Psychology & human behavior: Uncover fascinating human behaviors

Questions
  1. What is the primary focus of cognitive psychology?
  2. Which part of the brain is most associated with regulating emotions and decision-making?
  3. What is the term for a mental framework that helps individuals interpret information and experiences?
  4. Who is known as the father of psychoanalysis?
  5. What psychological concept explains the tendency to attribute one’s own actions to external causes while blaming others’ actions on internal factors?
  6. Which developmental stage, according to Erik Erikson, involves establishing personal identity during adolescence?
  7. What is the term for the process by which a person unconsciously learns to associate two stimuli?
  8. In behavioral psychology, what is the term for the process of weakening a conditioned response?
  9. Which psychological disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, loss of interest, and fatigue?
  10. What is the name of the phenomenon where individuals tend to conform to a group’s opinion even if it is wrong?
Answers
  1. Cognitive psychology primarily focuses on mental processes such as perception, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving.
  2. The prefrontal cortex is most associated with regulating emotions and decision-making.
  3. A mental schema or schema.
  4. Sigmund Freud.
  5. The fundamental attribution error.
  6. Identity vs. Role Confusion.
  7. Classical conditioning.
  8. Extinction.
  9. Major depressive disorder.
  10. Groupthink.