Brain
This lobe of the brain is associated with reasoning, planning, and voluntary movement.
What is the frontal lobe?
He is considered the father of psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
What is depression?
This psychologist developed a theory of cognitive development with four stages.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This phenomenon describes when people are less likely to help in the presence of others
What is the bystander effect?
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals.
What are dendrites?
He created the hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This disorder involves extreme mood swings, including manic and depressive episodes.
What is bipolar disorder?
This is the process by which children learn gender roles.
What is gender socialization?
The tendency to attribute others’ actions to their character rather than the situation.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
This neurotransmitter is involved in mood, sleep, and appetite regulation.
What is serotonin?
He is known for his experiments with dogs and classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Excessive worry and anxiety about everyday situations describes this disorder.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This term describes a child’s emotional bond with their caregiver.
What is attachment?
Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to match a group’s standard is called this.
What is conformity?
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
He stressed the importance of observational learning and modeling.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This eating disorder is characterized by binge eating followed by purging.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Erikson’s stage for teenagers focuses on this central conflict.
What is identity vs. role confusion?
The loss of self awareness in group situations is called this.
What is deindividuation?
This system is responsible for the body’s fight or flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
He developed the first intelligence test.
Who is Alfred Binet?
Hearing voices that are not there is an example of this symptom.
What is a hallucination?
This term describes the ability to understand that objects exist even when out of sight.
What is object permanence?
This experiment showed the power of authority in shaping behavior.
What is the Milgram experiment?