Classification
SSRIs work by increasing levels of this in the brain
What is seratonin?
A tool in psychology used to teach new behaviors and changing existing ones. It involves adding a desirable stimulus or removing an undesirable stimulus to encourage a specific behavior
What is positive reinforcement?
The brain's ability to change and adapt in response to experience, learning, or damage
What is plasticity
When a person's behaviour is determined by repressed unconscious conflicts
What is psychoanalytic theory?
The father of psychoanalysis, known for his work on the unconscious mind
Who is Freud
A mindful, behavioral therapy that helps individuals develop psychological flexibility. It encourages acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful actions aligned with one’s values.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
A visual representation of a family’s structure and relationship, often spanning multiple generations
What is a genogram?
The retrograde type of this condition applies to events prior to a head injury. Anterograde to events after it.
What is amnesia?
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are considered the founders of this theory
What is humanistic theory?
This behaviourist is famous for his 'box' and his theory of operant conditioning.
Who is BF Skinner?
Commonly used psychological treatment for depression, that involves identifying and challenging negative thoughts
What is CBT?
Conducted a study in which participants were asked to match line lengths in a group where confederates gave the wrong answers
Who is Asch?
These are the chemicals that pass nerve impulses across synapses.
What are neurotransmitters?
Lawrence Kohlberg founded this theory
What is Theory of Moral Development?
The psychologist who developed the hierarchy of needs, with self-actualization at the top
Who is Maslow?
Commonly used drug type in the treatment of schizophrenia and mania
What is anti-psychotic?
Conducted a study in which participants watched a video of a car crash and were asked how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" vs. "contacted."
Who are Loftus and Palmer?
This type of aphasia is characterised by the inability to produce language
What is Broca's aphasia
In this theory, Albert Bandura maintains that learning is facilitated by modelling and observation
What is social learning theory?
He conducted the 'Stanford prison experiment' to study the impact of power and authority.
Who is Zimbardo
A mental health condition characterized by the persistent urge to pull out one’s own hair, leading to hair loss
What is Trichotillomania?
Conducted a study in which infants were observed in a structured situation involving separations and reunions with their caregiver.
What is Ainsworth?
This set of brain structures helps regulate emotion and memory, some of the structures include: the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, and the basal Ganglia.
What is the limbic system?
Devised the cognitive theory of depression
Who is Aaron Beck?
This Swiss psychologist created the theory of cognitive development in children
Who is Piaget?