FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGISTS
Founder of psychoanalysis (along with many controversial theories).
Sigmund Freud
Focuses on the process of thinking; including memories, learning, attention, and language.
Cognitive Psychology
Henry Harlow's four attachment styles.
Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, and Disorganized
What are the four lobes of the brain?
Frontal, Occipital, Parietal, and Temporal
Current manual used to classify and define mental disorders.
DSM-5-TR
Ivan Pavlov
Studies how individuals change over time, usually focusing on childhood years.
Developmental Psychology
The five personality dimensions in the Big Five personality theory.
Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness, and Conscientiousness
EEG (Electroencephalogram)
Term that describes having better memory of items at the end of a list.
Recency Effect
Established the first psychology laboratory in Germany in 1879.
Wilhelm Wundt
Focuses on the study of mental illness and how to apply science to treatment.
Clinical Psychology
The five stages of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Physiological (Food + Water), Safety, Love and Belonging, Self-Esteem, and Self-Actualization
Structure that allows one neuron to send a signal to another cell.
Synapse
Set of beliefs that one can perform adequately in a situation.
Self-Efficacy
Known for the famous "Bobo Doll" experiment.
Albert Bandura
Studies the patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make individuals unique.
Personality Psychology
The three things that make up Freud's model of the human psyche, involving moral conscience and human instincts.
Id, Ego, Superego
Nervous system that controls the "fight or flight" response.
Sympathetic Nervous System
The study of the causes or factors related to a mental disorder.
Etiology
A prominent figure in personality psychology, and developed the trait theory.
Gordon Allport
Studies how psychology impacts things such as institutions and the workplace.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Piaget's four stages of cognitive development in children.
Sensorimotor, Pre-Operational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational
Neurotransmitter that has been shown to be linked to Schizophrenia.
Dopamine
Increasing a the likelihood of a behavior by presenting a desirable stimulus after said behavior.
Positive Reinforcement