the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
What is Psychology?
100
debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited ( genetic) or acquired (learned) characteristics.
What is Nature v. Nurture?
100
emphasizes the importance of genetic predispositions
What is the Instinct Theory?
100
an individual doesn't take action because of the presence of others
What is Bystander effect?
100
a human child who has lived away from human contact from a very young age, and has little or no experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of human language
What is a "Feral" or "Wild Child"?
200
scientific study of how and why human beings develop over the course of their life.
What is Developmental Psychologist?
200
Researcher who did experiment with a wired monkey mother and a cloth monkey
What is Harry Harlow?
200
5 levels that consist of Physiological, Safety, Belonging, Self-esteem, and Self-actualization needs
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
200
group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts , emotions and perceptions
What is Schizophrenia?
200
cognitive theory that consists of sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, and formal stages
What is Jean Piagets's Stages of Cognitive Development?
300
unique phase of mammalian sleep characterized by random movement of the eyes, low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
What is REM sleep?
300
parenting style characterized by high demands and low responsiveness. Very little feed back in nurturance and tend to punish harshly
What is Authoritarian Parenting style?
300
learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired.
What is Classical Conditioning?
300
associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs
What is Bipolar Disorder?
300
largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with around 117,500 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students.
What is APA?
400
collection of glands that produce hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, and mood, among other things.
What is the Endocrine System?
400
Stages of moral development that consist of Preconventinal, conventional and post conventional stages
What is Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of Moral Development?
400
the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
What is Cognition?
400
when a terrifying event or ordeal in which severe physical harm occurred or was threatened
What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
400
measures a broad spectrum of abilities such as verbal comprehension, general reasoning, numerical operations, perceptual speed, or mechanical knowledge
What is Aptitude test ?
500
Developed the Psychodynamic/ Psychoanalytic theory
What is Sigmund Freud ?
500
Erik Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development. The task during this stage is accomplished when babies develop a sense of trust in other people, in themselves, and in the world around them.
What is Trust v. Mistrust?
500
type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences.
What is Operant Conditioning?
500
prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true
What is Self-fulfilling Prophecy
500
tendency to work less hard when sharing the work load with others