Developmental
This psychologist proposed stages like sensorimotor, preoperational, and concrete operational.
Who is Jean Piaget?
The part of the brain responsible for higher thinking and decision-making.
What is prefrontal cortex?
Learning by associating two stimuli is called this.
What is classical conditioning?
A disorder characterized by persistent sadness and loss of interest.
What is major depressive disorder?
The theory that personality consists of the id, ego, and superego.
What is Freud’s psychoanalytic theory?
The process of changing existing schemas to fit new information is called this.
What is accommodation?
The brain structure involved in memory and learning
What is the hippocampus?
Learning through rewards and punishments is called this.
What is operant conditioning?
Excessive worry and fear about everyday situations describes this disorder.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
The Big Five personality traits include openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and this.
What is neuroticism?
A child calling all four-legged animals “dogs” is an example of this process.
What is assimilation?
Chemical messengers in the brain are called this
What are neurotransmitters?
A behavior followed by a reward is more likely to occur again—this is called this
What is reinforcement?
A disorder involving hallucinations and delusions is called this
What is schizophrenia?
Changing behavior to match a group is called this.
What is conformity?
According to Erikson, teenagers face this psychosocial crisis.
What is identity vs. role confusion?
he “fight or flight” system is controlled by this nervous system branch.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
A stimulus that originally did not trigger a response but gains that ability through association is called this.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
Treatment that focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors is called this.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
According to social identity theory, people derive self-esteem from group membership. Favoring your own group over others is called this.
What is in-group bias (or in-group favoritism)?
Children raised with little social interaction (like Genie) highlight the importance of this concept.
What is sensitive/critical periods or environmental influence on development?
This technique measures brain activity using magnetic fields and blood flow.
What is fMRI?
In operant conditioning, reinforcing a behavior only after an unpredictable number of responses is known as this schedule of reinforcemen
What is a variable ratio schedule?
The therapy approach that focuses on uncovering unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences is called this.
What is psychodynamic therapy?
Carl Rogers’ theory that people have an innate drive toward growth and fulfillment is called this.
What is the humanistic perspective or self-actualization?