Human Development
According to Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, this is the main task of the adolescent
What is forming an identity?
Theorists who view development as ________ believe that development takes place in unique stages.
What is discontinuous?
This is an eating disorder characterized by an individual maintaining body weight that is well below average through starvation and/or excessive exercise
What is anorexia nervosa?
This kind of psychology seeks to identify and promote those qualities that lead to happy, fulfilled, and contented lives?
What is positive psychology?
He developed psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The three stages of prenatal development, in order
What is zygote, embryo, fetus?
He called the stages of development psychosexual stages
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The law which states that simple tasks are performed best when arousal levels are relatively high, yet complex tasks are performed best when arousal levels are low.
What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?
He conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment
Who is Zimbardo?
He developed client-centered therapy
Who is Carl Rogers?
A wealthy, talented writer gives up writing because he hasn't been able to get his last 4 novels published. Which need is taking precedence and which need is being sacrificed, according to Maslow?
What is Esteem; Self-Actualization?
He believed that moral development, like cognitive development, follows a series of stages
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
A subjective state of being that we often describe as our feelings
What is emotion?
The tendency to ignore evidence that disproves ideas or beliefs
What is confirmation bias?
During the therapist’s first meeting with the client, called ________, the therapist gathers specific information to address the client’s immediate needs.
What is intake?
This type of development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness.
What is physical development?
It is a long-standing connection or bond with others
What is attachment?
A projective test in which people are presented with ambiguous images
What is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?
This hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.
What is just-world?
Lack of regard for others’ rights, impulsivity, deceitfulness, irresponsibility, and lack of remorse over misdeeds
What is anti-social personality disorder?
This type of development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.
What is cognitive development?
Sigmund Freud believed that personality develops during this phase of life
What is early childhood?
These theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving.
What are trait theorists?
He conducted the Stanford prison experiment
Who is Zimbardo?
This classification system is used by most mental health professionals in the United States of America
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?