Famous Studies
In which university did the infamous Prison study, focusing on Power and Authority, take place?
What is Stanford University
The computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
What is standard deviation
This structure found in the primitive brain, is said to regulate the 4 F's: flight, fight, food, and fu...baby making
What is the hypothalamus
A simple mental shortcut that lets us act quickly and efficiently is known as a?
What is a heuristic
In our lecture on "Psychological Disorders" we watched a video on a surgeon who did what type of surgery?
What is a lobotomy
In Harry Harlow's study on Attachment, the rhesus monkey's showed preference for what type of mother?
What is the cloth mother
The molecule that inhibits or blocks a neurotransmitter’s action
What is an antagonist
What covers the axon to help speed the neural impulses to the next neuron?
What is myelin sheath
The Law of Conservation is worked on during what developmental stage defined by Piaget?
In our chapter on "Sensation and Perception" what animal crossed the screen to showcase subliminal perception?
What is a gorilla
Ivan Pavlov used which type of stimuluses to classically condition his dog? (name both stimuluses)
What are a bell/tone and food
In development, the idea that awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
What is object permanence
These neurons are found within the brain and spinal cord
What are interneurons
Name at least 2/3 of the general motivators
What are hunger/thirst or sexual motivation or affiliation/achievement
What is Emotional Intelligence
In Mary Ainsworth's study on parental attachment, a baby who would not be bothered by their mother leaving and by a stranger entering the room would be categorized as what?
What is insecure-avoidant
Our intelligence can be categorized into 3 areas that predict real-world success: analytical, creative, and practical
What is Sternberg's triarchic theory
What does fMRI stand for?
What is functional magnetic resonance imaging
Retreating to an earlier psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixed is what defence mechanism?
What is regression
In our chapter on "Development", the video depicted which country as having a progressive view on Paternity leave?
What is Sweden
The infamous case study showed how a man got struck by an iron rod but retained his motor function and memory, although, his personality appeared to change. What is the name of this individual?
Who is Phineas Gage
The concept in which performance increases with arousal only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases
What is the Yerkes- Dodson Law
This neurotransmitter is primarily responsible in thought, learning, and memory. Activates muscle action in the body. Also associated with attention and awakening.
What is acetycholine
In our memory system, the explicit memory system holds which types of memory?
What are episodic and semantic memory
In our chapter on "Consciousness" the video depicted a man who took medical marijuana to help ease the discomfort of what disease?
What is Parkinsons