Brain & Behavior
What chemical messenger is commonly associated with feelings of pleasure, motivation, and reward?
Dopamine
What is the term for the tendency to look for information that supports what you already believe?
Confirmation Bias
Which psychologist is strongly associated with the development of psychoanalysis and the idea of the unconscious mind?
Sigmund Freud
What branch of psychology focuses on how people think, remember, make decisions, and solve problems?
Cognitive Psychology
Someone who enjoys meeting new people, talking to strangers, and being the center of attention might be described as which personality trait?
Extravert/Extraversion
What is the name of the cells in the nervous system that send and receive information?
Neurons
What is the term for understanding or sharing another person's feelings or perspective?
Which famous psychologist is associated with the experiment involving a dog learning to salivate when it heard a bell?
Ivan Pavlov
A psychologist wants to understand how a person's behavior changes from childhood through old age. What area of psychology would this fall under?
Developmental Psychology
What disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness or loss of interest that interfere with daily life?
Major Depressive Disorder / Depression
Which lobe of the brain is located at the front of your brain and is associated with planning and decision making?
Frontal lobe
If someone is afraid of public speaking, which emotion are they most likely experiencing?
Which psychologist developed a famous hierarchy of human needs, often represented as a pyramid?
Abraham Maslow
A researcher notices that students who get more sleep tend to earn higher grades. What does this finding demonstrate: correlation or causation?
Correlation
What disorder involves unwanted, intrusive thoughts and/or repetitive behaviors that a person feels driven to perform?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Which part of the brain is often associated with forming new memories?
Hippocampus
What do we call the emotional bond that develops between people, especially between children and their caregivers?
Attachment
Which psychologist conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Philip Zimbardo
This variable is systematically manipulated by the researcher.
Independent Variable
What disorder is characterized by persistent patterns of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interfere with functioning?
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Which brain structure is strongly associated with processing fear and other emotional responses?
Amygdala
You are upset with a friend but decide to wait until you are calm before discussing the problem. What psychological skill are you demonstrating?
Emotional Regulation
Which psychologist developed the theory of cognitive development that includes stages such as the sensorimotor and formal operational stages?
Jean Piaget
What is a treatment or substance with no active therapeutic ingredient that is used as a comparison in research?
Placebo
What is an intense and persistent fear of a particular object, situation, or activity?
Phobia