Psychology 1
The study of individual human behaviour and mental processes of the brain
Psychology
The classical debate attempting to figure out which forces impact human development the most.
Nature vs. Nurture
This piagetan concept is obtained during the sensorimotor stage
Object permanence
This type of attachment forms when the caregiver is emotionally available and consistently responds to the child's needs.
Secure Attachment
Researcher known for studying gender differences in communication
Tannen
These school of thought believes that unlocking the unconscious mind is the key to understanding human behaviour and relations
Psychodynamic Theorists
You are shy and reserved and don't interact with others much. This refers to the Big Five trait of
Extraversion
The highest level of Malsow's hierarchy
Self-Actualization
The theorist that believed language development required a theoretical 'black box' in the brain and support from caregivers
Bruner
Use of rewards and punishments is an example of this type of conditioning.
Operant Condtioning
Classical conditioning
This theorist developed operant conditioning
B. F. Skinner
The definitive element of a sense of community
Shared emotional connection
The stage of Erikson's identity theory in which someone experiences the psychosocial crisis of generativity vs stagnation
Middle Adulthood
the neurotransmitter that is involved in causing hyper-focus during a fight or flight response
Noradrenaline
These theorists were interested in how we developed physically and mentally over time
Developmental Psychologists
Believed that individuals progressed through developmental stages that were cognitive and biological in nature.
Piaget
This researcher believed that people learn behaviour by watching and then imitating others.
Albert Bandura
Postconventional
This researcher believed that society and social interactions have a great impact on child development
Erik Erikson
The theory of personality that involves individual variables
Social-cognitive theory
This experiment proved that humans, not just dogs or animals, could also be classically conditioned.
Little Albert Experiment
People cannot remember things due to lack of retrieval cues. This is called
Retrieval failure
The part of the brain that helps memories be encoded due to a large emotional response
Amygdala
The process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong
Conformity