Adeel Shared "Psychology Picmonics" - 34 Picmonics
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Psychology Picmonics
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor (Birth to 2 years)
- Preoperational (2 to 7 years)
- Concrete Operational (7 to 11 years)
- Formal Operational (11 years and up)
2 mins
Vygotsky's Sociohistorical Theory
- Each Person is Responsible for the Progress of the Whole Society
- Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
- Level of Actual Development
- Level of Potential Development
2 mins
Psychodynamic Perspective of Human Behavior
- The unconscious contains desires that affect what we do
- id, ego, and superego
1 min
Approaches to Intelligence
- Sternberg's Triarchic Theory
- Gardner's Theory on Multiple Intelligences
- Fagan's Theory of Processing
- Vygotsky's Sociohistorical Theory
2 mins
Psychodynamic Theory of Dreaming
- Wish Fullfillment
- Latent Content
- Manifest Content
1 min
Biological Perspective of Human Behavior
- Biology Determines Behavior
33 secs
Psychosexual Stages of Development (Overview)
- Oral Stage
- Anal Stage
- Phallic Stage
- Latency Stage
- Genital Stage
3 mins
Classical Conditioning
- UCS (UnConditioned Stimulus)
- UCR (UnConditioned Response)
- NS (Neutral Stimulus)
- CS (Conditioned Stimulus)
- CR (Conditioned Response)
1 min
Psychosexual Stages of Development - Anal Stage
- 2 to 4 Years
- Anal-retentive Fixation
- Anal-expulsive Fixation
1 min
Cognitive Theories of Dreaming
- Dreams have important Psychological functions
- Problem-Solving Theory
- Dreams help individuals solve ongoing problems
1 min
Psychosexual Stages of Development - Genital Stage
- Puberty to Death
- Ability to Love Another Person
38 secs
Fagan's Theory of Processing
- Intelligence is Processing
- Discontinuity View
- Cannot predict later development
- Continuity View
- Can predict later development
2 mins
Psychosexual Stages of Development - Latency Stage
- 6 to 11 Years
- Disgust Towards Opposite Sex
- Latency Fixation
39 secs
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- Linguistic (Verbal)
- Spatial (Visual)
- Musical
- Body-kinesthetic (Movement)
- Logical-mathematical
- Intrapersonal (Understanding Self)
- Interpersonal (Understanding Others)
- Naturalist
3 mins
Psychosexual Stages of Development - Oral Stage
- Birth to 18 Months
- Oral Fixation
41 secs
Major Brain Structures and Functions
- Hindbrain
- Survival Functions
- Sleep/dreaming
- RAS (Reticular Activating System)
- Midbrain
- Controls Skeletal muscles
- Relays audio and visual sensory information
- Forebrain
- Receives audiovisual sensory input and processes
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Movement
2 mins
Psychosexual Stages of Development - Phallic Stage
- 3 to 6 Years
- Oedipus Complex
- Castration Fear
- Phallic Fixation - Male
- Electra Complex
- Penis Envy
- Phallic Fixation - Female
1 min
Model of Sensation and Perception
- Object
- Information reaches the perceiver
- Sense organ gets information to the receptor cells
- Receptor cells engage in process of transduction
- Neural impulses in sensory nerves transmitted to brain
- Pattern of activity initiated in brain projection area
- Other brain areas engage in additional processing
- Perceptual experience of the object in the environment
2 mins
Social/Cultural Perspective of Human Behavior
- Behavior is influenced by Social and Cultural forces
51 secs
Physiological Theories of Dreaming
- Activation-synthesis theory
- Mental Housekeeping theory
- Memory Consolidation theory
3 mins
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