People in Psychology
This psychologist is known as the father of psychoanalysis and proposed the ideas of the id, ego, and superego.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, and changes in sleep or appetite lasting at least two weeks.
What is major depressive disorder?
This field studies how the brain and nervous system influence thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
What is neuroscience? (or biopsychology)
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This is the strange feeling that you’ve experienced something before, even though you really haven’t.
What is déjà vu?
This behaviorist conducted experiments with dogs to study classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
People with this disorder experience excessive worry most days for at least six months, often about everyday situations.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This field blends psychology and the legal system, often assessing criminal behavior and competency.
What is forensic psychology?
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
This term describes when many people share the same false memory, like thinking the Monopoly man has a monocle.
What is the Mandela effect?
This psychologist created the hierarchy of needs, with self-actualization at the top.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This disorder involves alternating periods of mania — elevated mood and high energy — and episodes of deep depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This field applies psychological principles to understanding athletes' performance, motivation, and mindset.
What is sports psychology?
This part of the brain regulates hunger, thirst, and body temperature.
What is the hypothalamus?
This happens when people only pay attention to information that supports what they already believe.
What is confirmation bias?
This developmental psychologist studied how children think and created stages like sensorimotor and preoperational periods.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This personality disorder features instability in relationships, self-image, and emotions, as well as impulsivity and fear of abandonment.
What is borderline personality disorder?
This field bridges psychology and business, focusing on consumer behavior and marketing strategies.
What is consumer psychology? (or business)
This lobe of the brain is responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
This term describes the uneasy feeling people get when something looks almost human — but not quite.
What is the uncanny valley?
This disorder involves the presence of two or more distinct personality states that take control of behavior at different times.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
What is social psychology?
This brain structure is involved in memory formation and is often affected in Alzheimer’s disease.
What is the hippocampus?
This term describes when people act differently because they know they’re being watched — like in an experiment or on camera.
What is the Hawthorne effect?