CP Psych First Quarterly

In-depth study of a single research participant.

Group receiving treatment

Group receiving no treatment

What are the 7 perspectives of psychology

What is the difference between M.D. and Ph.D?

Pleasure and Reward Center
Tries to maintain homostasis

What is Reward Deficiency Syndrome?

Transmits messages from one hemisphere to the other

Chemical messengers that are secreted into the synapse are called...

Goes on in the Axon of the Neuron and carries a message from the cell body to the terminal branches

When the brain repairs itself

Junction where information transfers from neuron to neuron

Is necessary for language reception/to answer back to something and is located in the left temporal lobe

Is necessary for talking/speech and is located in the left frontal lobes

What is the purpose of Biological Psychology

An organism's awareness of its own self and surroundings

Repeated interruption of breathing during sleep because air passages to the lungs are physically blocked

Persistent problems in falling asleep, staying asleep, or awakening too early

Biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycl

Waves associated with drowsy relaxation

Slow, high-amplitude waves, which signify deeper levels of sleep

Abrupt awakenings from NREM sleep accompanied by intense physiological arousal and feelings of panic

According to Freud, a dream's surface content, which contains dream symbols that distort and disguise the dream's true meaning.

The true, unconscious meaning of a dream, according to Freudian dream theory

1st stage of prenatal development that begins with conception and ends with implantation in the uterus (first 2 weeks)

2nd stage of the prenatal development that begins after uterine implantation and lasts through the 8th week

The third, and final stage of prenatal development (8 weeks to birth), characterized by rapid weight gain in the fetus and the fine detailing of body organs and system

Environmental agent that causes damage during prenatal development. Anything bad that the mother can do that can cause damage.

When rubbing a baby's cheek and it turns its head and opens it's mouth in search of a nipple for food

Piaget's 1st stage (0-2 years old) in which schemas are developed through sensory and motor activities

Piaget's 2nd stage, (2-7 years) characterized by the ability to employ significant language and to think symbolically

Piaget's 3rd stage (7-11 years). The child can perform mental operations on concrete objects and understand reversibility and conservation, but abstract thinking is not yet present

Piaget's 4th stage (11 years+) characterized by abstract and hypothetical thinking

Understanding that certain physical characteristics (such as volume) remain unchanged, even when their outward appearance changes.

Kubler-Ross' 5 Stages of Grief?

Maslow’s theory that some motives must be met before going on the higher needs

What is the best parenting style?