Browsing: Psychology
Key Takeaways Evolutionary psychology views human behavior as evolved adaptations to survive.These behaviors are rooted in complex neural circuits in…
Key Takeaways People form close relationships with those they see and interact with often.In Gestalt psychology, objects close together are…
Key Takeaways Extinction in psychology means a learned behavior stops when not reinforced.Over time, if a conditioned response is not…
Key Takeaways Gordon Allport is considered one of the founders of personality psychology, rejecting psychoanalysis and behaviorism for his trait…
Key Takeaways Obedience means doing what someone with more power tells you to do.Experiments show that many people will do…
Key Takeaways Psychologist Zick Rubin says that liking and loving are different, and love involves a deep, intense bond with…
Key Takeaways Imprinting is a survival mechanism where animals form a strong bond with the first thing they see.Humans experience…
Key Takeaways Compliance means changing behavior because someone asks you to do so.This can be direct, like a friend asking…
Key Takeaways A Skinner box is a device animals can use to get food by pressing a lever.Researchers use Skinner…
Key Takeaways Unconditional positive regard is about showing complete support and acceptance of a person, no matter what they say…