Identity & Development
Sleep & Brain Waves
Neurotransmitters
Endocrine System
Cognition
100

What is Freud’s first psychosexual stage?

Oral stage

100

What type of waves are present in Stage 1 sleep?

theta waves

100

Which neurotransmitter is linked to movement and posture?

Dopamine

100

Which gland produces melatonin?

Pineal gland

100

At what stage does object permanence develop?

End of sensorimotor stage

200

What Erikson stage occurs from 12 to 20 years old?

Identity vs. Role Confusion

200

Which hormone promotes wakefulness?

Cortisol

200

What does GABA do?

Inhibits neural activity; calming

200

What gland secretes T3 and T4?

Thyroid gland

200

What Piaget stage involves pretend play?

Preoperational stage

300

What is Kohlberg’s term for reasoning based on laws and social rules?

Conventional reasoning

300

What brain waves are dominant in REM sleep?

Beta waves
300

What does GABA do?

Endorphins and enkephalins

300

What hormone raises blood calcium levels?

Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

300

What stage understands conservation and math?

Concrete operational stage

400

Vygotsky said learning occurs in what 'zone'?

Zone of Proximal Development

400

Activation-synthesis theory

Activation-synthesis theory

400

Which hormone is released during stress?

cortisol

400

What does the ‘FLAT PEG’ mnemonic stand for?

Adrenal cortex

400

What does the formal operational stage involve?

Abstract reasoning and problem solving

500

What does failure at a Freud stage cause?

Fixation

500

Name a parasomnia and when it occurs.

Sleepwalking or night terrors during Stage 3 & 4 NREM

500

What does serotonin regulate?

Mood, sleep, eating, dreaming

500

What does the ‘FLAT PEG’ mnemonic stand for?

FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, Prolactin, Endorphins, GH

500

What is centration?

Focusing on one aspect of a situation