Benchmark 2 Review (Day 1)

In Milgram's obedience experiments, people are most likely to obey commands when

The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called:

Spearman's cute name for the general intelligence factor that underlies all mental abilities

the perception that you control or that outside forces determine your fate

stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others

Dopamine overactivity is most clearly related to

From which type of research is it possible to infer causation between variables?

part of the limbic system; houses emotions like aggression, fear, and self-protective behavior

extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to do

estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory

Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory.

Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices

According to Freud, this part of you mediates the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile state

Who introduced the term behaviorism?

Which brain structure sends info from the senses to the right part of the cerebral cortex?

What brain chemical is most clearly linked to depression?

Which theorist focused on stages of psychosocial development?

learning in which behavior is strengthened by a reinforcer or diminished by a punisher

The stage of sleep when breathing, heart rate, and eye movement increase is known as

The mechanical vibrations triggered by sound waves are transduced into neural impulses through

anxiety disorder with unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).

According to Freud, this is a reservoir of unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, & memories

a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people

What does Broca's area do?

operant conditioning where reinforcers guide behavior closer to the desired behavior

Freud's method, interpreting though free associations, resistances, dreams, and transference

extent to which test yields consistent results

It's difficult to fall asleep earlier than usual because of our

According to Baumrind, which type of parent never explains the reasons for their strict rules?

The depolarization of a neural membrane can create a(n)

This is what a researcher is going to measure in an experiment

disorder when a person is always tense, apprehensive, with autonomic nervous system arousal

Split-brain patients have had their ________ surgically cut.

The two factor theory says that emotion occurs:

a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

Feeling responsible for behavior that violates our conscience is most likely to contribute to:

the tendency to favor the people with whom we share a common identity

test designed to predict a person's future performance; their capacity to learn

a personality model showing how the environment, individual, and behavior enhance each other.