History/Theories
This realm of psychology sees the brain as a computer, processing and storing memories and thoughts.
Cognitive psychology
What kind of animal was placed inside a Skinner box?
Rat
Maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it is called ___________________.
Belief perseverance
This theorist created stages of development which lasts for the entire lifespan.
Erik Erikson
The degree to which individuals perceive that outcomes result from their own behaviors, or from forces that are external to themselves is called ______.
Locus of control
What is the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Self-actualization
What is the name of the experiment where children showed that aggression could be learned after beating up a blow-up clown?
Bobo doll
The ability to apply logic to solve new problems is referred to as ________________.
Fluid intelligence
The oedipus complex refers to _____________.
A child's desire for attention from parent of the opposite gender, hostility for parent of the same gender
A person's need to feel a sense of involvement and belonging, acceptance, or safety within a social group is considered a(n) ___________ need.
Affiliation
This guy created psychoanalysis, and believed in unconscious drives.
Sigmund Freud
This experiment was intended to demonstrate obedience to authority, and broke an ethical rule by deceiving participants.
Milgram experiment
An exact time or a fixed time for reinforcing behavior is a(n) __________ schedule.
Interval
Anything a person is exposed to or ingests during pregnancy that's known to cause fetal abnormalities
Teratogens
A state that occurs after a person has experienced a stressful situation repeatedly, or a series of stressful situations.
Learned helplessness
Who created the first psychology lab in the 1800s?
Wilhelm Wundt
The ethical concept that an experiment needs do provide more potential benefit than potential harm.
Beneficence
Any category or thing that is made real by convention or collective agreement is referred to as _____________.
A social construct
The reflex in which a baby's toes spread out when bottom of the foot is touched is referred to as the __________.
The idea that people are deprived (materially or resources) compared with others in society.
Relative deprivation
Lev Vygotsky, Soviet Russian psychologist, is credited for this discipline of psychology.
Sociocultural
This ethical report creating standards for research was the first of its kind, and was published in response to the Tuskegee experiment and unethical research conducted by Nazis.
The Belmont Report
A concept in behaviorism, this is the tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli.
Generalization
This term refers to a child’s assumption that everyone else sees the world the same way he/she does.
Egocentrism
This theory states that behavior is motivated by biological needs that create a state of tension or arousal.
Drive reduction theory