P/S - FL5

Avoidant attachment

Distrusts closeness

avoids depending on others

Reaction formation

Replacing an unacceptable feeling with its opposite

Cognitive dissonance

Psychological discomfort from conflicting beliefs or behavior

ex: i know smoking is bad but i still do it

Weber's law

JND - PERCENT will stay CONSTANT regardless of size

Absolute threshold

Minimum stimulus detectable 50% of the time

Difference threshold (JND)

Smallest detectable difference between two stimuli

Confounding variable

Variable that affects both the IV and DV

Id

Pleasure principle - i want pizza

immediate gratification

Ego

Rational mediator

mediates between id and superego

Superego

Moral conscience - i shouldn’t eat pizza bc it is unhealthy

internalized societal standards

Prefrontal cortex

Executive function

planning

decision-making

Primary motor cortex

Initiates voluntary movement

Primary somatosensory cortex

Processes touch

pain

temperature

proprioception

Broca's area

Speech production

Wernicke's area

Language comprehension

Amygdala

Fear

emotion processing

Hippocampus

Forms new long-term memories

Hypothalamus

Homeostasis

endocrine control

Thalamus

Sensory relay except smell

Basal ganglia

Movement initiation

procedural learning

Cerebellum

Balance

coordination

motor learning

Midbrain

Visual and auditory reflexes

Pons

Sleep

breathing

bridge to cerebellum

Medulla

Heart rate

breathing

blood pressure

Reticular formation

Alertness

arousal

consciousness

Corpus callosum

Connects left and right hemispheres

Occipital lobe

Vision

Temporal lobe

Hearing

memory

language

Parietal lobe

Somatosensory processing

spatial awareness

Frontal lobe

Planning

personality

voluntary movement