Famous Names in Psych
This Austrian neurologist is known as the father of psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.
What is a phobia?
A chemical released when an electrical impulse reaches a nerve ending.
What is/are a neurotransmitter(s)?
The phenomenon in which an individual is less likely to offer help to a person in need when other people are present
What is the bystander effect?
This theory emphasized the functions of consciousness that help people adapt to their environment
What is functionalism?
This American Psychologist was the founder of behaviorism
Who is John B. Watson?
Deterioration of one’s memory and related cognitive faculties; a slow and psychological death most common among the elderly.
What is dementia (now called major neurocognitive disorder; DSM5)?
The ability of the human brain to rewire neural pathways and change over the course of a lifetime
What is neuroplasticity?
style of persuasion that offers products/services at a reduced price, but then additional expenses are added to raise the price?
what is the lowball technique?
The number of items that can be held in short term memory
what is 7 +/-2
This 20th century psychologist developed the theory of psychosocial development
Who is Erik Erikson?
A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Another name for serotonin
What is 5-HT?
the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request?
what is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
What are the stages in the three-step model of memory?
what is encoding, storage and retrieval?
A developmental psychologist best known for her ‘Strange Situation’ assessment and contributions to the area of attachment theory
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
The coined french term for shared delusions or psychosis that transfers from patient to another
What is folie a deux?
The integration point on the cell for neural impulses
What is the axon hillock?
The tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate situational factors and to overestimate personal dispositions?
what is fundamental attribution error
a mental state involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors which produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.
What is cognitive dissonance?
This Swiss psychologist is known for his theory of cognitive development in children
Who is Jean Piaget?
Loss or impairment of ability to communicate and understand language symbols
What is aphasia?
These microglia insulate axons in the CNS
What are oligodendrocytes?
Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation
what are superordinate goals?
Short term visual memory
What is iconic memory?