Psychology Z

• Ablation


  Purposely disabling or destroying part of the brain in order to study the functions of diffrent areas of the brain.
• Accommodation


  Creation of new cognitive schema (concept to help organize/interpret info) when objects, experiences or other info does not fit with existing schema
• Action Potential


  The firing of a neuron. Occurs when the charge inside a neuron becomes more positive than the charge outside.

  
• Altruism


  Behavior that is unselfish and may even be detrimental, but that behavior benefits others.
• Amnesia


  Loss of memory. Usually only a partial loss such as for a period of time or biographical information (background and life-history)
• Anxiety


  The physiological (body's response to behavior/activity) and psychological (mental effect) reaction to expected danger. Can be real or imagined.
• Aphasia


  Impairment of the ability to communicate through oral or written discourse as a result of brain damage.
• Arousal Theory


  Theory stating we are motivated by innate desire to maintain an optimal level of arousal
• Assimilation


  Incorporating objects, experiences, or info into existing schema (concept to help organize/interpret info).
• Associations


  Phenomenon in learning where we are able to remember information better, when it is paired with something we are familiar with or stands out.
• Attachment


  Strong bond created a child forms with primary caregiver.
• Attribution


  Idea or belief about the etiology (factors or causes responsible for/or related to development of disorder) of certain behaviors.
• Authoritarian [parents]


  Parenting style focused on excessive rules, rigid belief system, and expectation of unquestioned obedience.
• Authoritative [parent]


  Parenting style focused on setting reasonable rules and expectations while encouraging communication and independence.
• Availability Heuristic


  A type of bias, stating that information more readily available in our memory is more important than information not as easily accessible.
• Aversion Therapy


  Type of behavioral treatment where an aversive stimuli (unpleasant) is paired with a negative behavior in hopes the behavior will change in the future to avoid the aversive stimuli.
• Axon


  Tail-like part of a neuron where info exits the cell, the nerve impulse can then be carried away from the cell body to other neurons, muscle or gland cells.

  
• When the heart has electrical activity and fires abnormally, doctors can use_______ on parts through laser treatment.

  Cardiac Ablation
• A child sees a zebra for the first time. She says, "Horse!" What concept does this example describe?

  Accommodation
• Giving lunch money to a friend with no expectations or desire for them to pay you back is an example of?

  Altruism
• Recalling childhood memories or past presidents, but forgetting what you had for breakfast is...


  Amnesia
• Feeling tense, nervous, having a sense of dread. Can feel like the world is speeding up or slowing down. These are symptoms for?


  Anxiety
• A individual is unable to communicate after a car crash as a result of brain damage. What condition is this known as?

  Aphasia
• Seeing a new breed of a dog and grouping it in with the other ''dogs"

  Assimilation
• Whenever you have pie you feel warmth and happy since you always had pie at your grandmas. This is known as?

  Associations
• A parent believes that if a child plays to much video games that those video games will be responsible for any future disorders. This is an example of?

  Attribution
• After seeing in the news multiple car thefts you believe it is much more common than it actually is.

  Availability Heuristic
• Putting unpleasant tasting substances on nails to stop the behavior of nail chewing.

  Aversion Therapy
• Behavior Modification


  Application of behavioral theory to change a specific behavior.
• Behavior Therapy


  Application of behavioral theory (ex: conditioning/reinforcement) for the treatment of mental illness.
• Behaviorism


  School of psychology that follows the belief that behavior is measurable and can be changed through the application of various behavioral princables.
• Broca's Aphasia


  an aphasia (not being able to communicate due to brain damage) with damage to Broca's area of brain, demonstrated by impairment in producing understandable speech.

  
• Cell Body (Soma)


  main part of a neuron where information is processed.

  
• Centration


  A young child's tendency to focus only on their own perspective of a specific object and failure to understand others may see things differently.
• Chemical Imbalance


  Generic term for the idea that a chemical is either to scare or to abundant resulting in a mental disorder such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
• Classical Conditioning


  Behavioral technique of pairing a naturally occurring stimulus and response chain with a different stimulus in order to produce a response that is not naturally occurring.
• Client-Centered Therapy


  Humanistic therapy, based on Carl Rogers beliefs that an individual has unlimited capacity for psychological growth and will continue to grow unless barriers are put in the way.
• Coercive Power


  Power derived through the ability to punish.
• Cognition


  Process of retrieving, processing, storing and using info.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy


  Treatment involving the combination of behaviorism (based on theories of learning) and cognitive therapy (based on the theory that our cognitions or thoughts control a large portion of our behaviors.