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Psych 101
100

I’m the manual used to help diagnose mental health disorders and am the most revised edition currently 

DSM 5 TR

100

Number of Psych Professors 

5 

100

The tail-like part of the neuron through which information exits the cell.

Axon

100

Father of Psychoanalysis 

Freud 

100

This person should ring a bell…and maybe you’ll start salivating…

Ivan Pavlov

200

Icebergs illustrate Freud’s idea of this 

Unconscious 

200

Chair of the Psychology Department 

Dr. Burgess 

200

Association that represents psychologists 

APA

200

Found out that children will beat up Bobo when they’re shown violent models 

Bandura 

200

This personality theory is known for making waves when it was first published by McCre and Costa 


OCEAN (big 5) 

300

I’m the part of the brain responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term memories 

Hippocampus 

300

This course is taught by Dr. Edwards and it is not called Psychopathology but rather this 

Abnormal Psychology 

300

The hypothesis that states there is a difference between two or more sets of data.

Alternative hypothesis 

300

His favorite shape is a pyramid and he’s worried if all your needs are NOT being met 

Maslow

300

Experiment famous for having students pretend to be prisoners and guards to test power of authority

Stanford Prison Experiment 

400

The study of human behavior and cognition 

Psychology 

400

Considered the newest psychology professor in the department 

Dr. Bright 

400

The creation of new cognitive schemas when objects, experiences, or other information does not fit with existing schemas.

Accommodation 

400

You are you because of how you’ve been reinforced or punished 

Skinner 

400

This is a “blank slate” that we write our experiences on according to John Locke 

Tabula Rasa 

500

You are p<0.05 means 

You are significant 

500

Location of the old psychology department on campus 

Rankin Fieldhouse 

500

A single subject research design that contains a baseline (A1), treatment (B1), a second baseline (A2) and a second treatment phase (B2)

ABAB Design 

500

Claims we have mental frameworks known as schemas, which we either modify or don’t change with new information 

Piaget 

500

These are mental shortcuts we take 

Heuristics 

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