History
Research Methods
The Brain
Consciousness
The Mystery Box
100
This school of thought in psychology asserts that we should only measure behavior, because it is this that we can empirically observe.
What is behaviorism?
100
This type of research relies on subject's answers to questions about some topic of interest.
What is survey research?
100
This type of cell in the brain transmits an electrochemical impulse, and is often called the building block of the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
100
This is awareness of internal processes, external events, and your thoughts about them.
What is Consciousness?
100
This former neurologist educated at the University of Vienna is considered the father of psychoanalysis.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
200
This man established the first research lab in psychology at the University of Leipzig in 1879.
Who was Wilhelm Wundt?
200
This is the strongest a correlation can mathematically be (be complete in your responses).
What is +/- 1? Unipolar answers can not be accepted.
200
These cells provide support, help with homeostatic functions, build myelin, and according to some research may also transmit signals to some degree.
What are glia, or glial cells?
200
This hormone is associated with the sleep/ wake cycle, and it's release is inhibited by light acting on our retinae.
What is melatonin?
200
The amount of this neurotransmitter (implicated in depression) available in the synapse is affected by SSRI medications.
What is serotonin?
300
The word psychology is a portmanteuau (putting together or two or more words to form a cohesive meaning) of these two greek words meaning: The spirit or the mind, and the study of.
What are Psyche and Logos
300
This is a substance with no pharmaceutical effect, but which causes changes due to our belief in it.
What is a placebo?
300
These are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex. For double points, this hidden often forgotten region is sometimes referred to as the fifth lobe.
What are the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital? What is the insula, insular lobe, or insular cortex?
300
This type of brain wave activity as measured by EEG is associated with deep sleep (stages 3/4)
What is delta wave activity. I will also give points for high amplitude, low frequency (but not on the exam :-o)
300
Carl Rogers pioneered this branch of psychology in response to the often minimizing and dehumanizing theories suggested by behaviorism and psychoanalytic theories.
What is humanistic psychology?
400
Psychological treatment needs after this event brought about the field of clinical psychology.
What was WWII?
400
In this type of research, a scientist will attempt to collect data by watching subjects in their own environment.
What is naturalistic observation?
400
An excitatory post-synaptic potential, or EPSP, has this effect on a neuron.
What is increases the likelihood that it will fire. *Making it fire cannot be accepted, as it does not imply the action of many EPSP/IPSPs on a neuron.
400
Bob had a dream about Jane. Bob's friend tells him that his dream about Jane was representative of his unconscious desires for her. Bob's friend likely holds a belief in this theory as to the reason for dreams.
What is wish fulfillment? Freudian dream theory will also be accepted.
400
This area in the basal forebrain is often called the 'pleasure center' of the brain, and is implicated in reward.
What is the nucleus accumbens?
500
This psychologist was contracted to develop a pigeon-guided bomb for the U.S. government during WWII.
Who was B.F. Skinner? (Skinner is acceptable)
500
When conducting a/an ______ research design, ____ allows me to control for external variables by assuring all groups are the same in many important ways. *Both answers get points, one answer correct prevents the loss of points.
What are an experimental design and random assignment, respectively. Both are needed for points. One correct prevents loss of points.
500
This brain structure is associated with metabolic processes, and basic evolutionary drives, such as the four F's.
What is the hypothalamus?
500
These are the three ways in which we may have difficulties with sleep, also known as the three types of insomnia.
What are difficulties with: Sleep onset, sleep maintenance, or early awakening? Or: falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up early.
500
This is the major excitatory neurotransmitter.
What is glutamate?
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