(Un)Consciousness
This person proposed the psychoanalytic theory that the conscious is the surface of a much deeper mind made up of unconscious processes and you love your mom a little bit too much.
Pavlov discovered classical conditioning while studying this bodily response.
Salivation / drooling
The teenage brain is tuned to seek out what two things (social rewards)?
Status and Respect
Most of it lies hidden under water. Freud used it as a metaphor for the mind.
The iceberg
ho said, “Cogito, ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”)?
René Descartes
In classical conditioning, food is the ______ and drooling is the ______.
UCS (unconditioned stimulus) and UCR (unconditioned response)
What is called when the mentor mixes criticism with compliments?
Compliment sandwich
The idea that brains can be treated as a whole or as parts (like a sponge or engine)
Globalized function
Localized function
The brain detects patterns, like “flip-flop” or “hip-hop.” What is this ability called?
Pattern recognition
Adding something pleasant after a behavior is called this.
Positive reinforcement
Name both drug awareness programs that the reading mentioned
D.A.R.E and Just Say No
Try not to think of this animal, and it will pop into your head even more.
The ironic rebound effect
Mistakes in speech or behavior that reveal hidden thoughts are called these (commonly known as freudian slip).
Parapraxes (freudian slip does not count)
B.F. Skinner believed that all behavior could be explained by reflexes, classical conditioning, and this.
Operant Conditioning
What is the mentor's dilemma?
it’s hard to criticize and motivate simultaneously
Old theories said teens’ brains were “all gas and no brakes.” What part of the brain was thought to be missing the brakes?
The prefrontal cortex
According to the lecture, pigeons and people differ because human choices are influenced by this.
Meaning or Cognition (by mind as well)
The view that behavior can only be explained by Stimulus - Response links is called this.
The Behaviorist Credo
Describe how the successful counterexample: the “Truth” anti-smoking campaign worked for schools?
Against “Think. Don’t Smoke.”/“Tobacco Is Whacko” (which teens read as condescending), the “Truth” campaign reframed non-smoking as rebellion against manipulative corporations—granting status/respect for healthy behavior. Early Florida ads cut smoking (–19% middle school; –8% high school), and nationally teen smoking fell from ≈28% to <6%, a top U.S. public-health success alongside seat-belt campaigns. Figures emphasize flipping motivation rather than lecturing risk.
This bundle of fibers connects the two brain hemispheres.
Corpus Collosum