Famous Psychologists
He is the father of psychoanalysis and developed theories about the id, ego, and superego.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Persistent sadness or loss of interest in activities may indicate this mental disorder.
What is depression?
This organ is the control center of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
The study of how people think, feel, and behave is called this.
What is psychology?
A study that observes participants in their natural environment is called this.
What is naturalistic observation?
This behaviorist conducted the famous “Little Albert” experiment on conditioned fear.
Who is John B. Watson?
This anxiety disorder involves recurring, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
The part of the brain responsible for higher-order thinking, reasoning, and decision-making.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This type of learning occurs when behavior is influenced by consequences like rewards or punishments.
What is operant conditioning?
This type of variable is manipulated by the researcher to see its effect.
What is the independent variable?
She studied child development and is known for her stages of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
People with this disorder experience extreme mood swings, from mania to depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
These chemicals transmit signals across neurons.
What is neurotransmitters?
He conducted experiments with dogs demonstrating classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This research method involves in-depth study of one individual or small group.
What is a case study?
This psychologist is famous for the Hierarchy of Needs theory.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This disorder is characterized by difficulty distinguishing reality from delusions or hallucinations.
What is schizophrenia?
This lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This bias occurs when people overestimate their own abilities or knowledge.
What is the overconfidence bias?
This type of correlation shows that as one variable increases, the other decreases.
What is a negative correlation?
He conducted the “Strange Situation” experiment to study attachment in infants
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
This disorder involves intense fear of social situations and being judged by others.
What is social anxiety disorder?
The fight-or-flight response is controlled by this part of the nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This phenomenon describes when people are less likely to help a victim when others are present.
What is the bystander effect?
This experimental design uses both an experimental group and a control group to test hypotheses.
What is a controlled experiment?