Behavioral Psychology
Mental Health
Developmental Psychology
The Great Thinkers of Psychology
Personality Psychology
100

This person was a Russian scientist who came up with the theory of classical conditioning which is now used as a technique used by behavioral psychologists.

Who is Ivan P. Pavlov?

100

These false beliefs might be of grandeur or of persecution.

What are delusions?

100

The developmental stage between childhood and adulthood.

What is Adolescence?

100

In 1943, this man created a model for a person’s hierarchy of needs, starting from basic needs and reaching to self-actualization.

Who is Abraham Maslow?

100

This is the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within an individual that is organized and relatively enduring throughout life, and that influences his or her interactions with, and adaptations to, the environment (including the intrapsychic, physical, and social environment)

Hint: Simple

What is Personality?

200

A type of learning in which an animal or person responds to stimulus in a way that normally does not bring about that response.

What is conditioning?

200

As many as 1 American in 50 may be dissatisfied with their bodies, it's called this, a form of OCD.

What is body dysmorphia?

200

A progressive brain disorder that leads to gradual and irreversible decline in memory and overall cognitive abilities.

What is Alzheimer's Disease?

200

This famous psychologist was also a doctor, PhD in Neurology, an anthropologist, an author, and a philosopher.

Who is Dr. Sigmund Freud?

200

The theory associated with the traits openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and extroversion.

What is The Big Five?
300

This type of therapy is utilized to help individuals who maintain irrational fears and those with certain high anxiety disorders, such as PTSD or OCD.

What is exposure therapy?

300

In 1943, Drs. Leo Kanner and Hans Asberger each used this word for the then-unnamed disorder they were studying.

What is autism?

300

Using this type of research design, developmental psychologists study people of different ages at the same time.

What is a cross-sectional research design?

300

Erikson would say that at this stage in development, children would begin to assert their independence and explore/act on their environment?

What is Autonomy Vs. Shame and Doubt?

300

This test is most commonly used as an indicator of personality, resulting in 4 letters, each letter corresponding to a unique personality trait. By answering the questions, people can learn about how they tend to make choices. They can also learn about how they view the world.

What is the Myers-Briggs test?

400

Canadian University College in Alberta, York University, University of British Columbia , University of Waterloo, University of Manitoba, University of Cambridge are...

What is schools for behavioral psychology?

400

Papyrophobia is the fear of this---touching it, seeing it, being cut by it

What is paper?

400

The scientific term for the "line" that forms when a plate in a child's/adolescent's bone completely ossifies or solidifies and not longer grow vertically. Sometimes anthropologists use the presence of this bone characteristic to produce an approximate age of remains.

Epiphyseal Line

400

Albert Ellis developed a type of behavioral therapy that focuses mainly on promoting self-acceptance and modifying the irrational beliefs of clients know as.

What is REBT, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy?

400

This psychologist developed one of the best-known theories of neurosis. He/she believed that neurosis resulted from basic anxiety caused by interpersonal relationships.

Who is Karen Horney?

500

Example prompt: 

During the summer, an individual with fair skin has gotten sunburnt for the past 3 years. They have started to put on sunscreen even before they leave the house when going to the beach. Also, when at the beach, if they realize they are starting to turn pink they re-apply the sunscreen.

What is an example of negative reinforcement?

500

A college student experiences a loss of sensation of her right arm before exams. Doctors can find no physiological basis for her condition. This student is most likely experiencing THIS kind of disorder.

What is a somatoform disorder?

500

Paul Baltes is a developmental psychologist who created a lifespan perspective theory of development that views development as a lifelong experience categorized by both gains and losses, under the influence of 4 forces and 4 key principles, which has transformed perspectives about this age group in research.

What is aging populations?

500

B.F. Skinner specified that this schedule of reinforcement produces the highest rate fo extinction if reinforcement were to stop.

What is Continuous Reinforcement?

500

A type of test that encourages test-takers to respond freely. Examples include the Rorschach Inkblot Test and the TAT.

What is a projective test?

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