817112 | state dependent memory (mood congruent) | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood | 44 | |
| 12173820707 | hindsight bias | wen someone predicts something AFTER it happened (i.e. people saying they knew 9/11 would happen) | 45 | |
| 12173832357 | syntax | Sentence structure | 46 | |
| 12173840374 | Algorithm | a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem | 47 | |
| 12173843666 | heuristic | A shortcut to problem solving; also known as a rule of thumb. | 48 | |
| 12173854456 | Functional fixedness | the tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions; an impediment to problem solving | 49 | |
| 12173863706 | why do we have trouble recalling common objects we see everyday | encoding failure; had no meaning to begin with | 50 | |
| 12173867213 | Elizabeth Loftus | eyewitness testimony, misinformation effect; NOT RELIABLE | 51 | |
| 12173879899 | implicit memory | Memories we don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously; skills like walking | 52 | |
| 12173894554 | over justification | should NEVER be rewarded for something you enjoy doing; it cheapens it | 53 | |
| 12173902038 | facial feedback | facial expressions are universal and tell the mood one is in so the person talking to them can react differently | 54 | |
| 12173918392 | what is difference between instinct, intrinsic, and incentive? | instinct; natural response. intrinsic; internal feelings. incentive; why you do what you do | 55 | |
| 12173948431 | drive reduction | when the need is satisfied the drive is reduced (food->hunger->eat) | 56 | |
| 12173970289 | cannon bard | stimulus > body & emotion simultaneously | 57 | |
| 12173977533 | James lange | stimulus --> body --> emotion | 58 | |
| 12173991029 | Schacter's Two-Factor Theory | stimulus-> body and brain -> emotion | 59 | |
| 12174010790 | what type of children will authoritative parents produce | Independent high self esteem children | 60 | |
| 12174014604 | industry(competence) vs. inferiority | children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior | 61 | |
| 12174025712 | identity vs. role confusion | Erikson's stage during which teenagers and young adults search for and become their true selves | 62 | |
| 12174043283 | what did Harry Harlows experiments the importance of | body contact and attachment | 63 | |
| 12174047111 | Generalization in Development | generalization; opposite of discrimination | 64 | |
| 12174090412 | object permanence | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived | 65 | |
| 12174094905 | What do newborns prefer to look at? | faces and black/white | 66 | |
| 12174099250 | Accommodation vs. Assimilation | using one's existing schema to interpret info vs. adapting one completely changing their schema to incorporate new info. | 67 | |
| 12174115726 | what can also be called heredity vs. environment | nature vs nurture | 68 | |
| 12174121091 | Defense Mechanism: Projection | disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to others; project how you feel onto other people | 69 | |
| 12174135611 | self-efficacy | An individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a task. | 70 | |
| 12174142281 | reciprocal determinism | when a person's behaviors both influences and is influenced by personal factors and social environment (triangle) | 71 | |
| 12174170781 | Barnum effect | People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock descriptions of personality (horoscopes) | 72 | |
| 12174176749 | TAT | a projective test in which subjects look at and tell a story about ambiguous pictures | 73 | |
| 12174181611 | Savant syndrome | when a mentally challenged person has an extraordinary skill | 74 | |
| 12174190223 | g | general intelligence; precursor to IQ | 75 | |
| 12174196466 | Gardner's Multiple Intelligences | linguistic, logico-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal; existential | 76 | |
| 12174226388 | IQ= ma/ca x 100 | ..., Mental age/ chronical age x 100 IQ is a version of percentile rank: STERN | 77 | |
| 12174230950 | reliable vs validity | reliability: constant good test validity: how accurate the test is | 78 | |
| 12174238432 | stern bergs intelligence | analytical, creating intelligence, practical intelligence (hands on) | 79 | |
| 12174252805 | compulsion | repetitive actions that are unwanted | 80 | |
| 12174261984 | Schizophrenia causes | genetic; smaller thalamus, dopamine sites, 70% chance if mom gets flu while pregnant | 81 | |
| 12174279871 | dissociative amnesia | opposite of PTSD; repress bad memories | 82 | |
| 12174292068 | phobia/specific phobia | social or agoraphobia, irrational fear to something specific | 83 | |
| 12174326468 | bipolar disorder | mood disorder in one experiences both manic and depressed episodes | 84 | |
| 12174335477 | Psychoanalysis | Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions | 85 | |
| 12174347185 | major depressive disorder | two weeks of depression state in which person is fatigued, feels worthless, and no motivation | 86 | |
| 12174372151 | anxiety | The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen | 87 | |
| 12174380943 | cognitive behavioral therapy | work on thinking and behavior... good for OCD and eating disorder patients | 88 | |
| 12174387625 | averse conditioning | conditions them to hate something that's bad for them; like alcoholism | 89 | |
| 12174407749 | exposure therapy | being exposed to your fear (kid in thunder room) | 90 | |
| 12174418053 | Carl Rodgers therapy | client centered therapy, "ah-hah" therapy, therapist gives genuineness, acceptance, empathy and active listening for patient to discover their own conclusion (Tia) | 91 | |
| 12174435086 | systematic desensitization | clients are taught to relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear in a stepwise manner | 92 | |
| 12174447028 | what makes people develop a lasting romantic relationship | having similarities in attitude and morals, opposites get divorced | 93 | |
| 12174454320 | self-serving bias | the tendency to perceive oneself favorably, can or cannot do something | 94 | |
| 12174470266 | normal social influence | behavior that is motivated by the desire to gain social acceptance and approval | 95 | |
| 12174478381 | mere expose effect | repeated exposure, increses the liking | 96 | |
| 12174481550 | bystander effect | when you're more likely to bystander then help because you're too in shock (smaller situations get more help) | 97 | |
| 12174505925 | group behavior | norms, roles, team building, leadership, and conflict | 98 | |
| 12174513943 | stereotypical threat | a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype | 99 | |
| 12174516987 | fundamental attribution error | when you judge someone on their situation and you're wrong (fake homeless people) | 100 | |
| 12174524579 | central route vs peripheral route to persuasion | commercials; central is straight with facts and peripheral goes around subject | 101 |
