Psychology History
The father of psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The smallest unit of the nervous system
Neuron
This design involves independent and dependent variables, pre and post measures, as well as experimental and control groups
What is an experiment?
The most common field in psychology
Clinical Psychology
The most commonly used therapeutic technique
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The person who developed the concept of classical conditioning
Who is Pavlov?
This is the mediator between the id and the superego?
What is the ego?
An individual's physical or mental health improves after taking a dummy treatment?
What is the placebo effect?
This fields utilizes psychological knowledge and techniques in the legal system
What is forensic psychology?
This therapy involves the use of creative techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpting, etc.
What is art therapy?
The person who developed the concept of operant conditioning
Who is B.F. Skinner?
This is the defined as Freud as the primitive and instinctual part of the mind
What is the id?
This bias entails the tendency to only seek out information that supports your point of view and ignoring anything that goes against that
What is self-confirmation bias?
This field studies human behavior in the workplace
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
This therapy seeks to explore an individuals internal motivation they need to change their behavior
What is motivational therapy?
The father of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt? Or who is William James?
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism
What are The Big Five personality traits?
This research design involves researchers repeatedly examinining the same individuals to detect any changes that could occur over a period of time
What is a longitudinal study?
This field helps schools developed curriculum and choose standardized tests
Educational Psychology
This therapeuty integrates spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional forms of well-being
What is holistic therapy?
This controversial study simulated a prison/guard scenario, and it had to be shut down early since the participants started mistreating each other as they got too invested in their roles
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This test measures how traumatic an individual's childhood is
What is ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience)
This is a statistical analysis which comprises data from multiple scientific studies about a particular subject
What is a meta-analysis?
The study of the shape and size of the head as predictors of specific mental traits
Phrenology
This therapy emphasizes the importance of being your true self and to lead the most fulfilling life.
What is Humanistic Therapy?