Schools of Thought
People
Brain
Abnormal
Terms
100
The perspective that explores how our minds encode, process, store, and retrieve information.
What is the Cognitive Perspective.
100
Created the first psychology lab.
What is Wilhelm Wundt.
100
Controls basic life functions.
What is the medulla.
100
Phobias and obsessive-compulsive behaviors are classified as
What is anxiety disorders.
100
states that color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes.
What is the opponent process theory.
200
The perspective most directly concerned with how the brain influences behaviors and mental state.
What is Neuroscience.
200
Pioneered the study of learning.
What is Ivan Pavlov.
200
The fatty tissue that helps speed neural transmission
What is myelin sheath.
200
a group of disorders characterized by disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
What is schizophrenia.
200
the reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a rest period.
What is spontaneous recovery.
300
Introspection is a part of this school of thought.
What is Structuralism.
300
Accoring to Piaget, these are people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences.
What is schemas.
300
The visual cortex is located here.
What is the occipital lobe.
300
a disorder in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, feelings, and thoughts.
What is dissasociative disorder.
300
an observation technique in which one person is studied at great depth.
What is case study.
400
the school of thought that emphasizes the human capacity for growth and choice.
What is humanistic.
400
Theorized the hierarchy of needs.
What is Abraham Maslow.
400
Chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands.
What is hormones.
400
a neurotransmitter that is overabundant during mania and scarce during depression.
What is norepinephrine.
400
states that the subjective experience of emotion occurs at the same time as the body's physical response.
What is the Cannon-Bard theory.
500
school of thought based on the idea that society and culture shape cognition.
What is the socio-cultural approach.
500
The father of psychoanalytic theory.
What is Freud.
500
Serves as the sensory switchboard.
What is the thalamus.
500
a fear of situations in which help might not be available during a panic attack.
What is agoraphobia.
500
any effort to alleviate stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods.
What is coping.
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