Famous Psychologists
He developed the theory of psychoanalysis, emphasizing the role of the unconscious mind.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
A long-term change in behavior or knowledge due to experience.
What is Learning?
A mood disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
What is Depression?
Neurotransmitter/hormone associated with pleasure and reward.
What is Dopamine?
The period from birth to around age 2, crucial for motor and language development.
What is Infancy?
This psychologist is known for his hierarchy of needs theory.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
What is Cognition?
An anxiety disorder involving excessive worry about various aspects of life.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
The area of the brain involved in decision-making and problem-solving.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
The ability to understand that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.
What is Object Permanence?
He founded the field of behaviorism and emphasized observable behaviors.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions.
What is Confirmation Bias?
A serious mental illness characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.
What is Schizophrenia?
The part of the brain responsible for regulating vital functions like heartbeat and breathing.
What is the Brainstem/Medulla Oblangata?
A stage in Erik Erikson’s theory where adolescents develop a sense of identity.
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?
Known for his stages of cognitive development in children.
Who is Jean Piaget?
A defense mechanism where people seem to return to an earlier developmental stage (for example, throwing tantrums and whining like a toddler).
What is Regression?
A type of therapy that focuses on changing negative thought patterns.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
The lobe of the brain responsible for processing visual information.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
A type of attachment where the child becomes distressed when a caregiver leaves but is comforted upon their return.
What is Secure Attachment?
This psychologist introduced the concept of the “collective unconscious.”
Who is Carl Jung?
The belief that one’s own culture/ethnicity is superior to others.
What is Ethnocentrism?
A disorder characterized by alternating periods of mania and depression.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
The process by which neurons communicate with each other.
What is Synaptic Transmission?
Jean Piaget’s stage where individuals begin to think logically about abstract concepts.
What is the Formal Operational Stage?