To hit or not?
Psych Nerds
Past Labs
It takes a village
Schools of Thought
100

Parents who make few demands and use little punishment

What is permissive?

100

Psychologist who described the process of classical conditioning after famous experiments with dogs.

Who is Pavlov?

100

Experiment conducted by Zimbardo that studied the effects of authority and role-play people behave when in control of others

What is the Stanford prison experiment?

100

The developing human organism from a weeks after conception to birth

What is Fetus

100

The view that psychology should be the objective science that studies behavior that references to mental processes

What is behaviorism?

200

Parents that are both demanding and responsive, while also allowing flexibility

What is authoritative?

200

Father of psycho-analysis 

Who is Sigmund Freud?

200

Experiment that conditioned dogs to salivate to a bell

What is Pavlov's dog experiment?

200

Developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

What is embryo?

200

Perspective lead by William James Hurst that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function, how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish

What is Functionalism? 

300

Parents that impose rules, and expect obedience

What is authoritarian

300

Established the school of behaviorism

Who is John Watson?

300

Experiment that tested group conformity by comparing line length

What is the Asch experiment?

300

Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior relatively uninfluenced by experience

What is maturation?

300

Observing and recording behavior naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation


What is Naturalistic Observation?

400

Nick grabs the toy that his little sister, Mia, is playing with. His mom takes the toy from him and gives it back to Mia and says, "Mia is playing with this toy now. I understand that you would like to play with it now, but it will be your turn to play with it in a few minutes. This is an example of________.

What is authoritative

400

Psychologist that thought humans ave an innate ability of universal grammar

Who is Noam Chomsky?

400

Experiment that showed the importance of physical touch over nourishment in infant monkeys

What is the Harlow experiment?

400

Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.

What is habituation?

400

The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

What is Nature vs. Nurture issue?

500

Children who grow up with parents using this specific parenting style tend to be more susceptible to anti-social peer pressure during adolescence.

What is authoritarian?

500

Psychologist who put infants into an unfamiliar situation in order to examine their attachment to their parents.

Who is Mary Ainsworth?

500

Obedience study in which subject exposed people to shocks as  long as they were instructed to

What is the Milgram Shock experiment

500

Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking

What is Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

500

Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

What is cognitive neuroscience?

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