Gen Psych Final

part of the peripheral nervous system, control voluntary movements

storage of factual information, easy to share the information with others

trying random things until one works - may or may not be successful

information stored for later

showed some behaviors are learned by watching - bobo doll studies

low IQ, difficulties with adaptive functioning, evidence during childhood

place participants into groups randomly - helps insure equal groups at start

an unexpected (or hidden) variable that is the real cause of the relationship

things followed by good are repeated, things followed by bad are done less

neurons getting new jobs - changes seen in nervous system due to experience

we tend to forget most things quickly, then forgetting slows down

lobe important to problem solving, impulse control, personality, voluntary motor

a ritualistic behavior done to reduce anxiety (washing, checking)

band of neurons connecting hemispheres of brain/purpose is communication

the information highway between the brain and the rest of the body

measure of the amount of relationship between variables - no causation

ability to produce info from scratch, with few cues (essay exams)

factual personal information, like what you had for dinner last night (episodes of life)

researchers expectations create group differences, not independent variable

variable you control - the suspected cause (different groups get different amounts)

memory for skills, like bike riding

pattern of ritualistic behaviors develop due to intrusive thoughts

give them something good to make them feel better to increase a behavior

specific set of anxiety related symptoms seen after a trauma (flashbacks, avoidance, hyper vigilance)

overall physiological integrity of nervous system, impacts all you do

part of peripheral nervous system, automatic reaction/functions - keeps us alive

one of two systems used for communication within body and world

emphasizes the role thinking plays in behavior (and thinking)

known for little Albert study - classical conditioning of emotions

study where participants don't know what condition they are in (no participant bias)

emphasizes importance of environment

the general name for a brain based language problem

false sensory perception - seeing or hearing things not there

used to increase a behavior, makes the individual feel better

stress without a break and stress you have no control over

take away something undesired so feel better to increase a behavior

test gives consistent results, similar scores overtime

a best guess short cut based on previous successes (problem solving)

due to method, can't rule out role of another variable in relationship

prevents experimenter bias and participant bias - no one knows which group

how common is it - what % have it each year? lifetime risk?

make connections to what you already know - makes it easier to remember

part of brain involved in the experience of fear and other emotions

thing that now causes the reaction - trained (bell, white rat)

group things in meaningful units so you can hold > 7 in short term memory

worries excessively + constantly about many things (or everything)

mental processing skills (memory, attention, problem solving)

ability to learn from experience, problem solve, and acquire new information

psychotic disorder, thoughts and moods disrupted and disorganized

process used for finding a way to reach your goal

systematic procedures that guarantee a solution but may be time intensive

used to decrease frequency of a behavior, make individual feel worse

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

lobe that processes hearing and language comprehension

change behavior after watching others - copying or imitating others

"command center" - main processor of information

think independent variable had an effect, but really groups were unequal from the start

also known as the CNS: brain and spinal cord

the probable outcome - how long it will last, will it come back

ability to say if something matches what you know (ex, true false tests)

test accurately measures the concept you are interested in measuring

severe mood shifts between depression and mania over time

participants' expectations cause effect, not the independent variable

emphasizes free will and self-actualization - we choose and "we" matter

excessive - not seen in healthy - delusion, hallucination, bizarre behavior

known for research with dogs - studied classical conditioning

combine ideas from more than one theory (ex. cognitive behavioral therapy)

relationship where high scores on one go with low on the other

basic cell of the nervous system - transmits the messages

the variable you measure of everyone, where you expect to see the effect

the thing that originally caused the reaction - untrained (food, loud noise)

we tend to remember things at the beginning of the list - we rehearse them

can speak but doesn't make sense because doesn't understand what is heard

we tend to see what we believe-focus on what matches, ignore what does not

old responses happen to new triggers (bio/emotional or auto)

emphasizes the role of biology in behavior, thoughts and feelings

more like shift tasking, takes longer and more errors if try

elaboration, distributed practice and the "testing effect"

lobe involved in visual processing - possibly blind if damaged

take away something they want (privileges) to reduce frequency of behavior

name for the small space between neurons

new info makes it harder to remember old - what was her maiden name?

emphasizes the role of immediate and broader social context in behavior

strict behaviorist - named operant conditioning - "thoughts don't matter"

used to access information now or put away for later use, persistence of learning

type of learning - changes in frequency of behaviors due to consequences

false belief, won't change mind even if face of conflicting info

difficulty learning academic skills even though intelligent

emphasizes the importance of the unconscious and early experience

we tend to remember things we just heard or saw - still in short term memory (recent)

inability to remember things that happened before brain injury

students who quiz themselves learn more in less time than if they just read

creation of new neurons - continues into adulthood in a limited way

automatic, untrained reaction to a stimulus (drool, cry-fear)

being stuck in your ways - pick random answers on a test and getting a good grade

inaccurate info presented after an event gets incorporated into its memory

equal groups, control everything, manipulate one thing - tells you about cause

chemical transmitters in nervous system, carries message between cells

wrinkly outer part of brain - responsible for higher mental functions/processing

coordination and control of the automatic motor movements

lobe for non hearing and non visual sensory processing (taste and touch)

psych to physical disorders always result from a combination of factors

unrealistic fear of object or event, severe anxiety if encounter

the typical example of a category (when you say tree I think of a pine tree)

the label given to a cluster of symptoms, the name of the disorder

assuming something is likely because it is easy to think of examples

sudden unexpected bouts of anxiety, fear of next one impacts life

heal and grow reaction of PNS - recovery and rebuilding or energy stores

repeat over and over- keeps thing in STM, put into long term memory

the ability to think about thinking - to know what it means to know

info you are accessing right now about 7 items, lasts 15-30 seconds

intrusive, unwanted thought - causes stress or anxiety

you learn more if you study twice for a 1/2 hour than you do in a single hour

brief trace (seconds) of what you see, hear-first entry sensory info into system

believes abilities limited - failure means you hit the limit - gives up easily

the cause of the disorder, what factors likely contributed

also known as PNS; all parts of nervous system not in brain or spinal cord

lack these - expect but not seen (initiative, social interest, fluent speech)

factual information available to many, general knowledge, like state capitals

reflects how you scored compared to others on test of intelligence

relationship where high scores on one go with high on other, low with low

old info gets in way of learning new - driving in England after US

severe sadness, lack of joy/energy, sleep issues, disrupted thoughts

involved in storage of long term declarative (explicit) memory

understands what is heard but has difficulty producing a verbal response

fight or flight reaction - activates resources for survival in crisis

storage of information gained through experience, difficult to verbalize, automatic

give something they don't want (spanking) to reduce frequency of behavior

matches characteristics of population - random selection (or sampling) helps

believes that with effort abilities can improve - see failure as challenge

fear of negative evaluations, make social interactions difficult

behavior changes due to experience (change that is not maturation)

inability to learn new declarative memories after a brain injury

difficulties focusing, controlling impulses, possible overactive

automatic response to a new stimulus after training