Intro to Psych
Schools of Thought
Experiments
Personality
Childhood Development
100

The Stanford Prison study, the marshmallow test, the Skinner box and Pavlov's dogs are all examples of which branch of psychology?

Experimental

100

The concept of the Id, Ego and Superego is related to early understandings of which school of thought?

Psychoanalysis

100

Skinner's experiments on voluntary behaviours in response to reward or punishment examined which kind of learning?

operant conditioning

100

What does the "E" in OCEAN stand for?

Extraversion (personality trait characterized by excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and high amounts of emotional expressiveness)

100

Which theorist provides 8 stages of development from birth to old age/death?

Erikson

200

A therapist specializing in addiction working with clients in a rehabilitation facility to establish positive coping mechanisms would be associated with which branch of psychology?

Clinical

200

The idea of the human mind as an unobservable "black box" is associated with which school of thought?

Behavioural

200

According to the Robber's Cave experiment, what factor reduces social conflict?

Cooperative goals

200

What does the "A" in OCEAN stand for?

Agreeableness (includes attributes such as trust, altruism, kindness, affection, and other prosocial behaviours)

200

According to Piaget, the first of 4 stages, sensorimotor, is marked by...

learning about the world through sensation and movement, basic actions, object permanence, understanding that they are separate from the people around them, recognizing that their actions cause things to happen around them

300

A psychologist studying factors such as people's levels of organization, trust, curiosity and extraversion would be associated with which branch of psychology?

Personality

300

What is the basis of humanism as a school of thought?

Client centred therapy, people achieving their full potential and naturally wanting to move towards their best self. No one can know you better than you can. 

300

The trial of Adolf Eichmann, the "architect of the Holocaust" prompted which famous experiment?

The Milgram Experiment

300

What does the "O" in OCEAN stand for?

Openness (imagination, range of interests, curious about the world and other people and are eager to learn new things and enjoy new experiences.)

300

According to Erikson, the identity and confusion stage of development (5) which involves developing a sense of personal identity through success and failure, as well as exploring independence, takes place at which stage of life?

Teen years

400

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5th Edition) is closely associated with which branch of psychology? 

"Abnormal" Psychology

400

The functionalist school of thought is largely inspired by which theorist?

Charles Darwin

400

Which experiment was controversial for having its experimenter involved in and influencing the simulation itself (among other reasons)?

The Stanford Prison experiment

400

The OCEAN theory of personality includes Neuroticism, which refers to...

disposition to experience negative affects, including anger, anxiety, self‐consciousness, irritability, emotional instability, and depression

400

According to Piaget, the fourth and final stage of development (formal operational) is marked by...

Abstract thinking and reasoning, moral and philosophical development, logic

500

A study examining the relationship between the levels of bullying a student experiences and their academic performance is an example of a __________ study

correlational

500

What are the 3 main types of learning according to behaviourists?

Classical, operant and observational

500

What are the 3 criteria of the Belmont Report?

Justice, beneficence, respect for persons

500

According to Jung, there are 3 possible factors that could influence the expression of different personality traits, which are

genetics, environment, psychological variability

500

What are Mary Ainsworth's 3 attachment styles?

secure (confident that needs will be met), anxious (unsure if needs will be met, comfort-seeking), avoidant (believes needs will not be met, independence-seeking) 

*Some theorists also note disordered attachment as an additional style (desiring but fearful of close relationships, sometimes called anxious-avoidant)