History & Approaches
Who states that there is a part of our mind that we will never know what is going on in there?
Who is Freud?
Attacks marked by intense heart palpitations, pressure or pain in the chest, dizziness or unsteadiness, sweating , and a feeling of faintness.
What are Panic Attacks?
The process by which children learn the behaviors and attitudes appropriate to their family and culture is known as?
What is the socialization?
What is immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system?
What is sensory memory?
What scan measures blood flow?
What is an FMRI?
Psychology is the study of what?
What is the scientific study of behavior and mental illness?
A mood disorder that violates or disregards the rights of others, indifferent to the feelings of others, sociopath
What is Anti-social?
The concept that the quantity of a substance is not altered by reversible changes in its appearance. Ex: 2 glasses (one tall, one short) filled with equal amounts of juice but the child thinks the tall glass has more juice because of its height.
What is the Principles of Conservation?
What is a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment/event?
What is a flashbulb memory?
What are the five taste senses?
What is sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (savory)?
In 1879 was when...
When was Wundt opened the first psychological laboratory?
A symptom of disorder in which people perceive voices or other stimuli when there are no stimuli present
What are Hallucinations?
Formation of a strong bond to the first moving thing (usually a mother) it sees after it is born
What is Imprinting?
What is our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list?
What is the serial position effect?
What are the two main parts that the central nervous system is made up of?
What is the brain & spinal cord?
Who was the first woman president in psychology?
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
Submissive & clingy, excessive need to be taken care of, hard time making decisions on your own
What is Dependent?
Sense of independence; a desire not to be controlled by others; main concept in Erikson’s second psychosocial stage
What is Autonomy?
What is the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas?
What is creativity?
What is the cerebral cortex responsible of?
What is higher level thinking?
Who is considered to be the father of behavioral psychology?
Who was John B. Watson?
An anxiety disorder that involves binge eating, purging, a strict diet, and extreme exercise
What is Bulimia?
The stage of adolescence where teens are to develop a stable sense of self necessary to make the transition from dependence on other to dependence on oneself
What is Identity Formation?
Who was a Swiss psychologist that developed an important theory of cognitive development in children?
Who was Jean Piaget?
What is known as the "little brain" and controls our balanced, hand coordination, and movement.
What is the cerebellum?