Cognition & Intelligence
Motivation & Emotion
Developmental
Personality & Stress
Abnormal
100
According to theories of multiple intelligences, skill in what discipline could be considered a type of intelligence?
What is sports, music, language, math, survival skills, interpersonal skills, etc.
100
Name one of the six basic emotions.
What is anger, surprise, disgust, fear, sadness, happiness
100
Psychologist who developed at in-depth theory of cognitive development in children.
Who is Jean Piaget?
100
A unique pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persist over time
What is personality?
100
Disorder characterized by delusions and hallucinations
What is Schizophrenia?
200
The process by which we acquire and use knowledge
What is cognition?
200
Name a secondary motive in humans.
What is achievement, friendship, success, etc.?
200
Generation of young adults who move back and forth between independence and living with parents
What is Boomerang Generation?
200
Which psychologist focused on unconscious processes?
Who is Sigmund Freud?
200
Personality theory and method of therapy developed by Freud
What is Psychoanalysis?
300
An explanation for why the smell of certain foods (such as cake) makes us want to eat the food, even if we are not hungry
What is classical conditioning?
300
Main cue in interpreting emotions in others.
What is facial expression?
300
The idea that things continue to exist even when they are out of sight
What is object permanence?
300
Specific personality test used in mental health assessment.
What is the MMPI?
300
The neurotransmitter regulated by SSRIs.
What is serotonin?
400
The study of mental states and processes
What is psychology?
400
A specific need or desire that prompts goal-directed behavior
What is a motive?
400
Experiment in which babies have to crawl across a glass surface that appears to be empty space
What is visual cliff?
400
Defense mechanism that involves reverting to childlike behavior
What is regression?
400
The currently recognized name of the disorder formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
500
Psychologist who developed the WAIS and WISC
Who is David Wechsler?
500
Theory of motivation that states the goal of behavior is to reduce bodily tension or arousal
What is drive-reduction theory?
500
Stage of cognitive development in which children develop the ability to think and reason abstractly?
What is Formal-Operational?
500
The Big Five traits of personality
What is OCEAN?
500
Personality disorder in which person displays overly-intense emotions that are often false and thrives on attention.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
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