Neurotransmitters
This neurotransmitter is often referred to as the "feel-good" chemical and is associated with reward and pleasure.
What is dopamine?
This psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs and the concept of self-actualization.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This therapy focuses on changing negative thought patterns to improve mood and behavior.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This disorder involves persistent and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
This theory suggests that behavior is learned through observing and imitating others.
What is Social Learning Theory?
This part of the brain is responsible for regulating vital functions such as heartbeat and breathing.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This neurotransmitter plays a key role in mood regulation and is often targeted by antidepressant medications.
What is serotonin?
This behaviorist is known for his work on operant conditioning and the invention of the Skinner box.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
This technique involves repeated exposure to a feared object or context without any danger to help overcome anxiety.
What is exposure therapy?
Characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest, this disorder can impact daily functioning.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This theory, proposed by Carl Rogers, emphasizes the importance of the self and self-concept in personality development.
What is Humanistic Theory?
This brain structure is crucial for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This neurotransmitter is crucial for muscle action, learning, and memory, and is deficient in Alzheimer's disease.
What is acetylcholine?
This developmental psychologist proposed the stages of cognitive development in children.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This form of therapy emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and unconditional positive regard.
What is client-centered therapy?
This disorder is marked by periods of intense fear or discomfort, often with physical symptoms like heart palpitations.
What is panic disorder?
Developed by Hans Selye, this theory describes the body's response to stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
General Adaptation Syndrome?
Known as the "fear center" of the brain, this structure is involved in emotional processing.
What is the amygdala?
This inhibitory neurotransmitter helps to reduce neuronal excitability throughout the nervous system.
What is GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)?
This psychologist is famous for his study of attachment in children using the "Strange Situation" experiment.
Who is John Bowlby?
This type of therapy involves the use of medication to treat mental health disorders.
What is psychopharmacology?
This neurodevelopmental disorder is characterized by difficulties with social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
This theory posits that personality is composed of five broad traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
What is the Five Factor Model (or Big Five Personality Traits)?
This brain region is associated with decision-making, problem-solving, and planning.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This excitatory neurotransmitter is involved in learning and memory and is often linked to the process of long-term potentiation.
What is glutamate?
This psychologist is known for his work on learned helplessness and positive psychology.
Who is Martin Seligman?
This therapeutic approach combines mindfulness practices with cognitive therapy, especially used to treat depression.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)?
This disorder is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and impaired functioning.
What is Schizophrenia?
This theory of emotion states that physiological arousal and cognitive labeling of that arousal produce emotional experiences.
What is the Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion?
This area of the brain is involved in coordinating voluntary movements and maintaining balance and posture.
What is the cerebellum?