Ability, Abnormal Psychology, Abortion, Absolute Threshold, Acculturation - Cultural pluralism and multiculturalism, Achievement Tests, Nathan Ward Ackerman - Pioneers field of family psychology, Founds institute to study the family, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Action Potential, Adaptation, Addiction/Addictive Personality, Adjustment Disorders, Alfred Adler, Adolescence - Puberty, Cognitive transition, Emotional transition, Social transition, Adoption - Types of adoption, Who gets adopted?, Outcomes of adoption, Affect, Affiliation, Aggression, Aging, Mary Ainsworth, Alcohol Dependence and Abuse - QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS…
American Psychological Society (APS), Anne Anastasi - Skips high school and discovers psychology at Barnard College, Anger, Animal Experimentation - History, Current trends, Anorexia, Antidepressants - Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), Antisocial Behavior - Causes and characteristics, Treatment, Antisocial Personality Disorder - Treatment, Anxiety/Anxiety Disorders, Apgar Score, Aphasia, Applied Psychology, Archetype, Artificial Intelligence, Art Therapy - Applications, Benefits, Psychological Assessment, Assimilation, Associationism, Attachment, Attention, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Who gets ADHD?, What causes ADHD?, Treatment…
Avoidance Learning, Avoidant Personality - Causes and symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Albert Bandura, Battered Child Syndrome, Nancy Bayley - Defines her niche in developmental psychology, Initiates major study of infant development, Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Aaron T. Beck - A pragmatic approach to therapy, A family affair, Clifford Beers, Behavior Modification - DID SKINNER RAISE HIS OWN CHILD IN A SKINNER BOX?, Behavior Therapy, Behaviorism, Bender-Gestalt Test, Bruno Bettelheim, Bilingualism/Bilingual Education, Alfred Binet, Binocular Depth Cues, Biofeedback - BINOCULAR DISPARITY DEMONSTRATION…
Brain - The brain stem, The diencephalon, The cerebrum, The cerebellum, Studying the brain, Brainwashing, T. Berry Brazelton, Josef Breuer - Studies physiological processes, The story of Anna O., Brief Reactive Psychosis, Pierre Paul Broca, Jerome S. Bruner, Bulimia, Bullies, Bystander Effect - TIPS FOR PREVENTING BULLYING BEHAVIOR, Mary Whiton Calkins, Case Study Methodologies, Catharsis, Cathexis, James Mckeen Cattell, Raymond Bernard Cattell - Innovator of personality tests, Beyondism and a storm of controvery, Central Nervous System, Character…
Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Development - Piaget's stages of cognitive development, Modern views, Cognition, Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Therapy - Purpose, Treatment techniques, Preparation, Typical results, Robert Martin Coles, Color Vision, Coma, Combat Neurosis, Communication Skills and Disorders, Comparative Psychology, Competence to Stand Trial, Competition, Concept Formation, Conditioned Response, Conditioned Stimulus, Conditioning, Conduct Disorder - Diagnosis, Aggression, Destruction of property, Deceitfulness or theft, Serious violations of rules, Conflict Resolution, Conformity…
Counterconditioning, Covert Sensitization, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Crisis Intervention, Critical Period, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Cross-Sectional Study, Cults, Culture-Fair Test, Charles Robert Darwin, Daydreaming, Deductive Reasoning, Defense Mechanisms, Delayed Response, Delay of Gratification, Delirium, Delusion/Delusional Disorders, Dementia, Dendrite, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Dependent Personality Disorder, Dependent Variable, Depression, Depth Perception, René Descartes, Desensitization, Determinism, Developmental Delay, Developmental Reading Disorder - Types of and causes of reading disorders…
Developmental Psychology, Theories of Developmental Stages - STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, John Dewey, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) - CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL DISORDERS, MULTIAXIAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, Differential Psychology, Disability, Dissociation/Dissociative Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder - TWO FAMOUS CASES, Divergent Thinking, Divorce, Down Syndrome, Draw-a-Person Test, Dreams, Drive Reduction Theory, Drugs/Drug Abuse - COCAINE, Drug Therapy, Dysfunctional Family, Dyslexia, Eating Disorders, Hermann Ebbinghaus, John C. Eccles - Embarks on neurological research, Returns to Australia, Begins a second career in the United States…
