Psychology Basics
What is the Scientific study of behavior and mental processes called?
Psychology
What is conformity?
Adjusting one's behavior or beliefs to match a group
What type of learning occurs when a behavior is followed by a reward or a consequence?
Operant Conditioning
Which experiment involved a baby and demonstrated that fear could be conditioned?
Little Albert Experiment
Who is the Psychology Club President?
Harel :D
Who is often considered the father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
What is Self Concept?
The Mental representation of "you"
Which type of learning involves associating 2 stimuli together?
Classical Conditioning
In this experiment participants were instructed to give what they believed were increasingly severe electric shocks to another person
Milgram Obedience Experiment
Who is our club Vice President
Milagro :D
Who created the first psychology lab (Hint: It isn't Sigmund Freud)
Wilhelm Wundt
When someone gets praised for one trait and you start to imagine them with all these other great traits what is that called?
Halo Effect
What is Reinforcement?
Increasing a desired behavior using either a reward or punishment to strengthen said desired behavior
Which experiment studied how children learned aggressive behavior by observing an adult play violently with a doll
Bobo Doll Experiment
Who is our club's Treasurer
Ajené :D
What part of the brain is strongly associated with memory formation?
Hippocampus
What is it called when people are less likely to help someone when others are present?
Bystander Effect
What are punishments designed to do?
To stop or limit an undesired behavior
Which famous study placed college students into the roles of prisoners and guards to study behavior in a simulated environment?
Stanford Prison Experiment
Who are our club's ICC representatives?
Jimmy & Lillian :D
What is considered Psychology's most biggest and enduring issue? (Hint: This is in the realm of Developmental Psychology)
Nature vs Nurture
The discomfort one feels when a person's beliefs/attitudes do not align with their actions
Cognitive Dissonance
What famous yet unethical by today's standards experiment did B.F Skinner use to study operant conditioning?
Skinner's Box
Which experiment was crucial to desegregating schools in Brown vs Board of Education?
Clark Doll Study
Who is our club's Social Ambassador?
Ryan :D