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Mary Ainsworth

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Developmental Psychology

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Solomon Asch

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Social Psychology

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Albert Bandura

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Learning and Personality

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Alfred Binet

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Developmental Psychology, and Testing and Individual Differences

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Noam Chomsky

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Cognition

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Erik Erikson

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Developmental Psychology

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Sigmund Freud

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Personality and States of Consciousness

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Carol Gilligan

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Developmental Psychology

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Henry Harlow

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Developmental Psychology

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David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel

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Sensation and Perception

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William James

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Methods, Approaches, and History

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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Developmental Psychology

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Elizabeth Loftus

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Cognition

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Abraham Maslow

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Motivation and Emotion, and Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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Stanley Milgram

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Social Psychology

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Ivan Pavlov

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Learning

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Jean Piaget

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Developmental Psychology

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Robert Rescorla

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Learning

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Carl Rogers

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Treatment of Psychological Disorders and Personality

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Stanley Schacter

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Motivation and Emotion

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B.F. Skinner

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Learning

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John Watson

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Learning

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Benjamin Whorf

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Cognition

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Wilhelm Wundt

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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)

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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

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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

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theorized by Aaron Beck

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family therapy

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a type of group therapy used to treat families

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self-help groups

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a type of group therapy that does not involve a therapist

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psychopharmacology/chemotherapy

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the use of drugs to treat psychological problems

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antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics)

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block the receptor sites for dopamine, used to treat schizophrenia, may result in tardive dyskinesia

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tardive dyskinesia

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Parkinsonian-like, chronic muscle tremors

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drugs used to treat unipolar depression

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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

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a metal used to trea the manic phase of bipolar disorder

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drugs used to treat anxiety disorders

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barbiturates (Miltown) and benzodiazepines (Xanax and Valium)

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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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when an electric current is passed through one (unilateral ECT) or both (bilateral ECT) hemispheres of the brain

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psychosurgery

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the purposeful destruction of part of the brain to alter a person’s behavior

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prefrontal lobotomy

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a type of psychosurgery

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psychiatrists

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medical doctors and are the only therapists permitted to prescribe medication

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clinical psychologists

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psychologists with a Ph. D. and specialize in research, assessment, and therapy

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counseling psychologists

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psychologists with a graduate degree in psychology and treat less severe problems than clinical psychologists do

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psychoanalysts

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people trained specifically in Freudian methods who may or may not hold medical degrees

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paraphilia

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the sexual attraction to an object, person, or activity not usually seen as sexual

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fetishism

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paraphilia

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pedophilia

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paraphilia

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zoophilia

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paraphilia

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voyeur

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paraphilia

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masochist

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paraphilia

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sadist

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paraphilia

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antisocial personality disorder

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little regard for other people’s feelings

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dependent personality disorder

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rely too much on the attention and help of others

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paranoid personality disorder

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feel persecuted

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narcissistic personality disorder

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seeing oneself as the center of the universe

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histronic personality disorder

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overly dramatic behavior

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obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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overly concerned with certain thoughts and performing certain behaviors, but not to the point of obsessive compulsive disorder

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anorexia nervosa

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eating disorder

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bulimia

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eating disorder

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substance use disorder

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regular and negative use of alcohol or other drugs that alter behavior

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substance dependence

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addiction

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autism

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developmental disorder

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attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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developmental disorder

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Rosenhan Study

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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

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reasoning limited to how things affect themselves

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conventional

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choice based on how others will view them

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postconventional

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examines rights and values involved in choice

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Criticisms of Lawrence Kohlberg

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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

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studies demonstrate that biological differences do exist between the sexes

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psychodynamic theory of gender development

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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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social-cognitive theory of gender development

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effects of society and thoughs about gender on role development

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