Emotional Development - Early infancy (birth-six months), Later infancy months) (7-12), Emotional Intelligence - Origins, Characteristics, Applications, Emotion, Empathy, Empiricism, Encounter Group, Endocrine Glands, Environment, Epilepsy, Equilibrium Sense, Erik Erikson, Ethics, Ethnic Identity, Ethnocentrism, Ethology, Etiology - The change in theory, Eugenics, Existential Psychology - History of the movement, Experimental Design, Experimental Group, Experimental Psychology, Extinction, Extroversion, Hans Juergen Eysenck - Begins career in behavior research, Invites controversy on several fronts…
Gustav Theodor Fechner, Feral Children, Leon Festinger - Introduces theory of cognitive dissonance, Continues research at the New School, Fetal Alcohol Effect (Fae) and Syndrome (Fas), Figure-Ground Perception, Fine Motor Skills - Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool, School age, Encouraging fine motor development, Fixation, John Hurley Flavell - Introduces Piaget into American psychology, Studies metacognition in children, Forensic Psychology, Forgetting Curve, Viktor E. Frankl, Waldo David Frank, Free Association, Free-Recall Learning, Frequency (Auditory), Frequency Distribution…
Gender Constancy, Gender Identity, Gender Identity Disorder, General Adaptation Syndrome, Genius, Arnold Gesell, Gestalt Principles of Organization, Gestalt Psychology, Eleanor J. Gibson, James Jerome Gibson, Giftedness, Gross Motor Skills - Infancy and toddlerhood, Preschool, School-age, Group Therapy, Guilt - STAGES OF GUILT DEVELOPMENT, Edwin Ray Guthrie, Jay Haley, Halfway House - Applications, Origins, Admission requirements, Granville Stanley Hall, Hallucinations, Hallucinogens, Halo Effect, Handedness, Hand-Eye Coordination - Toddlerhood, Preschool years, School-aged children…
Heterosexuality, Heuristics, Ernest R. Hilgard - Begins work on hypnosis, Wins praise for writings, Robert Aubrey Hinde, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Holtzman Inkblot Technique, Homosexuality, Evelyn Hooker - Influenced by European experiences, Experiments dispel beliefs about homosexuals, Hormones - Hypothalamus, Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Parathyroid glands, Adrenal glands, Pancreas, Female hormones, Male hormones, Karen Horney, Hostility, Clark Leonard Hull, Humanistic Psychology - Theories and therapeutic applications, Research, Human Potential Movement, David Hume - Major works, "Mitigated skepticism", Theory of knowledge, Theory of ideas…
Infancy, Inferiority Complex, Information-Processing Theory, BäRbel Inhelder, Insanity Defense - Insanity defense statistics, Problems with NGRI, Guilty but mentally ill, Instinct, Institutionalization, Instrumental Behavior, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient - GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MATH, Interdisciplinary Treatment - Origins and applications, Interest Inventory, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Introversion, William James, Pierre Marie Félix Janet, Jealousy, Arthur R. Jensen, Virginia E. Johnson - Chosen by William Howell Masters as research associate, Develops sex therapy institute, Jukes Family, Carl Jung…
Lawrence Kohlberg, Kohs Block Test, Wolfgang Köhler, Emil Kraepelin - Publishes first edition of his psychiatry compendium, Studies pathologies of mental disorders, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Ronald David Laing - Develops a radical view of schizophrenia, Founds communities for patients and therapists, Language Delay - Monolingual vs. bilingual, Language delay and hearing loss, Language delay and mental retardation, Language Development - Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool years: the two-year-old, Language Disorder, Karl Spencer Lashley, Law of Effect, Arnold Allan Lazarus - Develops behavior therapy, Replaces behavior therapy with multimodal therapy, Joins the self-help movement…
Aleksandr Romanovich Luria, Eleanor Emmons Maccoby, Mania, Marijuana, Marriage Counseling, Abraham Maslow, William Masters, Rollo May - Studies for the ministry, Writings influence the activists of the (1960s), William Mcdougall - Studies medicine and psychology, Introduces experimental psychology in England, Pursues paranormal psychology, Moves to Harvard University, Margaret Mead, Mean - EXAMPLE, Measurement, Median - EXAMPLE, Media Psychology - What does psychology have to do with media?, Processing information, Paul J. Meehl - Minnesota professor influenced the world, Respected by colleagues…
Military Psychology - The psychology of military organization, The psychology of military life, The psychology of combat, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Salvador Minuchin, Mnemonic Strategies - MNEMONIC DEVICE FOR THE FIVE GREAT LAKES, Mode - EXAMPLE, Modeling, Maria Montessori, Mood, Moral Development - STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT, Christiana Drummond Morgan - Embarks on research career, Co-creates Thematic Apperception Test, Motivation, Henry Alexander Murray Jr. - Becomes a physician and researcher, Discovers psychoanalysis and "depth psychology", Music Therapy - General effects of music therapy, How music therapy is used…
