Psychodynamic Theory
Behaviourism
Humanism
Developmental Psychology
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100

A mistake in speech that reveals one's true, unconscious feelings.

What is a Freudian slip? 

100

This psychologist founded behaviourism and completed the Little Albert Experiment.

Who is John B. Watson?

100

This psychologist studied "self-actualizing" people and their "peak experiences."

Who is Abraham Maslow?

100
This Swiss psychologist was highly influential in both developmental and cognitive psychology.

Who is Jean Piaget?

100

The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory signals in the brain.

What is perception? 

200

The rational part of the mind that operates on the "reality principle"—the "I will"

What is the Ego?

200

This Russian physiologist studied the digestive system of dogs when he discovered classical conditioning.

Who is Ivan Pavlov?

200

This psychologist's theory grew out of his experiences in Auschwitz.

Who is Viktor Frankl?

200
This German psychologist and Neo-Freudian believed humans continue to develop over the lifetime and that individual growth depends on society.

Who is Erik Erikson?

200

This psychoanalyst believed people, situations, and images in dreams represented suppressed sexual desires

Who is Freud?

300

This psychoanalyst paved the way for women in the field and founded feminist psychology. 

Who is Karen Horney?

300

A chamber that has a pedal on one wall that causes a mechanism to release food pellets when pressed.

What is the Skinner box?

300

This form of therapy suggests humans are motivated by a need for meaning.

What is logotherapy?

300

The inability to see a situation from another person's perspective. 

What is egocentrism? 

300

This psychoanalyst believed we are all either introverted or extraverted. 

Who is Carl Jung? 

400
After you find out you didn't make the soccer team, you tell your friends, "I never cared to be on the team anyways."

What is the sour grapes defence mechanism?

400

This is a special case of classical conditioning as only one, strong pairing is needed.

What is Food Aversion?

400

This model of education encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning.

What is the student-centres approach or the open-education approach?

400

At this stage of cognitive development, the child experiences the world through senses and actions. 

What is the sensorimotor stage?

400

This is a unique phase during sleep that allows for the sleeper to dream vividly.

What is R.E.M sleep?

500

This contains memories from our ancestors, shared by all human beings.

What is the collective unconscious?

500

A student receives a "0" on a test after they are caught cheating.

What is positive punishment?

500

This approach to therapy focuses on the potential of each person to realize their own growth in self-awareness and self-fulfillment.

What is client-centred therapy?

500

At this stage in psychosocial development, a well-formed identity enables the ability to form close relationships and friendships.

What is intimacy vs isolation?

500

This psychologist theorized we consciously gravitate to one functional type of personality while our unconscious gravitates to the opposite type. 

Who is Carl Jung?