Psych basics
The part of the brain responsible for regulating emotions like fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
He is considered the founder of psychoanalysis and developed the theory of the unconscious mind.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This American university was home to a famously controversial "imprisoning" experiment.
What is Stanford University?
This Pixar film personifies emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger inside the mind of a child.
What is Inside Out?
The Eiffel Tower is located in this city.
What is Paris?
This type of memory stores information for just a few seconds or minutes unless it is actively rehearsed.
What is short-term memory?
He conducted the famous Little Albert experiment to demonstrate classical conditioning in humans.
Who is John B. Watson?
In this study, subjects administered what they thought were painful electric shocks to another person under authority instructions.
What is Milgram's Shock Experiment?
This 1999 film starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie is based on Susanna Kaysen’s memoir about her stay in a psychiatric hospital.
What is Girl, Interrupted?
The painting The Starry Night was created by this Dutch artist.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
The neurotransmitter most associated with pleasure and reward.
What is dopamine?
Known for his hierarchy of needs, this psychologist focused on humanistic psychology and self-actualization.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Solomon Asch conducted this experiment to study the influence of group pressure on individuals’ judgments of line length.
What is the conformity experiment?
In this movie, Natalie Portman’s character experiences hallucinations and paranoia while performing in Swan Lake.
What is Black Swan?
This animal is known for changing its color to blend into its surroundings.
What is a chameleon?
The “Big Five” personality traits are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and ____.
What is neuroticism?
He developed the stages of cognitive development in children, including the sensorimotor and preoperational stages.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This famous study demonstrated classical conditioning when dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a bell that had been repeatedly paired with food.
What is Pavlov's Experiment?
This 2018 film starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet portrays the challenges a family faces as a son struggles with addiction.
What is Beautiful Boy?
The first manned moon landing occurred in this year.
What is 1969?
The type of learning where a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally brings that response.
What is Classical Conditioning?
This psychologist is famous for his theory of operant conditioning using reinforcement and punishment.
Who is B. F. Skinner?
In this famous study, a baby was conditioned to fear a white rat by pairing it with a loud noise.
What is the Little Albert experiment?
Based on Ned Vizzini’s novel, this movie explores a young man’s stay in a psychiatric ward and the friendships he forms there.
What is It’s Kind of a Funny Story?
The longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa, is called ____.
What is the Nile?