Psychopathology
Negative thinking, low self-esteem and disruption of eating & sleeping patterns are all characteristics of this disorder
What is Depression?
The little boy who was found in a case study conducted by Sigmund Freud to have an irrational fear of horses closely linked to his fear of his father
Who is Little Hans?
A relationship between two co-variable in which an increase in one variable is correlated to an increase in the other
What is a positive correlation?
This type of conformity involves changing your public behaviour, while still firmly maintaining your private beliefs
What is compliance?
A psychologist who believes that the various hormones and neurotransmitters are widely responsible for human behaviour along with genetic inheritance and physical brain structure
What is a Biological Psychologist?
What is Abnormality?
A content analysis technique that involves converting qualitative data into quantitative data
What is Coding?
What is a Quasi experiment?
The psychologist most famous for studying social roles in a controversial experiment
Who is Zimbardo?
A approach to psychology which focuses on internal mental processes and often compares the mind to computer hardware
What is the cognitive approach?
A type of treatment for phobias which relies on overwhelming the patient in hopes that they will not be able to maintain their heightened emotional state
What is flooding/exposure therapy?
A brief glimpse into a subject carried out in the form of a case study
What is a Snapshot?
Bandura's bobo doll experiment used this experimental design
What is Independent Groups?
When a person changes from autonomous state to an one in which they simply follow orders, they have undergone this phenomena
What is an agentic shift?
Giving unconditional positive regard is a core part of this treatment method
What is client-centered therapy?
This psychologist created a model for depression that follows consecutive alphabetical symbols
Who is Ellis?
Due to the nature of certain media, psychologists may lose this due to their own bias and attribute opinions the writer/speaker did not intend
What is Objectivity?
The smallest tally of the + and - signs when conducting a sign test
What is the calculated value?
The highest rate of conformity Asch's Line Experiment found with 3 confederates
What is 32%?
The year the first psychology lab was founded by Wilhelm Wundt
What is 1879?
A treatment for OCD, often shortened to the acronym- SSRI
What is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor?
This psychologist had an area of the brain named after him due to his findings in a case study surrounding a man who could only say the word 'Tan'
Who is Paul Broca?
Single-blind procedures are done to avoid this specific term
What are demand characteristics?
A variation of Asch's Line Experiment, which when modified, reduced conformity up to 80% due to it's effect on Normative Social Influence
What is Unanimity?
A phenomenon discovered by Karl Lashely, following his study of rat memory in the early twentieth century
What is mass action?