The part of the brain that handles reasoning and higher level functioning.
What are the frontal lobes
100
The perspective that views personality as primarily unconscious and developing in stages
What is the Psychodynamic Perspective
100
This disorder consists of persistent anxiety for at least one month with anxiety shifting from one aspect of life to another
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
100
An individual's perception of his/her abilities, personality and other attributes
What is Self-Concept
100
The psychological and social dimension of being male or female
What is Gender
200
The outer part of the brain that stores and encodes information
What is the cerebrum
200
The perspective that states that you cannot pinpoints where personality is or how it is determined
What is the Behaviorist Perspective
200
This disorder was formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder
200
An individual's conceptions of what they might become
What are Possible Selves
200
The theory that emphasizes that adaptation produced psychological differences between male and female humans
What is the Evolutionary Psychology Theory
300
The system involving emotion and the release of hormones
What is the limbic system
300
The perspective that stresses a person's capacity for personal growth and the freedom to choose one's own destiny
What is the Humanistic Perspective
300
This disorder is characterized by depressed mood most days for at least two years in adults, or one year in children/adolescents
What is Dysthymic Disorder
300
The overall evaluation of one's self-worth
What is Self-Esteem
300
The theory that states that gender typing emerges as children gradually develop gender schemas of what is gender appropriate and inappropriate in their culture
What is Gender Schema Theory
400
The part of the brain involved with learning and processing information
What is the Hippocampus
400
He explained the basic Traits of personality in three dimensions
Who is Hans Eysenck
400
This Psychological disorder is characterized by a highly disorganized thought process
What is Schizophrenia
400
Research on how self-esteem variations can be linked with aspects of adjustment is _____ rather than experimental
What is Correlational
400
The theory that states that once children conceive of themselves as male or female, children prefer activities, objects, and attitudes consistent with this label
What is the Cognitive Developmental Theory of Gender
500
The part of the brain sometimes referred to as the Reptilian Brain
What is the Brain Stem
500
The Big 5 Factors of Personality
What are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
500
The personality cluster that the following belong to: Avoidant personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder
What is the anxious or fearfulness cluster
500
He founded Self-Discrepancy Theory
Who is E. Tory Higgins
500
The theory that states that gender differences result from the contrasting roles of men and women