School's of Thought
This psychologist proposed the concept of the unconscious mind and the idea of defense mechanisms.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This defense mechanism involves unconsciously pushing threatening memories, urges, or conflicts into the unconscious mind.
What is Repression?
According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs , this is the highest level of psychological development, where a person realizes their full potential.
What is self-actualization.
Charlie's mental health struggles in The Perks of Being a Wallflower are linked to this psychological defense mechanism, where painful memories are pushed out of conscious awareness
What is repression?
This type of memory involves the recollection of specific events, situations and experiences that occurred at a particular time and place.
What is Episodic Memory?
This American psychologist conducted the "Little Albert" experiment, demonstrating classical conditioning with a young child.
Who is John B. Watson
This type of conditioning involves learning through association, where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus.
What is classical conditioning?
This term describes how people return to a baseline level of happiness after positive or negative life changes.
What is Hedonic Adaptation
The documentary Three Identical Strangers explores the classic debate in psychology between these two forces that shape human development.
What are nature and nurture?
This type of memory involves the unconscious recall of how to perform specific tasks or activities, often referred to as "Muscle Memory"
What is Procedural Memory
According to Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, this need must be met before a person can move to "Safety Needs."
What are Physiological Needs?
In this type of learning, behaviours are strengthened or weakened by the consequences that follow them.
What is Operant Conditioning?
According to positive psychology, comparing yourself to others - especially on social media - can lower your happiness. This is called ______________
What is Social Comparison
Charlie's trauma and flashbacks suggest he may be dealing with this psychological disorder, often linked to past abuse or extreme stress.
What is PTSD
This phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to accept vague and general personality descriptions as highly accurate about themselves
What is the Barnum Effect
This part of the mind operates according to the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification of desires.
What is the ID?
This model of memory suggests that memory storage involves three separate systems: Sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory.
What is the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
This practice, a form of gratitude practice, involves imagining life without something you value to help increase appreciation for it.
What is negative visualization?
The study that separated the triplets without telling their adoptive families would likely be considered unethical today due to this.
What is informed consent?
This mental shortcut helps us make quick decisions without using all available information, but it isn't always accurate.
What is a heuristic?
This Russian psychologist if famous for his experiments with dogs and classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This defense mechanism involves attributing one's own undesirable traits onto others
What is projection?
This state occurs when you are so focused on an activity that you lose track of time, feel challenged, and fully engaged.
What is FLOW (or a flow state)
Charlie often isolates himself and struggles with emotional expression and self-esteem. According to Maslow's hierarchy, he is stuck at this level of need.
What is love and belonging?
This thinking error occurs when people consistently misjudge situations or information.
What are cognitive biases?