Approaches
With notable figures like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, this approach to psychology heavily emphasizes the role that childhood experience and repressed memories play in everyday behavior.
What is the Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Approach?
This psychologist's exploration of the Id, Ego and Superego gave us the foundations for psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Responsible for logical reasoning, critical thought, and active processing, this lobe of the brain is one of the most important for people's thinking at large.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Limited in capacity, the current understanding of short term memory is that it can hold approximately this many terms for 20-30 seconds.
What is 7-9 terms?
Though used everyday, unless you are a fan of Phineas and Ferb, you may not know this name for the tip of a shoelace.
What is an aglet?
John B. Watson's middle initial can give you a clue as to this approach which was utilized in the "Little Albert" study examining if fear could be learned.
What is Behaviorism?
A major reformer in the treatment of mental disorders, this psychologist immersed themselves in mental asylums eventually leading to their reform and change in approach.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
A common scan utilized for examining brain structures, this scan utilizes x-rays as opposed to the magnetic radio waves utilized in the other scan for studying internal structure.
What is a CT scan?
You are using this type of memory right now as you try to remember the name for the memory of facts and details.
What is Semantic Memory?
Known more famously for brutal treatment of the native population and serving in the War of 1812, this American President also was gifted a 1,400 pound block of cheese that was left in the front hall of the White House for 2 years prior to consumption.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Elizabeth Loftus predominantly utilized this approach in her study of false memories, in which framing and the introduction of false information impacted the perception of her participants.
What is the Cognitive Approach?
Sometimes called the father of psychology, this psychologist was the first to study the discipline in a laboratory and scientific setting.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
"I.... uh.... am.... 30" is a typical speech pattern for someone suffering from damage to this region of the brain, responsible for the production of fluent language.
What is Broca's Area?
Your ability to remember that your exam is on Monday relies on this type of memory. (Your Recall of what you have to do in the future)
What is prospective memory?
While Pikachu is the most famous of Pokemon internationally, this pokemon is Number 001 in the Pokedex.
What is Bulbasaur?
While not directly an approach to psychology, this research method has the highest ecological validity, which can be extremely helpful in application to the sociocultural and behavioral approaches to psychology.
What is a Naturalistic Observation?
This psychologist studied the capacity of memory and established the "Forgetting Curve". Ironic if you don't remember their name!
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus?
In treatment for this disorder, surgeons will sometimes sever this connection between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
On a neurological level, memory is formed when this fatty substance forms on the outside of axons, allowing for faster neural signal transmission.
What is myelin or glial cells?
The Challenger explosion in 1986 shocked the world as the shuttle exploded on national television, resulting in the loss of astronauts and a schoolteacher. Fortunately, this childhood TV character who was supposed to be on the flight was removed last minute due to logistical and space considerations.
Who is Big Bird?
The humanistic approach evaluates decisions for growth and reaching one's full potential, also known as this two-word goal to this approach.
What is self-actualization?
This person shattered gender norms and was not only the first woman to earn a Ph.D in Psychology, but also served as the second female president of the APA.
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?
This excitatory neurotransmitter is responsible for the formation of memory and serves as the foundation of learning.
What is glutamate?
On a biological level, memory is formed and processed with rest, based on LTP, a 3 letter acronym for this phrase.
What is Long Term Potentiation?
During World War 2, these animals were utilized as a primitive missile guidance system, and were trained to tap on a screen aiming at enemy ships and vessels.
What are pigeons?