Famous Psychologists
The founder of psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
A mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest, fatigue, and sleep/appetite changes.
What is depression?
Right hemisphere
The belief that our behavior served an evolutionary purpose in the past
What is evolutionary psychology?
Study that takes place over a long period of time
What is a longitudinal study?
Pioneer of classical conditioning
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
A disorder characterized by breaks from reality
What is schizophrenia?
Part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres
Corpus Callosum
The belief that the culture we grow up in influences our behavior
What is sociocultural psychology?
An unhindered observation of subjects in a natural environment
What is a naturalistic observation?
Founder of operant conditioning
B.F Skinner
A disorder characterized by a decline in mental ability severe enough to impact daily life, Forgetting etc...
What is dementia?
Area responsible for emotional processing
What is the Amygdala?
The belief that the genetic makeup of our brains drives our behavior
Biological
An in depth study of one individual or group
What is a case study?
Who ran the bobo doll experiments?
Albert Bandura
A condition characterized by intense mood swings
Produces hormones that regulate growth and metabolism
The belief that we learn out behaviors by imitating others
What is behavioral psychology?
Questionnaire used to gather a group of people's beliefs.
What is a survey?
Founder of psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
An excessive, uncontrollable worry about everyday things for 6+ months
What is GAD (generalized anxiety disorder)
Last part of the brain to fully develop
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The belief that our behavior is influenced by the way we frame and think about things
What is cognitive psychology?
Analyzes data from a population at a specific point in time
What is a cross-sectional study?