Nightmares, Night Terrors, Normal Distribution, Norm, Normal, Obesity, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Symptoms, Causes, Prevalence, Treatment, Occupational Therapist, Oedipus Complex, Operant Conditioning, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder - Criteria for diagnosis, Organic Disorder, Arthur Otis, Overachiever, Pain, Paired-Associate Learning, Panic/Panic Disorders, Paranoia, Paraphilia - Bestiality, Exhibitionism, Masochism (Sexual), Pedophilia, Sadomasochism, Voyeurism, Incidence and treatment, Parapsychology, Parent-Child Relationships - Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschool, School age, Adolescence, Adults…
Perfectionism, Frederick S. Perls - Formulates concept of Gestalt therapy, Joins Esalen Institute, Personality - Type theory of personality, Trait theory of personality, Psychodynamic theory of personality, Phenomenological theory of personality, Personality Development - Influences on personality development, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), Philosophical Psychology, Phobia, Phrenology, Physiological Psychology, Jean Piaget, Philippe Pinel, Placebo Effect, Play, Pleasure Principle, Pornography, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Power, Preconscious, Prejudice and Discrimination, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)…
Psychological Disorder, Psychology/Psychologist, Psychophysics - CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOPHYSICS, Psychosexual Stages, Psychosis - Characteristics, Causes and symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis, Psychosomatic Disorders, Psychosurgery, Psychotherapy - Psychodynamic approach, Behavioral techniques, Cognitive methods, Family and group therapy, Psychotic Disorders, Puberty - HORMONE SURGE TRIGGERS PUBERTY, Ethel Dench Puffer, Punishment, Pyromania, Qualitative Methods, Race and Intelligence - Genes and intelligence: a clear verdict, Race and IQ: not so clear, Racism, Otto Rank - Hired by Freud, Breaks with Freud, Emigrates to the United States…
Religion and Psychology, Research Methodology, Ribonucleic Acid (RNA), Right-Brain Hemisphere, Carl Rogers, Role Playing/Psychodrama, Rorschach Technique, Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study, Julian B. Rotter, Benjamin Rush, Satanic Ritual Abuse, Virginia M. Satir - Embarks on social work career, Begins family therapy training programs, Savant Syndrome, Scapegoating, Schizophrenia - Causes of schizophrenia, Types of schizophrenia, Treatment, Scholastic Assessment Test, School Phobia/School Refusal, School Psychology, Scientific Method, Security Objects - Early history, Theoretical underpinnings, Cultural issues, Developmental trends, Advantages of having security objects, Alternatives to blankets…
Serial Learning, Serial Position Function, Sex Differences - The biological process of sexual differentiation, The social process of sexual differentiation, Sex Roles - Sex-role stereotypes, Sex-role socialization, Sex Therapies - Changing attitudes towards sex, Masters and postmoderns in Johnson out, Benefits, Sexual Abuse - Historical perspectives, Immediate effects of sexual abuse, Long-term effects of sexual abuse, Sexual Dysfunction - Assessment, Treatment, Sexuality, David Shakow - Begins clinical work at Worcester, Continues research at NIMH, Shaping, William Herbert Sheldon…
Speech-Language Pathology, Speech Perception, Janet Taylor Spence - Measures anxiety and motivation, Marries Kenneth Spence, Undertakes gender research, Kenneth W. Spence - Elaborates on Hull's learning theories, University of Iowa becomes center of theoretical psychology, Split-Brain Technique, Benjamin Spock, Sports Psychology, Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), Standardized Test, Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Statistics in Psychology, Stereotype, Robert J. Sternberg - From childhood anxiety to a career, International collaborations and a "labor of love", Stimulant Drugs - Caffeine and nicotine, Stimulants used for therapeutic purposes, Abuse of illegal stimulants…
Edward Thorndike, Edward Chace Tolman, Touch, Tourette Syndrome - Symptoms, Causes and onset of Tourette syndrome, INC. TOURETTE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION, Treatment, Effects on schoolwork, Traits, Transference, Transgender, Twins, Type a Personality, Unconscious, Unconscious Motivation, Underachiever, Violence, Vision, Visual Angle, Vocational Aptitude Test, Margaret Floy Washburn, John Broadus Watson, David Wechsler - Recognizes the limitations of intelligence testing, Develops new ways to measure intelligence, Wechsler Intelligence Scales, Carl Wernicke - Describes Wernicke's aphasia, Describes Wernicke's encephalopathy…