Theories
Neuropsychology/Therapies
Important People
Things you should know
Mental Health/Disorders
100
There are 8 stages of social development. Name two of Erik Erikson's Stages of Social Development.
What is Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Role Confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation, Ego Integrity vs. Despair?
100
Connects the right hemisphere to the left hemisphere in the brain.
What is the corpus collosum?
100
A famous psychologist is named after this building within Brooklyn College.
What is James Hall?
100
Thinking about thinking is called
What is metacognition?
100
This is the most common mental illness in the US.
What is anxiety disorders?
200

When we have no control over negative or harmful events, we may learn we are helpless. This theory is called ...


What is learned helplessness?
200
Thinking about thinking is...
What is metacognition?
200

Creator of the Hierarchy of Needs. Hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization, transcendence

Who is Abraham Maslow?
200
These professionals (within the psychology field) are permitted to diagnose, administer/prescribe medicines, AND to treat patients that are mentally ill.
What is a psychiatrist?
200

A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often including tremors. Nerve cell damage in the brain causes dopamine levels to drop, leading to the symptoms of _____.


What is Parkinson's Disease?
300
When people see something happening, but don't do anything because no one else does.
What is the bystander effect?
300
Includes hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate gyrus, thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, maxillary body--all key factors in memory processing.
What is the limbic system?
300
Psychologist who came up with the classical conditioning theory.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
300
Students can't take ____ without taking PSYC. 3450 (Statistics in Psychology) first.
What is experimental psychology?
300

A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states. Norman from Bates Motel dealt with this disorder. 

What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
400
This theory states that general characteristics can be applied to everyone.
What is the barnum effect?
400
Allows you to visualize/locate objects in "space". In other words, the ability to imagine and mentally place objects in space. 
What is visuospatial sketchpad?
400
Broca's aphasia, Broca's area, left anterior damage. Paralysis on right side of body, normal intelligence, intact vocal mechanism, normal comprehension, leads to inability to speak.
What is Broca's aphasia?
400

This field of psychology covers a broad range of disorders from depression to OCD to sexual deviation and many more. This is also a class students are able to enroll in in Brooklyn College.

What is abnormal psychology?

400
This model states that the onset of mental illnesses is caused by genetic makeup that predisposes an individual to a disorder as well as the level of stress.
What is the Diathesis-Stress Model?
500

Acknowledges 3 viewpoints that interact to create human behavior, including abnormal behavior:

Biological

Psychological 

Social Factors

What is biopsychosocial viewpoint?
500

Most ideal form of therapy for someone dealing with anxiety is _____.

What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
500
I am the Vice-President of the Psychology Club and I will be missed tremendously next year.
Who is Kenyan?
500

The manual used to diagnose mental illness is called ... (ONLY FULL ANSWERS ALLOWED, NO ABBREVIATIONS)

What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
500

A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

What is schizophrenia?
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