Large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
What is Corpus Callosum
100
Anxiety disorder in which there are repeated attacks of intense fear and anxiety, and a fear of being in places where escape might be difficult
What is Agoraphobia
100
Fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age
What is Stranger anxiety
100
Physical and cognitive abnormalities in childern caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
200
American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology.
Who is Carl Rogers
200
Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons.
What is Glial cells
200
Loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases, or aging
What is Alzheimer's Disease
200
Optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
What is Critical Period
200
Infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus
What is Habituation
300
First woman to become president of the American Psychological Association
Who is Mary Whiton Calkins
300
Lobe involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgement
What is Frontal Lobe
300
Anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations, or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something
What is Obsessive-compulsive disorder
300
Process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life.
What is Imprinting
300
Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
What is Maturation
400
German physician, psychologist, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology.
Who is Wilhem Wundt
400
Helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
What is Hypothalamus
400
Condition in which people go back and forth between periods of a very good or irritable mood and depression
What is Bipolar Disorder
400
Understanding and evaluation of who we are.
What is Self-concept
400
Interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas
What is Assimlation
500
American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism.
Who is John B. Watson
500
Neural system, located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives.
What is Limbic System
500
Illness in which a person binges on food or has regular episodes of overeating and feels a loss of control.
What is Bulimia Nervosa
500
Emotional tie with another person; shown in young childern by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation
What is Attachment
500
the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived