Great Minds in Psych
He’s known as the father of psychoanalysis and a founding figure in psychology.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Known as the “thinking” part, this lobe helps with decision-making and planning.
What is the frontal lobe?
This disorder involves extreme highs and lows of mood.
What is bipolar disorder?
This strange feeling is when something seems familiar even though it’s new.
What is déjà vu?
This is your body’s natural “biological clock.”
What are circadian rhythms?
This psychologist is famous for his experiments with dogs and classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This brain structure is central to forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Persistent sadness and loss of interest in activities are symptoms of this disorder.
What is depression?
This common effect makes people believe a treatment works just because they expect it to.
What is the placebo effect?
The tendency to seek out info that confirms what we already believe.
What is confirmation bias?
He created the hierarchy of needs pyramid.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Known as the “fear center,” it processes emotions like fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
Hallucinations and delusions are symptoms of this disorder.
What is schizophrenia?
The name for the tendency to forget where you heard something, but remember the info.
What is source amnesia?
Remembering the first and last items on a list best is called this effect.
What is the serial position effect?
He developed the stages of cognitive development in children.
Who is Jean Piaget?
The “relay station” of the brain that sends signals to the right areas.
What is the thalamus?
Characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
What is OCD?
This effect explains why eyewitness testimony can be unreliable, since memory is easily altered.
What is the misinformation effect?
The idea that we perform better on easy tasks when others are watching.
What is social facilitation?
This behaviorist trained “Little Albert” to fear white rats.
Who is John Watson?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
PTSD stands for this.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
The psychological term for when your brain fills in missing information to create a complete picture (like with optical illusions).
What is gestalt (or closure)?
The tendency to attribute others’ actions to their personality instead of the situation.
What is the fundamental attribution error?