Neuroscience
Social Psychology
Developmental
HD & PSYCH Classes
Cornell Knowledge
100

This part of the brain reacts to fear and emotional stimuli 

What is the amygdala?

100

This is the name given to our conscious, preconscious and unconscious

What are Freud's Levels of Processing?

100

These styles of attachment develop early in infancy and childhood

What are secure, anxious and avoidant attachment styles?

100

This introductory course is taken by everyone, even the Dyson students.

What is PSYCH 1101 - Introduction to Psychology?

100

This fictional character had being a Cornell Alumni built in to their story.

Who is Andy Bernard from The Office?

200
These are the four sections or the parts of the brain

What are the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes?

200

These 5 broad traits are said to encompass every aspect of personality.

What are extraversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness?

200

The time frame during which a child is particularly susceptible to environmental stimuli

What is the sensitive period?

200

This 900 person lecture is popular among Cornell students who seek relationship advice.

What is Human Bonding?

200

The number of steps in the clock tower

What is 161?

300

This testing method in neuroscience uses electrodes to measure brain activity

What is EEG?

300

This theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim in presence of other people

What is bystander effect?

300

This term refers to the inability to remember events from early childhood (before age 3)

What is infantile amnesia?

300

This professor famously teaches about his theories on love and intelligence

Who is Robert Sternberg?

300

This is the number of brains kept in Uris Hall's showcase

What is 7?
400

The difference between Wernicke's and Broca's area.

What is Broca’s area ability to produce speech and Wernicke’s area ability to comprehend speech?

400

This is the phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when working alone

What is social loafing?

400

This theory of development consists of 7 stages that come at different turning points in life.

What are Erickson's Stages of Development?

400

Hamlet is read in this psychology class

What is Adult Psychopathology?
400
This fast food item was invented here at Cornell

What is the chicken nugget?

500

This is the term to describe how the two sides of the brain control the two sides of the body.

What is contralateral control?

500

The difference between foot in the door and door in the face techniques

What is FITD requires smaller requests first to build to large DITF requires large unexpected request first then smaller desired request?
500

These are toxic, stressful or traumatic experiences that create adaptations in a child's developing brain that increase the risk for physical and mental health concerns.

What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?

500

These three classes are all taught by Korfine

What are Psychology of Gender, Gender & Psychopathology and Research Methods?
500

This building was the first to be constructed on Cornell's campus

What is Morrill Hall?

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