Psych Pioneers
This psychologist developed psychoanalysis and emphasized the role of the unconscious mind.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This learning theory says we can learn by simply watching others, even if we don’t do the behavior ourselves
What is social learning theory
A defense mechanism that involves a refusal to accept reality, thus blocking external events from awareness.
What is denial?
Freud’s iceberg theory of personality development consists of these three components.
What are the id, ego, and superego?
When we change our attitudes or behaviors to align with a group or majority, this is known as __?
What is conformity?
This Russian physiologist is famous for his experiments on classical conditioning with dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This type of stimulus in classical conditioning naturally triggers a response without learning
What is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?
Akso called "motivated forgetting", this defense mechanism prevents the ability to recall a threatening situation, person, or event
What is Repression?
This trait theory suggests that personality is largely genetic and stable over time.
What is the biological perspective of personality?
This effect says you’re less likely to help someone in a big crowd (aka, "someone else will do it").
What is the bystander effect?
This Swiss psychologist developed the concept of the collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung?
This type of learning happens when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together, like in Pavlov’s famous dog experiment.
What is classical conditioning?
What is projection?
The "Big Five" personality traits spell out this acronym
What is OCEAN (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism)?
This theory explains why we feel uncomfortable when our actions don’t match our beliefs.
What is cognitive dissonance?
This psychologist established the first psychology lab in 1879, marking the birth of psychology as a science.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Ever watched and copied someone else? Albert Bandura says you're using ____.
What is social learning?
The redirection of an impulse (usually aggression) onto a powerless substitute such as a person or an object
What is displacement?
This Big Five personality trait describes people who love socializing, or recharge off of socializing
What is extraversion?
This theory suggests that we are more likely to help others when we feel empathy toward them.
What is the empathy-altruism hypothesis?
This psychologist was leading figure in humanistic psychology and emphasized the importance of unconditional positive regard
Who is Carl Rogers?
This law states that behaviors followed by rewards are more likely to be repeated.
What is Thorndike’s Law of Effect?
When the ego reverts to an earlier stage of development usually in response to stressful situations (ex. watching a children's show)
What is regression?
This type of test, like the Rorschach Inkblot Test, is designed to reveal unconscious thoughts and feelings.
What is a projective test?
This term refers to the phenomenon where people perform better on tasks in the presence of others.
What is social facilitation?