Short Answers Flashcards
What is this a process of: The Neuron first receives an chemical signal through the receptor of the dendrites that changes to an electrical signal that goes through the soma. The neuron has lots of NA+(sodium) on the outside of the neuron and has lots of K+(potassium) on the inside where there is more sodium on the outside than potassium on the outside and there is more potassium on the inside than sodium. Before the neuron transmit an electrical signal it is at a resting potential and once there is more sodium that enters the neuron and more potassium leaving the neuron to go outside it then the neuron will reach a state called action potential. This is where the electrical signal can be released through the axon where it is coated by Myelin Sheath(which increases the neuron to send the signal faster) then goes to the terminal buttons where neurotransmitters go through and is released in the synapse which is the space between the terminal buttons of the neuron releasing it and the receptor(of the dendrites) of the other neuron receiving the neurotransmitter.
A Neuron transmitting an electrical signal
In the Experimental Study as a Developmental Psychologist- there is a study in regards “Retired Age people in America are more happier and content if they are involved in senior activities and events in the city locally.”
In the experiment there is a group of seniors who do not participate in the senior events for 30 days. Another Group is involved in senior events and activities for 30 days. Both groups are observed and interved on how they feel.
What is the control group, the experimental group, independent variable and depednant variable.
Control Group: Group that is not going to events/activities
Experimental group- Going to events & activities
Independent Variable-activites/events
Dependent variable- Happiness/contentness in seniors
Hypothesis- “Retired Age people in America are more happier and content if they are involved in senior activities and events in the city locally.”
Positive reinforcement
, a desirable stimulus is added to increase a behavior.
negative reinforcement
taking away an undesirable stimulus to increase a behavior
negative punishment
taking away a pleasant stimulus to decrease or stop a behavior
positive punishment
adding an undesirable stimulus to stop or decrease a behavior
____________ Conditioning is a process by which we learn to associate stimuli and, consequently, to anticipate events.
Classical
In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus is presented _______________ before an unconditioned stimulus.
immediately
the neutral stimulus (__), which is a stimulus that does not naturally elicit a response.
NS
the neutral stimulus eventually becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS), which is a stimulus that elicits a response after repeatedly being paired with an u_____________ stimulus.
Unconditioned
The behavior caused by the conditioned stimulus is called the conditioned response (__).
CR
With avoidant _____________, the child is unresponsive to the parent, does not use the parent as a secure base, and does not care if the parent leaves.
Attachment
____________ attachment, children tend to show clingy behavior, but then they reject the attachment figure’s attempts to interact with them (Ainsworth
Resistant
children with disorganized attachment behaved ______ in the Strange Situation.
oddly
Create an example of a memory you want to remember. Explain the entire process of how that memory goes from sensory memory to long term memory, and describe which subcategory of long term memory that your memory is stored in.
A memory I enjoy remembering is my first trip on an airplane that took place last year in the summer. The info first goes though the sensory memory for a few seconds then goes to a temporary storage called the short term memory storage for about 20 seconds. For the memory to go to the long term memory storage it need to be rehearsed which is when it is consciously repeatedly. When this happens then memory is consolidated from the short term memory storage to the long term memory storage which is called memory consolidation. In the long term memory storage info is continually stored.
Provide your own example of a time when you experienced cognitive dissonance. Then describe how to reduce that cognitive dissonance by changing your belief and reduce that cognitive dissonance by changing your behavior.
I have experienced cognitive dissonance by believing that eating junk food is bad to eat most of the time, however in my behavior I would eat junk food often. A way to change my belief is saying that eating junk food isn’t really that bad for you because I am doing fine and haven’t gone to the doctors in over 4 years for health problems. Or I could chose to change my behavior by decreasing the amount of junk I am eating.
Choose any psychological disorder, describe the symptoms of that disorder, and then choose a treatment that would help that disorder and explain why that treatment would be helpful in your answer.
The psychological disorder I chose is Major Depressive disorder. This disorder has symptoms of feeling persistent sadness, hopelessness, feeling down & sad most of the day, loss of interest such as hobbies, activities, sex and socializing, change of weight, loss of appetite. A treatment that would be helpful is cognitive therapy because in cognitive therapy they can have safe place to learn how to change their thinking that will help them eventually change how they feel & behave. This will help them have less symptoms of depression.
The Neuron first receives an ____________ ____________ through the receptor of the dendrites that changes to an electrical signal that goes through the soma.
Chemical Signal
