1. Brainstem- It begins where the spinal cord swells after entering the skull. It regulates all automatic survival roles, such as breathing and heartbeats.…
nervous system, a collection of hundreds of billions of specialized and interconnected cells through which messages are sent between the brain and the rest of the body.…
A(n) _____________ is the learned response that comes to be elicited by a conditioned stimulus as a result of its repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus.…
Neuron: a nerve cell that receives processes and transmits information to other cells. The speeds in which they do so are within fractions of seconds.…
* Pavlov studied the role of saliva in the digestive process of dogs, he discovered…
The right side of the brain controls the function of the left side of the body. That includes controlling perception of spatial and nonverbal concepts…
social trap: a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-…
Corporate Crime – the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf.…
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Aging and Memory • Recalling new information declines during the early and middle adulthood years. • Older adults are able to recall…
* It was believed earlier that the brain was only influenced by genes and was unchangeable. We know now that the idea of environmental enrichment vs. deprivation can modify the brain. There are two effects of the environment on physiological processes. They are brain plasticity and environmental stressors and damage in the hippocampus region.…
Tending to repeat a a behavior when something is closely followed by a reinforcer, even if it was not actually responsible for producing the reinforcement…
Chapter 15 focuses on four main types of psychotherapy, and the psychologists behind the different types. This chapter shows the different ways to treat people, and how the profession has developed over the years. The four psychologists that the chapter focuses on are Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov, and Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis.…
* Elaboration- linking stimuli to other information and aspects while It is being encoded (processed) in our memory; enhances semantic encoding…
16. What are social roles? What was Phillip Zimbardo’s experiment in relation to social roles?…
Teachers of Psychology: Found at colleges and universities, where their assignments typically involve not only teaching but also research and publication.…