General Psychology

________- hormone that facilitates the movement of glucose from blood into the cells of the body.

________- environmental substance that has the potential to harm the developing organism.

________- starchy molecule that is produced from excess glucose in the body.

________- drug that simultaneously excites and inhibits normal neural activity, thereby causing distortions in perception.

________ (SCN)- group of cells signaling other areas when to be aroused and when to shut down.

________- drug that speeds up normal brain functioning.

________- process by which an existing schema is used to understand something new in the environment.

________- process by which schema change in order to understand something new in the environment.

________- condition in which a person over 5 shows an inability to control urination during sleep.

________- period of "heat "in which females are receptive to males 'attempts to mate.

________- active ingredient in marijuana that affects learning, short- term memory, coordination, emotion, and appetite.

________- period of not thinking about a problem that helps to solve the problem.

________- brief scary REM dream that is often remembered.

________- reliance on the degree of categorization to judge whether or not it belongs.

________ reasoning- reasoning from the specific to the general.

________- innate impulse from within a person that directs or motivates behavior.

________- smallest unit of sound in a language that have meaning.

________- way in which we use and store information in memory.

________ tend to have large ones, People with small ones more susceptible to PTSD.

________- uses magnetic energy (uses blood flow)

________- one's physical desire, or drive, to have sex.

The release of the ________ of a reversal of the electrical charge within the axon when the threshold of excitation is reached.

________ effect- idea that increased familiarity with something leads to increased liking for it.

________- act of focusing on only one aspect or feature of an object.

________ set theory of hypnosis- hypnosis is not an altered state of consciousness, but a cognitive set responding to suggestions.

________- according to Freud, what the dreamer recalls on awakening.

________- sleep disorder in which a person can not get to sleep and /or stay asleep.

________- time when genetic and environmental agents are most likely to cause birth defects.

________ in the spinal cord block pain signals from a particular part of the body when they receive additional signals from intense tactile stimulation being applied to the same part of the body.

________- belief that everyone thinks as you do.

________ symptom- physical or behavioral effect that occurs after a person stops using a drug.

________- person's general pattern of attention, arousal, and mood that is evident at birth.

________- perspective that our genes and environmental influences work together to determine our characteristics.

________- the sense of our body parts position and movement.

________ reasoning- reasoning from the general to the specific.

________- according to Freud, the symbolic meaning of a dream.

________- when a child uses one word to symbolize all manner of similar instances.

________ can affect stress, learning.

________- emotional bond between an infant and someone or something.

________- mental representation of an actual instance of a member of a category.

________- inherited genetic pattern for a given trait.

________- Three types of cones, Blue red green.

Emerging adulthood- ________ when young people have left adolescence but have not yet assumed adult responsibilities.

________- first menstruation of a female.

________ fire only in response to certain stimuli; they detect specific features of what we see.

________- understanding that an object retains its original properties even though it may look different.

________- smallest unit of sound in a language.

________- charged particles.

Resting ________- degree to which we burn energy in our bodies when not active.

________- belief held by adolescents that everyone is watching what they do.

The Science of Psychology

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

a systematic process used to test ideas about behavior

an explanation of why and how a behavior occurs

ideas without research support

tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed

Experiment

IRB

Neuroscience

charged particles

negatively charged

The limbic system

x rays

uses magnetic energy (uses blood flow)

Measures readoactive blood

Measures Electrical waves using electrodes

Sensation and Perception

color

Purity of perceived color

Three types of cones, Blue red green

lack of functioning red cones

lack of functioning green cones

lack of functioning blue cones

proposes that pitch is decoded by firing frequency of hair cells on the basilar membrane

rubbing a stubbed toe to diminish the pain

the sense of our body parts position and movement

monitors the heads position and movement

according to Freud, what the dreamer recalls on awakening

according to Freud, the symbolic meaning of a dream

hypnosis is not an altered state of consciousness, but a cognitive set responding to suggestions

suggests that dreams are the by-product of the brain's random firing of neural impulses

disturbance in the normal pattern of sleeping

sleep disorder in which a person cannot get to sleep and/or stay asleep

Very frightening non-REM sleep episode

brief scary REM dream that is often remembered

condition in which a person over 5 shows an inability to control urination during sleep

state of heightened suggestibility

substance that influences the brain and thereby the individual's behavior

condition in which more of a drug is needed to achieve the same effect

condition in which a person cannot control his or her drug use

physical or behavioral effect that occurs after a person stops using a drug

drug that inhibits or slows down normal neural functioning

Pain Killing drug that depresses some brian areas and excites others

drug that speeds up normal brain functioning

drug that simultaneously excites and inhibits normal neural activity, thereby causing distortions in perception

active ingredient in marijuana that affects learning, short-term memory, coordination, emotion, and appetite

group of cells signaling other areas when to be aroused and when to shut down

tendency to desire and seek out positive incentives or rewards and to avoid negative outcomes

innate impulse from within a person that directs or motivates behavior

theory of motivation that proposes that people seek to reduce internal levels of drive