Piaget
Erikson/Kohlberg
Freud
Personality
Social/Cognitive and self
100

The term for when a baby thinks that does not see something that it does not exist anymore 

Object permanence 

100

Kohlberg's focus on development is about 

morality 

100

The part of the personality thats wants immediate satisfaction without thinking about the consequences 

Id

100

The name of the psychologist who pioneered Humanistic psychology and focused on what people need to be their best selves  

Abraham Maslow 

100

the perception that one controls their own fate 

internal locus of control 

200

The stage where someone starts to use abstract reasoning to solve problems or answer questions. 

Formal operational 

200

The stage under Erikson where someone is concerned with if they gave enough love and attention beyond themself.



Generativity vs. Stagnation

200

The defense mechanism where someone takes how he or she feels about a situation and says another person has the same feelings about the situation

Projection

200

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an example of this perspective on personality 

Trait perspective/personality 

200

While individualistic cultures focuses on the individual, collectivist culture focus on 

the group / community

300

The concept that allows a person to determine that a certain volume of liquid will remain the same despite adjustment of the container, shape, or apparent size,

Conservation

300

The stage of Kohlberg where someone is concerned with universal principles and morality 

Post-conceptual morality 

300

a woman who recently went through a breakup may channel her emotions into a home improvement project is an example of which defense mechanism.  

Sublimation 

300

According to Carl Rogers, people also nurture our growth by

being genuine, emphatic, or unconditional positive regard

300

According to Bandura, we learn many of our behavior from

others and/or conditioning/learning 

400

A child, who grew up with a lot of dogs in the house, sees a horse for the first time.The child calls the horse a dog; this is an example of 

assimilation 

400

Under Erikson, the issue of young adulthood is

intimacy vs. isolation 

400

The stage where someone is concerned with incestuous sexual feelings 

Phallic 3-6 years old

400

One criticism of the humanistic perspective on personality is

  • Vague and subjective

  • Individualistic and Western biased

  • Naïve

400

An individual joins the swim team based on interest (individual characteristic). The individual meets new teammates and friends who encourage her to invest in physical fitness (environment).  This is an example of

Reciprocal determinism 

500

The maturing brain creates _________ (concepts or mental molds into which we pour our experiences).  By adulthood, we have built countless ________, ranging from cats and dogs to our concept of love

schemas 

500

Unlike Kohlberg and Piaget, Erickson believed that people do not stay in stuck in a developmental stage but instead 

we take/develop into the bad outcome of that stage

500

The name of the method of exploring the unconscious in which a person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing; ink blots are an example of this

Free association 

500

The five traits of the Big Five Factors are:  

openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

500

a readiness to perceive oneself favorably is called 

self-serving bias 

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