Debate about whether human culture, behavior, and personality are caused primarily by nature or nurture.
What is nature vs. nurture?
100
Psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony
What is groupthink?
100
Mental illnesses that cause bodily symptoms
What is somatoform disorder?
200
Format for academic documents such as journal articles and books.
What is APA?
200
Phase of mammalian sleep characterized by random movement of the eyes
What is REM?
200
American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation, dependency needs, and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys
Who is Harry Harlow?
200
Phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone
What is social loafing?
200
Presence of two or more distinct personality identities
What is dissociative disorder?
300
The condition of being anonymous
What is anonymity?
300
The network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body.
What is the nervous system?
300
Is a child who has lived in isolation from human contact from a very young age.
What is a "wild child"?
300
Phenomenon that when placed in group situations, people will make decisions and form opinions to more of an extreme than when they are in individual situations.
What is group polarization?
300
Abnormal social behavior. In severe cases, patients may see or hear things that aren't real.
What is schizophrenia?
400
A psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person
What is humanistic psychology?
400
Collection of glands that produce hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, and mood
What is the endocrine system?
400
A Swiss clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development
Who is Jean Piaget?
400
A test designed to determine a person's ability in a particular skill or field of knowledge.
What is aptitude test?
400
A psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person's mood, such as depression or bipolar disorder.
What is mood disorder?
500
An approach to psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological
What is psychodynamic?
500
A condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.
What is sleep?
500
A German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings
Who is Erik Erikson?
500
Combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character
What is personality?
500
Stress that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry, and restlessness.