Famous Psychologists
Psychologist who came up with 3 stages to explain moral development.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
The four lobes in the cortex of the brain.
What is the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe?
When taking vocabulary tests, students are to retrieve information previously learned. This is known as…
What is recall?
The two types of receptors in the eye?
What are cones and rods?
Jim is a recovering alcoholic who lives with his sister. He is unemployed and doesn’t have kids of his own, but feels a sense of accomplishment when he helps out with errands and attends his AA meetings. It is likely that Jim is in this stage of psychosocial development.
What is generativity vs. stagnation?
Studied the salvation of dogs when hearing a stimulus, and used this to explain classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
When this neurotransmitter is released, our heartbeat becomes rapid, our blood pressure rises, and we begin to sweat excessively.
What is adrenaline?
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare”.
What is explicit memory?
The part of the nose that links smells to emotional memories.
What is the olfactory bulb?
A child who displays good behavior in hopes of getting on Santa's nice list is demonstrating this stage of moral development.
What is preconventional morality?
These two psychologists studied behavioral psychology and demonstrated conditioned responses on a baby who became famous as “Little Albert.”
Who is John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner?
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) mainly affects these three parts of the brain that help us regulate emotions and respond to fear.
What is the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex?
The three steps to information processing.
What is encoding, storage, and retrieval?
The process by which we recognize, interpret, and organize our sensations?
What is perception?
Sally notices that everytime she is around her aunt's cat her eyes get itchy, her nose starts to run, and her throat gets swollen. She concludes that she is allergic to her aunt's cat. It is likely that Sally is in this stage of cognitive development.
What is concrete operational?
The first woman to receive a psychology Phd for her animal behavior research in The Animal Mind.
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?
Since Beth’s biking incident, she’s struggled to recall memories and has noticed a significant decrease in her ability to remember directions, locations, and orientations. It is likely that this part of the brain was damaged during Beth’s accident.
What is the hippocampus?
The third question asked during this game of Jeopardy.
What is TBD?
After feeling the cold water against your skin when you first jump into the pool, after a few minutes, you no longer feel cold. This best illustrates...
What is sensory adaption?
During this stage, children who are encouraged and commended by parents and teachers develop a feeling of competence and belief in their abilities. Those who receive little or no encouragement from parents, teachers, or peers will doubt their ability to be successful.
What is competence vs. inferiority?
Famed personality theorist and therapist whose controversial ideas influenced humanity’s self-understanding.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
A condition in which the two hemispheres of the brain are isolated by cutting the connecting fibers between them.
What is a split brain?
After the SECOND plane hit the World Trade Center on 9/11, U.S. President George W. Bush’s chief of staff whispered the news to him in a Florida Classroom. Three months later when asked about how he heard about the FIRST attack, the president recalled seeing the airplane hit the tower on television. But no one saw it live on TV, nor was there any available footage of the first plane crash. Psychologist Daniel Greenberg explained Bush’s false recall using this term.
What is flashbulb memory?
Although Robert was sitting right next to his wife, he smelled a skunk minutes before she did. Apparently, Robert has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his wife.
What is absolute threshold?
The eight stages of psychosocial development in order according to Erik Erikson.
What is trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair?