History
Who is one of the most famous psychologists in Pop Culture Media? (Interested in your mother and childhood)
Sigmund Freud
Explain what it means to think critically.
We examine assumptions, discern hidden values, evaluate evidence and assess conclusions
What disease did Alois Alzheimer research and discover?
Alzheimers
Describe a Teratogen.
Any harmful substance that affects the development of the fetus/unborn baby.
What is the difference between nature and nurture?
Genetic and Learned
Psychology was born in what year?
1879 after the first lab experiment
What does it mean "to think we know more than we actually do?"
Overconfidence
What was the point of the Mouse and Maze Experiment by John B. Watson?
To observe behavior and motives directly
What happens if a child is not exposed to language in the first 7 years of life?
They suffer from language, social, and communication problems later in life
Describe the Behavioral Approach to Psychology
Emphasizes learning, especially each person’s experience with rewards & punishments. Focuses on OBSERVABLE behavior
What did Psychologist William James believe when he worked on Functionalism?
Consciousness works to help humans adapt to their environments. It pieces things together (Gestalt).
The bias that is described as "I knew it all along!"
Hindsight Bias
The famous type of therapy where the patient sits on a couch and talks about their inner thoughts and childhood?
Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic
Name the 4 attachment styles.
Secure, anxious, disorganized, avoidant
Name 3 possible causes of Alzheimer's
-Aging
-Viral infections that reach the brain
-Family History
-Brain injury
-Smoking or inhaling toxic chemicals (e.g., pollution)
René Descartes stated, "I think, therefore I am." What does it mean?
Simply by doubting, engaging in a thought process, or contemplating, I exist in this world.
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Make an observation
What did Konrad Lorenz discover about imprinting in geese?
Geese will attach to the first moving object they interact with
What are the three levels of the Kohlberg Moral Model?
Preconventional, conventional, & postconventional
What is the difference between a School Psychologist and an Educational Psychologist?
A school psychologist helps with students and an educational psychologist helps with the psychology of the whole school
What is the biggest reason why the APA was established?
Establish Psychology as a legitimate science with evidence and scientific proof.
Is this a strong correlation coefficient?
r= -.78
Yes!
What was the point of the "pit of despair" in Henry Harlow's monkey experiment?
He wanted to see how monkeys develop with no interactions or attention at all
Describe stage 4 of Erikson's Life-Span Model?
Industry vs. Inferiority: Reflect on work ethic and ability to provide and achieve results. Ages 6-12
Suppose you wanted to survey students in our classroom. What sampling do you use?