Fields of Study
This area of study is often the first thing people think of when hearing about psychology
What is Counseling/therapy
This is the subconscious imitation of another person’s gestures, indicating liking, rapport, and empathy.
What is Mirroring?
This experiment famously proved that responses could be conditioned by association such as a dog drooling when prompted by the ringing of a bell before being fed.
What is Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment
This psychologist developed and popularized the "hierarchy of needs"
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This term is used to describe the intense and occasionally disabling fear or reaction to a specific object or situation that often poses little danger
What is a Phobia?
There are three main types of psychology professionals can practice: social, cognitive, and what third area?
What is behavioral Psychology?
This Indicates interest, but sustained, intense can be perceived as intimidation or a display of power.
What is Eye Contact
For this experiment Martin Seligman demonstrated that if humans or animals feel they have no control over negative events, they will eventually stop trying to escape, leading to passive resignation.
What is Learned Helplessness (1965)
What 20th century psychologist developed and tested her theory of attachment and the relationships of small children to their caregivers by placing them in strange situations?
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
What object was used in the 1972 experiment offered to children to test their ability to wait for 15 minutes?
What are Marshmellows?
This field studies measurements such as IQ tests, personality assessments, surveys, scales, and educational evaluations
What is Psychometrics?
This is the Brief, involuntary facial expressions that reveal true emotions before a person can consciously hide them
What are Microexpressions?
1973 study by psychologist David Rosenhan, published in Science, which argued that psychiatric professionals cannot reliably distinguish sanity from insanity. Pseudopatients feigning hallucinations were admitted to hospitals, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and treated as insane, proving that institutional environments create dehumanizing labels.
What is being sane in insane places?
This 20th century German psychologist coined the term "identity crisis"
Who is Erik Erikson?
This person developed psychoanalysis and emphasized the role of the unconscious mind
Who is Sigmund Freud
Gordon Allport is considered the founding father to what type of psychology that explores the foundational characteristics forming one's character
What is Personality Psychology?
A revealing sign of stress often displayed in the lower body (consciously or subconsciously) that reflect true feelings
What is Leg/Foot Movement?
Studied by Harry Harlow, Rhesus monkeys were used to demonstrate what as well as the effects of social isolation?
What is Maternal separation?
This psychologist organized and observed the infamous Stanford Prison experiment which demonstrated corrupt and violent depths of students when given authority in a fake prison setting
Philip Zimbardo
this is a small, curved, horseshoe-shaped structure deep within each cerebral hemisphere's medial temporal lobe. It acts as a primary component of the limbic system, essential for consolidating information from short-term to long-term memory and for spatial navigation
What is the hippocampus?
This area of psychology is a specialized field investigating the relationships between individual brain structures and cognitive functions with the primary focus on brain injuries, abnormalities, and developmental differences affecting cognition and behavior
What is Neuropsychology
This action includes open palms and exposed ventrals (front of body) signify honesty and comfort, while crossed arms and legs often indicate resistance, defensiveness, or discomfort.
What is Open vs Closed?
In this experiment Solomon Asch showed that people would intentionally give wrong answers to align with the incorrect majority in a group setting, proving the power of What?
What is Conformity?
This psychologist from the 19th century founded a psychological practice known as "pragmatism" which views things based on their practical use and success?
William James
These are the four regions, or lobes, of the brain
what are the Temporal, Occupational, Parietal, and Frontal lobes of the brain