The Brain
This region of the brain is important in motor control; Latin for "little brain"
What is the cerebellum?
This state of anxiety occurs when a person encounters information that contradicts their beliefs.
What is cognitive dissonance?
These tests use the interpretation of ink blots to assess personality.
What is Rorschach test?
This famous psychologist is known as the founder of Psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
These, often grouped under anxiety disorders, are characterized by an extreme, irrational fear
What are phobias?
The part of the brain associated with memory
What is the hippocampus?
These are often groups into the following types: secure, avoidant, anxious, and disorganized
What is attachment style?
This refers to the beneficial effect produced by a drug or treatment, which cannot be attributed to the properties of the drug itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.
What is the placebo effect?
This psychologist is also recognized for coining the now famous phrase ‘identity crisis.’
Hint: (His last name also contains his first)
Who is Erik Erikson?
This disorder is typically marked by a person’s sense of extreme importance and therefore a lack of empathy.
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
These chemicals pass nerve impulses across synapses.
What are neurotransmitters?
This term refers to a tool to manage and/or relieve stress.
What is a coping mechanism?
Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov is most famous for conducting experiments using these animals.
What are dogs?
This psychologist stressed the potential for human growth; like (hint!) pyramids
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This disorder is often marked by one experiencing an alternate reality, which may include hallucinations, delusions, and erratic behavior.
What is schizophrenia?
This term describes the ability of the brain to change and adapt throughout an individual's life.
What is neuroplasticity?
This defense mechanism describes when one applies one’s own negative behavior to others
What is projection?
This experiment, conducted by an Ivy League school professor, studied how individuals conformed to societal roles.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This scholar's contributions to psychology involved new ideas about the human psyche and the collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung?
According to the World Health Organization, in 2019, 301 million people were living with this type of disorder.
What is an anxiety disorder?
These three parts make up Freud’s model of the psyche.
This concept/attitude is seen in studied participants who had already been conditioned to expect a light electric shock if they heard a bell and would then give up after another negative outcome, rather than searching for the positive outcome.
What is learned helplessness?
This tendency describes the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we would have predicted it beforehand and may contribute to blaming the victim and forming prejudices against him/her
What is hindsight bias?
This Swiss psychologist is known for his work on child development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This disorder can be described as an involuntary escapes from reality and often results in a sever from thoughts, identity, consciousness, and memory.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?