Mental Disorders
persistent anxiety that is not associated with a particular object, situation, or event
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The trait of being willing to follow commands or guidance
Obedience
Widely considered the father of psychology. Known for his many controversial theories, but was also one of the first at the time to suggest that not all mental illnesses have physiological causes and that cultural differences have an impact on psychology and behavior. He is also Madi's nemesis.
Sigmund Freud
An individual who help students with family issues, learning disabilities, and other emotional and psychological challenges. Many school districts across the U.S. employ these individuals full-time
School Psychologist
What degree do you need to become a forensic psychologist?
Ph.D or Psy.D
intense experiences of euphoric mood in alteration with major depressive episodes
Bipolar Disorder
A proposed explanation for a phenomenon.
Hypothesis
A strong advocate for behaviorism, he is most remembered for his concept of operant conditioning. Many therapy techniques based on his theories are still used extensively today, including behavior modification and token economies.
B.F. Skinner
A medical doctor who specialized in mental health
Psychiatrist
A television show that revolves around a team of FBI profilers who analyze the behavior of criminals to solve criminal cases
Criminal Minds
persistent urge to pull out one's own hair
Trichotillomania
A complex brain structure that is embedded deep into the temporal lobe and has a major role in learning and memory.
Hippocampus
One of the major humanist thinkers, he placed emphasis on human potential. He had an enormous influence on both psychology and education with his client-centered therapy.
Carl Rogers
An individual who can assess, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders
Clinical Psychologist
Which amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
1st Amendment
patterns of poor impulse control and instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, and self image
Borderline Personality Disorder
A statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary
Correlation Coefficient
A developmental psychologist known for her work in the development of the attachment theory. She designed the strange situation procedure to observe early emotional attachment between a child and their primary caregiver.
Mary D. Ainsworth
An individual who works in a laboratory and is often assigned clerical tasks such as writing memos, mailing surveys, answering mail, typing and photocopying
Research Lab Assistant
Referred to as the “father of forensic psychology” due to the publication of his book "On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime" (1908)
Hugo Munsterberg
individual is unusually suspicious of others and is always on guard against potential danger or harm
Paranoid Personality Disorder
The interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation
Psychodynamics
The first black woman to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia University, her research on the effects of segregation on black children was a key component in Brown V. Board of Education.
Mamie Phipps Clark
These individuals focus on improving the quality of work life in order to increase productivity and maintain a healthy atmosphere. They often work for companies as management consultants and human resources officers.
Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
A domestic terrorist who carried out a series of bombings over nearly 2 decades, targeting individuals involved in modern technology and causing multiple fatalities and injuries before his arrest in 1996
The Unabomber, aka Theodore Kaczynski