Cognitive
This process refers to the brief, immediate storage of sensory information before it's either discarded or moved to working memory
What is sensory memory?
This branch of the nervous system controls voluntary movement and relays sensory information.
What is the somatic nervous system?
This manual, currently in its 5th edition with a text revision, is the standard classification system for mental disorders in the U.S.
What is the DSM-5-TR?
This controversial Stanford study, led by Philip Zimbardo in 1971, simulated a prison environment with student "guards" and "prisoners."
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Named after its "magic number," this 1956 Miller paper argued short-term memory holds about this many items, plus or minus two.
What is 7?
This neurotransmitter, often linked to reward and motivation, is heavily implicated in addiction.
What is dopamine?
This mood disorder is characterized by alternating episodes of mania (or hypomania) and depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This Austrian neurologist developed psychoanalysis and popularized concepts like the id, ego, and superego.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This dual-process theory, popularized by Daniel Kahneman, distinguishes fast, automatic thinking from slow, deliberate thinking.
What is System 1 vs System 2?
This brain structure, shaped like a seahorse, is critical for forming new declarative memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This anxiety-related disorder involves intrusive thoughts (obsessions) paired with repetitive behaviors (compulsions)
What is OCD?
This Swiss psychologist developed the theory of cognitive development in children, proposing stages like sensorimotor and concrete operational.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This professor didn't actually get their PhD in Psychology, instead in Human Development & Family Science.
Who is Dr. Berkley?
This model of working memory, proposed by Baddeley and Hitch, includes the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and central executive.
What is the Baddeley-Hitch multicomponent model?
This part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons via receptors on its surface.
What are dendrites?
This personality disorder is marked by a pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and emotions, often with fear of abandonment.
What is borderline personality disorder?
This psychologist developed humanistic psychology's famous hierarchy of needs, often depicted as a pyramid topped with "self-actualization."
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This heuristic leads people to judge the likelihood of an event by how easily examples come to mind.
What is the availability heuristic?
This famous 19th-century patient survived an iron rod through his skull, leading to major insights about the frontal lobe and personality.
Who is Phineas Gage?
This model proposes that psychological disorders arise from an interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
This researcher's obedience experiments at Yale in the 1960s tested how far people would go in administering shocks to a "learner" under authority pressure.
Who is Stanley Milgram?