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Father of Psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest that interferes with someone's daily life.
What is Major Depressive Disorder
Predicts which needs will need to be satisfied first. i.e safety and survival will be needed before love.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
Type of learning in which we link two or more stimuli; as a result, the first stimulus leads to a response in anticipation of the second stimulus
What is Classical Conditioning?
A mental conflict that occurs when your beliefs don't line up with your actions
What is Cognitive Dissonance?
Who did classical conditioning experiments involving dogs?
Who is Ivan Pavlov
What is PTSD?
Behavior is motivated by biological needs and are driven to satisfy that need.
What is Drive Reduction Theory?
The reappearance, after a pause, of a previously extinguished conditioned response
What is Spontaneous Recovery?
The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.
What is Retroactive Interference?
Who studied attachment using monkeys?
Who is Harry Harlow?
Neurological symptoms such as paralysis, numbness, blindness, deafness, etc. without physical cause.
What is Conversion Disorder?
Humans seek optimum level of excitement or arousal.
What is Arousal Theory?
Thorndike's principle that rewarded behavior is likely to recur and punished behavior is not
This style of parenting calls for imposing rules and demanding obedience without debate or discussion between parent and child.
What is Authoritarian Parenting Style?
Developmental psychologist who conducted the strange situation experiment.
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
The presence of two or more distinct personality states and used as a way to cope with trauma.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
When you are at a baseline state, might preform an act to move from that baseline state. Theory is used to describe addictive behavior theory.
What is Opponent-Proccess Theory of Motivation?
A type of learning in which a behavior becomes more likely to recur if followed by a reinforcer or less likely to recur if followed by a punisher
What is Operant Conditioning?
When someone takes their negative emotions and focuses them on a different, safer target.
What is Displacement?
Influenced by Freud, created the term collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung?
Symptoms include unstable emotions, distorted self-image, and an overwhelming desire to be noticed. May have inappropriate behavior and speak dramatically.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
Learned motivational force i.e. resources like money can buy food therefore it is important.
What is Secondary Drives?
A reinforcement schedule that reinforces a behavior only after a specified time has elapsed.
What is Transduction?