Psychology’s “Top 100” Terms



1.      Absolute Threshold

2.      Action potential

3.      Aggression

4.      Anxiety

5.      Anxiety disorder

6.      Artificial intelligence

7.      Associationism (history)

8.      Attachment

9.      Attitude change (factors influencing)

10.     Attitudes and behavior

11.     Attribution theory

12.     Avoidance learning

13.     Binocular depth cues

14.     Central nervous system

15.     Cerebellum

16.     Cerebral cortex

17.     Cerebral hemispheres

18.     Childhood, characteristics of

19.     Classical conditioning

20.     Cognitive development

21.     Cognitive dissonance theory

22.     Conditioned stimulus

23.     Conditioned reflex

24.     Conformity

25.     Consciousness

26.     Contrast

27.     Control group

28.     Correlational coefficient

29.     Correlational method

30.     Dendrite

31.     Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

32.     Dependent variable

33.     Depression

34.     Depth perception

35.     Determinism

36.     Developmental stages (theories of)

37.     Distance cues

38.     Ego

39.     Electroencephalograph

40.     Empiricism

41.     Etiology

42.     Evolution and functionalism

43.     Experimental group

44.     Extinction

45.     Forgetting curve

46.     Free association

47.     Free recall

48.     Frequency (audition)

49.     Gestalt principles of organization

50.     Gestalt psychology

51.     Hypothesis testing

52.     Id

53.     Independent variable

54.     Infant-mother attachment

55.     Information-processing approach

56.     Instrumental behavior

57.     Intelligence

58.     Intelligence quotient

59.     Introversion-extroversion

60.     Just noticeable difference

61.     Law of effect

62.     Long-term memory

63.     Longitudinal research

64.     Meaning

65.     Mental illness

66.     Mental imagery

67.     Milgram’s obedience experiment

68.     Nature-nurture controversy

69.     Neocortex

70.     Neurotransmitter

71.     Normal distribution

72.     Operant conditioning

73.     Origin of Species

74.     Personality

75.     Phobia

76.     Placebo effect

77.     Positive reinforcement

78.     Prejudice

79.     Prosocial behavior

80.     Psychoanalytic Theory

81.     Psychosis

82.     Psychosomatic Disorders

83.     Psychotherapy

84.     Rehearsal

85.     Reinforcement

86.     Right hemisphere

87.     Sample (random)

88.     Semantic memory

89.     Serial-position effect

90.     Short-term memory

91.     Significance level (statistical)

92.     Significant difference

93.     Social influence

94.     Socialization

95.     Socioeconomic status

96.     Traits

97.     Unconscious

98.     Unconscious motivation

99.     Visual angle

100.    Visual depth perception

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