Psych Flashcards for Final
What are the four lobes of the brain?
Frontal, parental, temporal, and the occipital lobes
Behaviorists study what kind of behavior?
learned behavior
What is a chamber that isolates the subject from the external environment called?
skinner box
Humanism is a perspective within psychology that emphasizes what?
innate good
What is Abraham Maslow best known for?
hierarchy of needs
What form of psychology studies the changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan?
developmental
What model includes dimensions of conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extroversion?
five-factor model
What does Industrial-Organizational psychology study?
work place and employee satisfaction
Forensic psychologists might be consulted to do what in a court case?
called in as an expert witness and pick jury
what part of the brain is involved with our experience of emotion and tying emotional meaning to our memories?
amygdala
What is a case study?
an individual or small group with unique characteristics/ limited info
What is a double-blind study?
when the researcher and the participant are unaware of the group assignment
What are the four main components of the scientific theory>
theory, hypothesis, research, observation, conclusion
Who developed the psychosocial theory of development?
Erik Erikson
What is the difference between instincts and reflexes?
an instinct is a response to a broader event while a reflex is a natural response
Simply expecting something to happen can make it happen, what is this called?
placebo effect
What refers to the failure to notice something that is completely visible due to lack of attention?
inattentional blindness
What refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result?
reliability
A space between two neurons is called what?
synapse
Two lines appear to be different lengths, though, in reality, they are the same. What is this called?
Muller-Lyer illusion
What is a subliminal message?
receiving information that you are not conscious you are receiving
Sensation
how we gather information through our senses
Perception
the interpretation of information through our senses
What is amplitude?
the height of a wave
What was Ivan Pavlov known for?
he is known for his experiment using dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell
What is continuous development?
when you approach views development as a cumulative process
Who believed there were three stages of moral reasoning including pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional?
Lawerence Kohlburg
What is nature vs nurture?
nature is DNA that cannot be changed, and nurture is your environment
Jean Piaget’s, what stage is the world experienced through senses and actions?
sensorimoter
Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment?
Phillip Zimbardo
The just world hypothesis is the ideology common in the US that people get the outcome ___________?
they deserve
Who called the stages of development psychosexual stages?
Sigmund Freud
What are the three stages of prenatal development?
- germinal
- embryonic
- fetal
What is authoritative parenting?
parents create the rules, but are flexible
What is authoritarian parenting?
child has no input, parents way only
Co-morbidity
when an individual was 2 or more disorders at once
What are the two most common mental health disorders?
depression and anxiety
What are the three components of Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love?
Intimacy- close relationships
Passion- having a physical connection
Commitment- someone who is in it with you for the long haul
