The Brain
Involved in the expression of emotions, such as anger, fear, and frustration
Amygdala
This stores 5 to 9 items but its capacity can be increased with maintenance rehearsal and/or chunking
Short Term Memory
This theorist who developed operant conditioning
B.F. Skinner
This theorist created the stages of cognitive development
Jean Piaget
Genetic influences on an individual
Nature
Not yet fully developed in teens, which might explain why teens have trouble controlling emotions and impulses
Prefrontal Cortex
The stage of sleep that is associated with voluntary muscle paralysis and rapid eye movements
REM Sleep
Believed in a Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow
The theorist whose stages of development theory was based on observations of how children focus on pleasure as they mature
Sigmund Freud
This psychologist is known for long term studies of identical twins
Thomas Bouchard
Neuropsychologists might suggest this to treat phobias, anxiety and PTSD
Medication
Cognitive psychologist who believes people learn behaviour by watching and then imitating others
Albert Bandura
These theorists believed that patients should be involved in the process of their own recovery rather than solely relying on therapists' interpretations
Humanist Psychologists
The type of thinking that teenagers learn to do in the last stage of Piaget's theory
Abstract
Behavioural theorists were on this side of the Nature vs Nurture debate
Nurture
Chemicals that brain cells use to communicate with one another
Neurotransmitters
These theorists believed that analyzing dreams and the unconscious help people understand and deal with their problems
Psychoanalysts
The natural response to an unconditioned stimulus is....
An unconditioned response
Erikson's stage that describes adolescence
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Genie Wiley
Involved in processing new learning and storing new long-term memories
Hippocampus
The moral centre of the mind
Superego
Giving something to encourage a behaviour to stop is an example of.........
Positive Punishment
This psychologist studied how mother-infant separation influences interactions later in life
Mary Ainsworth
Being friendly and helpful would mean you have a high level of this Big 5 personality trait
Agreeableness