Research
Cognitive
Developmental
Mental Health
Theorists
100

Correlation does not equal ________.

Causation

100

Cognition studies _______ such as thinking, knowing, remembering.

Mental processes

100

Something that parents do to help language development, these tones keep the child interested and the speech makes sure the child can separate the words; it has a sing-song quality.

Infant-directed speech or baby-talk

100

Any attribute, trait or disorder that causes a person to be labelled as unacceptably different from “normal” people.

Stigma

100

He studied the behavior of dogs using food and a bell.

Ivan Pavlov

200

This is when we seek evidence in favor of our ideas rather than evidence against them.

Confirmation bias

200

This is the processing of information into the memory system.

Encoding

200

________ parents are likely to have children who has high self-esteem and are self-reliant.

Authoritative

200

_______ psychologists help people cope with personal and career challenges by recognizing their strengths and resources.

Counseling

200

He is the founder of psychoanalysis.

Sigmund Freud

300

The use of chance to assign subjects to experimental and control groups. This is important because it helps decrease experiment bias.

Random assignment

300

This is a mental representation of the layout of one's environment.

Cognitive map

300

A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement and diminished if followed by punishment.

Operant conditioning

300

_________ psychologists help people with their problems, adjust to life difficulties, and change their behavior for the better.

Clinical

300

He studied the way rewards and punishments shape actions.

B.F. Skinner

400

A(n) ______________ is an experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

Independent variable

400

The process of getting information out of the memory system.

Retrieval

400

A child's sense that their parents are trustworthy and dependable is most indicative of ________.

Secure attachment

400

This occurs when a participant's expectation leads him/her to experience some change even though they receive an empty or fake treatment.

Placebo effect

400

He has four stages in his theory of development: The Sensorimotor Stage, The Preoperational Stage, The Concrete Stage, & The Formal Stage.

Jean Piaget

500

The 5 stages of the research process.

(1) Form a hypothesis (2) Design a study (3) Collect the data (4) Analyze the data (5) Report findings.

500

The __________ occurs when we are presented with misleading or incorrect information following an event, and we incorporate that information into our subsequent memory reports.

Misinformation effect

500

This reflex occurs when a baby's cheek is stroked it turns in the direction of the touch.

Rooting Reflex

500

This form of psychotherapy helps a person learn how to recognize negative patterns of thought and replace them with healthier ways of thinking

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

500

The father of Psychology.

Wilhelm Wundt

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