Irrational fears of specific objects or situations
What are Phobias?
100
Ignores feelings or hidden desires and focuses on observable behaviors; how we learn observable responses; explains human thought and behavior in terms of conditioning
What is Behavioral?
100
Is concerned with the ways in which people explain the behavior of others
What is Attribution Theory?
100
Famous for the Bobo Doll experiments on observational learning & influence in the Socio-Cognitive Perspective
Who is Albert Bandura?
100
Communication between the two hemispheres
What is Corpus Collosum?
200
Recognizing that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible
What is Object Permanence?
200
Focuses on positive growth and attempts to seek self-actualization; stresses individual choice and free will
What is Humanist?
200
Posits that the presence of an audience causes arousal which creates dominant or typical responses in the context of the situation
What is Drive Theory?
200
Created first intelligence test for Parisian school children
Who is Alfred Binet?
200
Neural centers in the limbic system linked to emotion
What is Amygdala?
300
A cue to the depth based on the fact that objects within 25 feet project images to slightly different locations on the left and right retinas, so the right and left eyes see slightly different views of the object
What is Retinal Disparity?
300
Focuses on how we interpret, process and remember events; attempts to change the way that you interpret the world
What is Cognitive?
300
Emphasizes that we observe ourselves in the same manner that we observe others, and draw conclusions about our likes and dislikes
What is Self-perception Theory?
300
Created concept of "universal grammar"; pointed out how children "overgeneralize" language rules and the concepts of "deep v. surface" structures in language
Who is Noam Chomsky?
300
Coordinates voluntary movement and balance
What is Cerebellum?
400
Engorgement of blood vessels
What is Vasocongestion?
400
Says that our behaviors and thoughts are a result of our culture and environment; looks at how thoughts and behaviors vary between people living in different cultures
What is Socialcultural?
400
Suggests that humans gain information about themselves, and make inferences that are relevant to self-esteem, by comparison to relevant others
What is Social Comparison Theory?
400
Developed psychoanalysis; considered to be "father of modern psychiatry
Who is Sigmund Freud?
400
Helps control arousal
What is Reticular Formation?
500
A neurological disorder marked by chronic tremors and involuntary spastic movements
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
500
A systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes
What is Psychoanalytic?
500
Proposes that people have a motivation to defend and bolster the status quo, in order to continue believing that their social, political, and economic systems are legitimate and just
What is System Justification Theory?
500
Created Functionalist school of thought; early American psychology teacher/philosopher
Who is William James?
500
Relays information between the cerebrum and the cerebellum, controls arousal and regulates respiration