Flashcards in Important Psychologists Deck (69):
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Mary Ainsworth
Developmental Psychology
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Solomon Asch
Social Psychology
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Albert Bandura
Learning and Personality
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Alfred Binet
Developmental Psychology, and Testing and Individual Differences
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Noam Chomsky
Cognition
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Erik Erikson
Developmental Psychology
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Sigmund Freud
Personality and States of Consciousness
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Carol Gilligan
Developmental Psychology
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Henry Harlow
Developmental Psychology
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David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel
Sensation and Perception
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William James
Methods, Approaches, and History
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Lawrence Kohlberg
Developmental Psychology
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Elizabeth Loftus
Cognition
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Abraham Maslow
Motivation and Emotion, and Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Stanley Milgram
Social Psychology
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Ivan Pavlov
Learning
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Jean Piaget
Developmental Psychology
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Robert Rescorla
Learning
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Carl Rogers
Treatment of Psychological Disorders and Personality
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Stanley Schacter
Motivation and Emotion
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B.F. Skinner
Learning
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John Watson
Learning
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Benjamin Whorf
Cognition
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Wilhelm Wundt
set up the first psychological laboratory in an apartment near the university at Leipzig, Germany
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT or RET)
Cognitive behavioral therapy developed by Albert Ellis. Therapists look to expose and confront the dysfunctional thoughts of their clients.
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cognitive therapy
developed by Aaron Beck, usually used in treatment of depression, involves trying to get clients to engage in pursuits that will bring them success
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cognitive triad
theorized by Aaron Beck
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family therapy
a type of group therapy used to treat families
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self-help groups
a type of group therapy that does not involve a therapist
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psychopharmacology/chemotherapy
the use of drugs to treat psychological problems
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antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics)
block the receptor sites for dopamine, used to treat schizophrenia, may result in tardive dyskinesia
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tardive dyskinesia
Parkinsonian-like, chronic muscle tremors
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drugs used to treat unipolar depression
tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, and serotonin-reuptake-inhibitor drugs (Prozac) which all tend to increase the activity of serotonin
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lithium
a metal used to trea the manic phase of bipolar disorder
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drugs used to treat anxiety disorders
barbiturates (Miltown) and benzodiazepines (Xanax and Valium)
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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
when an electric current is passed through one (unilateral ECT) or both (bilateral ECT) hemispheres of the brain
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psychosurgery
the purposeful destruction of part of the brain to alter a person's behavior
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prefrontal lobotomy
a type of psychosurgery
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psychiatrists
medical doctors and are the only therapists permitted to prescribe medication
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clinical psychologists
psychologists with a Ph. D. and specialize in research, assessment, and therapy
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counseling psychologists
psychologists with a graduate degree in psychology and treat less severe problems than clinical psychologists do
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psychoanalysts
people trained specifically in Freudian methods who may or may not hold medical degrees
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paraphilia
the sexual attraction to an object, person, or activity not usually seen as sexual
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fetishism
paraphilia
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pedophilia
paraphilia
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zoophilia
paraphilia
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voyeur
paraphilia
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masochist
paraphilia
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sadist
paraphilia
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antisocial personality disorder
little regard for other people's feelings
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dependent personality disorder
rely too much on the attention and help of others
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paranoid personality disorder
feel persecuted
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narcissistic personality disorder
seeing oneself as the center of the universe
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histronic personality disorder
overly dramatic behavior
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obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
overly concerned with certain thoughts and performing certain behaviors, but not to the point of obsessive compulsive disorder
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anorexia nervosa
eating disorder
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bulimia
eating disorder
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substance use disorder
regular and negative use of alcohol or other drugs that alter behavior
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substance dependence
addiction
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autism
developmental disorder
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attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
developmental disorder
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Rosenhan Study
study in which healthy individuals were admitted into mental hospitals after saying they were hearing voices. Once in, they acted normally and still were not labeled as impostors.
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preconventional
reasoning limited to how things affect themselves
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conventional
choice based on how others will view them
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postconventional
examines rights and values involved in choice
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Criticisms of Lawrence Kohlberg
Carol Gilligan noted that his research was based on boys, her research showed that boys and girls had different moral attitudes, but was later disproved
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biopsychological (neuropsychological) theory of gender development
studies demonstrate that biological differences do exist between the sexes
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psychodynamic theory of gender development
gender development is a competition for your opposite sex parent, when you realize you can't win, you imitate your same-sex parent
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