general

Question 1

excitation transfer

Answer 1

arousal from one stimulus is added to arousal from a second stimulus, resulting in a more intense experience of the second stimulus. This can explain why people might confuse feelings of excitement or fear with romantic attraction

Question 2

evolutionary approach on infidelity

Answer 2

suggests that men and women experience jealousy differently due to evolutionary pressures. Men fear sexual infidelity more due to concerns about paternity certainty, while women fear emotional infidelity more, worried about the loss of support and resources from their partner

Question 3

placebo effect

Answer 3

A phenomenon where a person experiences a physical or mental improvement after taking a placebo, a treatment with no therapeutic effect. This effect underscores the power of expectation and belief in influencing health outcomes

Question 4

barnum effect

Answer 4

cognitive bias that occurs when individuals believe that generic personality descriptions and statements apply specifically to themselves when in reality, they could apply to almost everyone.

Question 5

neurons

Answer 5

basic working units of the brain, designed to transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells. Neurons are the core components of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord

Question 6

Phineas cage case study

Answer 6

An important case study in neuroscience and psychology, demonstrating that damage to specific parts of the brain can affect personality and behavior. Gage survived an accident that drove an iron rod through his frontal lobe, resulting in significant changes in his behavior and personality

Question 7

bottom-up processing

Answer 7

This cognitive processing starts with the sensory input. The brain perceives and interprets stimuli from the bottom up, relying on the actual sensory data received

Question 8

top-down processing

Answer 8

This involves using pre-existing knowledge, expectations, and cognitive factors to interpret and understand sensory information. It’s how our beliefs and expectations shape our perception of sensory input

Question 9

face blindness

Answer 9

A neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces. It highlights the specialized processing the brain undertakes for facial recognition

Question 10

3 feedback theories on emotion

Answer 10

common sense theory:
stimulus (bear) => perception => emotion (fear) => body arousal (heart pounding)

james:
stimulus (bear) => perception => body arousal (heart pounding) =>emotion (fear)

schater:
stimulus => perception => bodily arousal and emotion
(its cycle)

Question 11

amygdala

Answer 11

• brains early warning system
  -in temporal lobe
  -part of limbic system (in charge of emotional and behavioral responses)
• analyses input from sensory input and alerts rest of brain and body incase of need of reaction