Developmental Psych
Ability to realize something exists even if you can't see it. Usually developed during sensorimotor stage
What is object permeance?
Intentional withdrawal from social situations and interactions. Differs from Avoidant Personality Disorder because withdrawal is marked by choice, not fear of rejection. A real-life example is the Unabomber, who lived in a shack in Montana.
What is groupthink?
Controls balance. Gymnasts like Simone Biles and Nadia Comaneci have unusually fast or large ones.
What is the cerebellum?
Founder of psychoanalysis who thought everything circled back to unresolved childhood trauma. Wrote The Interpretation of Dreams.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
Redundantly named psychologist who developed the stages of development theory
Who was Erik Eriksen?
Often conflated with psychopathy, this disorder is marked by a complete lack of regard for others and no remorse for one's actions. An example is serial killer Ted Bundy
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder
What is problem-focused coping?
A lobe of the brain responsible for decision-making and personality. Railroad worker Phineas Gage became noticeably meaner after a spike went through it.
What is the frontal lobe?
Child psychologist who outlined the four stages of child development (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational)
Who was Jean Piaget?
Parenting style where the child is overly spoiled
Deficiencies in communication and social interaction. Marked by fixations. An example is Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory
What is autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Why no one intervened to help Kitty Genovese
Connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain. It is sometimes severed to treat epilepsy.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
Psychologist who proposed the "hierarchy of needs"
Who was Abraham Maslow?
Process where unnecessary neurons are removed - or unnecessary branches in gardening.
What is Pruning?
Floral personality disorder where one is excessively self-absorbed or self-involved. Example includes Regina from Mean Girls
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A Duchenne _____ is marked by a crinkle at the corner of your eye. It's real, and helps you distinguish between a fake one.
What is a smile?
What is the medulla?
Russian psychologist that College Board loves. Postulated the idea of "scaffolding," or helping people understand something by providing temporary support
Who was Lev Vygotsky?
Psychologist who developed the "strange situation" testing baby-mother attachment
Who was Mary Ainsworth?
Marked by eccentric or strange manners of dressing or speech. Oftentimes practice "magical thinking" like belief in ESP or aliens. Example includes Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter
What is Schizotypal Disorder?
The psychological premise behind celebrity endorsements for products.
What is Peripheral Route Persuation?
What is the reticular formation?
Founded the first psychology laboratory
Who was Wilhelm (William) Wundt?