People
Behaviorist who studied classical conditioning in dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Close bond that an infant forms with a specific caregiver.
What is attachment?
Idea that human behavior is a product of genetics AND environmental factors.
What is nature vs. nurture?
The brain's ability to adapt in response to environmental input.
What is plasticity?
The meaning of the acronym WEIRD.
What is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic?
Psychologist who designed a theory of cognitive development with four distinct stages.
Who is Jean Piaget?
Parenting style characterized by low demandingness and high responsiveness.
What is permissive parenting?
Pathway focused on how people with the same initial experience can develop different later outcomes.
What is multifinality?
Capacity to withstand or recover from challenges that threaten wellbeing.
What is resilience?
Definition for variable based on how a researcher plans on measuring it.
What is an operational definition?
Psychologist who developed the hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Extent to which genes are responsible for differences among groups of similar people.
What is heritability?
Psychological theory that highlights how individual relationships within a family affect the overall functioning of the family unit.
What is family systems theory?
Ability to understand that other people have differing thoughts and desires.
What is Theory of Mind (ToM)?
Name for the finding that IQ scores have steadily increased over the past several decades.
What is the Flynn Effect?
Psychologist who developed the Ecological Systems theory.
Who is Erie Bronfenbrenner?
Theory of media impact that highlights how consuming violent media may lead to stronger beliefs that the world is a dangerous place.
What is mean world syndrome?
Idea that language influences cognitive development and how we understand the world.
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
Cognitive tasks that allow us to plan, focus our attention, solve problems, and juggle multiple tasks.
What is executive function (EF)?
Personality traits included in the Five-Factor model (hint: OCEAN).
What is openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism?
Psychologist who explored the dimensions of exploration and commitment as related to identity, resulting in four main categories of identity.
Who is James Marcia?
Wear and tear on the body as a result of repeated and/or chronic stress.
What is allostatic load?
Theory of love characterized by three main components: intimacy, passion, and commitment.
What is Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love?
Ability to understand and manage one's own emotions and to respond to others' emotions.
What is emotional intelligence?
Type of reinforcement schedule used by a slot machine.
What is variable ratio?