Historical Misconceptions
Hippocrates thought mental illness was caused by bodily fluids, also known as....
What are "humors"?
This researcher's experiments led to the practice of debriefing after he scarred participants and let them go home thinking they had hurt people.
What is Milgram's Obedience Study?
Scientists should make sure research participants fully understand what the study involves.
What is informed consent?
Health issue people incorrectly think is caused by stress.
What are ulcers?
Percentage of our brain people incorrectly think we use...
What is 10%?
In this practice you measure bumps on the skull to determine personality.
What is phrenology?
This experiment intentionally traumatized a child to prove the environment has a significant impact on behavior.
What is the Little Albert Experiment?
Study participants can leave at any time.
What is the right to withdraw?
People falsely think we are predominantly influenced this or that part of the brain.
What is right-brained or left-brained?
Thing people incorrectly think you can look at to determine personality.
What is handwriting?
This theory led to the development of SSRIs but we have since learned that mental health has a complex relationship with neurotransmitters.
What is Chemical Imbalance Theory?
This researcher's experiments led to stricter guidelines for using animals in research after he traumatized some baby monkeys.
Who is Harry Harlow?
Psychologists must monitor their study participants for distress and stop if needed.
What is protecting mental and emotional well-being?
People do not commonly repress these....but many people believe they do.
What are traumatic memories?
People are _______ likely to help in an emergency when there is a crowd.
What is
"less"?
This individual introduced ideas we still use like the unconscious, defense mechanisms and therapy but also came up with a lot of ideas we have rejected.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This experiment put college students into a prison experience. This raised ethical and experimental design concerns.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Where deception is necessary, this process must done to explain the deception afterward.
What is debriefing?
This time of your life is NOT a time of psychological turmoil.
What is adolescence?
This does not influence how good or bad your are at learning.
What is learning style?
This researcher emphasized the importance of the environment on behavior in his work with rats and pigeons which focused on reinforcement and punishment, but his conclusions ultimately were too simplistic.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
This historic practice was used to cure mental illness. Now it would not fit under the ethical consideration of doing no harm.
What is a lobotomy?
Reasons for why ethics matter in psychology.
What is (any of the following):
avoid damage of trust
avoid hurting people
avoid long-term harm to communities
Seeing these does not affect our buying behavior (increasing or decreasing purchases).
What are subliminal messages?
This group of people was once falsely believed to be unable to grow new brain cells.
What is adults?