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Low levels of this
neurotransmitter are
often seen in patients
with depression
Serotonin
Cells that change one
form of energy into
neural impulses are
known as
Receptor cells
What is a double-blind
procedure?
Neither the experimenter nor
the participant know who
has received the placebo and
who has received the
independent variable
In order for an
experiment’s results
to be accepted the
results must be…
Replicable
Excitatory neurotransmitter
involved in learning and
memory; Oversupply can lead to
migraines or seizures
Glutamate
What is brain/neural
plasticity?
When a brain part takes on
a new function (usually due
to brain damage in another
area)
What is a projective
test?
Personality tests that provide
ambiguous stimuli to trigger
projection of one’s inner
thoughts and feelings;
Thematic
Apperception/Rorschach
A sound wave’s
height indicates its…
Volume
A sound wave’s
frequency indicates
its…
Pitch
A light wave’s length indicates
its…
Color
A wave lengths
amplitude (height)
indicates its…
Brightness
What is transduction?
The process where receptor
cells turn one form of energy
into a neural impulse
If the results of an
experiment are
statistically significant it
means that…
The results were not due to
change (p = .05 and
below)
Who proposed the
social-cognitive theory
of personality?
Albert Bandura
What is reciprocal
determinism?
Interacting influences of
behavior, internal cognition, and
environment (Part of Bandura’s
theory on personality)
Expectancy that one’s
efforts will be
successful
Self-Efficacy
Who proposed the theory
of personal control
(internal v. external locus
of control)?
Julian Rotter
What is an external
locus of control?
Perception that chance or
outside forces determine
a person’s fate
The most widely used
objective personality test
(originally intended for
psychiatric diagnosis)
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory
(MMPI-2)
What stage of moral reasoning:
Understand that people have
different opinions about
morality; Right or wrong
depends on the situation
Postconventional
Stage where morality is
about understanding
what is expected of you
Conventional moral
reasoning
Alert, waking brain
waves
Beta waves
Slow, relaxed brain
waves
Alpha waves
Large, slow waves
that appear in deep
sleep (stages 3 and 4)
Delta waves
What Axis of the DSM asks
if there are psychosocial or
environmental problems?
IV
What does Axis V of the
DSM do/ask?
Assigns a global assessment
(number from 0-100 that
relates to person’s
functioning)
Define nervous system
The body’s
electrochemical
communication system
How does myelination
affect a neural impulse?
Allows action potential to
skip the sections that are
myelinated (jumps from
Node of Ranvier to Node of
Ranvier)
What is the major
psychosocial
struggle of old
age?
Integrity v. Despair (When
reflecting on his/her life, the
older adult may feel a sense
of satisfaction or failure)
Kubler-Ross’ stages of
grief
Denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, and acceptance