Most influential psychologists
founder of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud contribution psychology
A condition in which a person has excessive worry and feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness.
what is anxiety disorders
aims to help you deal with overwhelming problems in a more positive way by breaking them down into smaller parts.
what is Cognitive behavioral therapy
designed to systematically elicit information about a person's motivations, preferences, interests, emotional make-up, and style of interacting with people and situations.
personality test
a type of research design that looks at the relationships between two or more variables.
what is the Correlational studies
research on children's cognitive development.
Jean Piaget contribution to psychology
oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
what is Behavioural and emotional disorders in children.
focuses on unconscious processes as they are manifested in the client's present behavior.
what is Psychodynamic therapy
any procedure or instrument that is used to measure an examinee's attainment of knowledge or skills.
what is a Achievement tests
what is the Observation studies
behavior analysis
B. F. Skinner contribution to psychology
Bipolar disorder is characterized by chronically occurring episodes of mania or hypomania alternating with depression and is often misdiagnosed initially.
what is Bipolar affective disorder.
teaches people to accept their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and the techniques to change them.
what is Dialectical behavior therapy
a personality test in which subjects are shown ambiguous images and asked to interpret them.
what is a Projective tests
An in-depth study of one person, group, or event.
what is the Case study
consciousness and the theory of emotion.
William James Contribution to psychology
a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in things and activities you once enjoyed.
what is Depression.
adopts a holistic approach that focuses on free will, human potential, and self-discovery.
what is Humanistic treatment
evaluation of exceptional children, especially in the cases of mental retardation, learning disabilities, and intellectual giftedness.
what is a Intelligence tests
manipulating one variable to determine if this causes changes in another variable.
what is the Experiments study
theory that each stage of life is associated with a specific psychological struggle
Erik Erikson Contribution to psychology
A mental process of disconnecting from one's thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity.
what is Dissociation and dissociative disorders.
teaches children and their families how to strengthen positive child behaviors and eliminate or reduce unwanted or problem behaviors.
what is behavioral therapy
conduct evaluations to characterize behavioral and cognitive changes resulting from central nervous system disease or injury,
what is a Neuropsychology
a study that is conducted outside the laboratory in a “real-world” setting.
what is the Field experiments study