The Brain
Learning & Motivation
Ages & Stages
Careers
Anything & Everything
100
The shield that protects the brain
What is the skull?
100
The animal Pavlov used in his experiment that caused a connection between a light and salivating.
What is a dog?
100
This age group experiences physical, cognitive, emotional and social changes as they may experience a decline in muscle tone, strength, endurance, death of family members, isolation, dementia and other health issues such as strokes.
What is the elderly?
100
The career of the guest speakers we have experienced in class and on the field trip.
What is Christian counselor?
100
The definition of psychology
What is the "study of the soul"?
200
Two brain imaging tests that can help measure brain activity and/or structure. (There are five possible answers)
What is EEG, CT scan, PET scan, MRI, or fMRI?
200
The word for a consequence of a behavior that increases the likelihood that the behavior will occur again.
What is reinforcement?
200
This is the famous moral dilemma story that Kohlberg used to come up with his theory of moral development.
What is "Heinz Steals the Drug"?
200
This career in psychology uses various media (such as painting, sculpture, collage, etc) to help people express their emotions.
What is an Art Therapist?
200
This is the word used to describe our core foundational beliefs or convictions through which we perceive and understand the world.
What is a world view?
300
The most basic building block of the nervous system.
What is the neuron?
300
This is the inability to form or recall certain memories as the result of a brain injury or trauma
What is amnesia?
300
***Double Points*** The scripture that tells us that God knit us together in our mother's womb and that He has a plan for all of our days (our development).
What is Psalm 139?
300
The one a child may need to see if they need testing for a learning disability to help them get the services they need within school. This person can also help if there is a trauma that affects their ability to function within a school setting.
Who is a guidance counselor or educational psychologist?
300
Taking a deep breath, holding it then slowly blowing it out is one example.
What is a relaxation technique or healthy way to deal with stress?
400
This area of the brain controls movement, coordination, balance and motor-related memory.
What is the cerebellum?
400
What are the two methods of conditioning?
What is classical conditioning and operant conditioning?
400
This is the first stage (or crisis) in Erikson's psycho-social development for humans in the first 18 months of life, characterized by the infants ability (or inability) to form trusting relationships.
What is "trust vs mistrust"?
400
One that has a medical degree along with psychology so they can prescribe medication for various diagnoses.
Who is a psychiatrist?
400
These are the four basic emotions discussed in class
What are mad, sad, glad and afraid?
500
This man had an accident on the rail line that impaired an iron rod through his brain. He survived and his experience taught us a lot of about the brain and function it has in personality.
Who is Phineas Gage?
500
The word used for a learning technique that helps retrieve information by using the first letter from each item in a list. (example in the book was the Great Lakes)
What is an acronym?
500
These Latin words refer to the belief that children are born a "blank slate" and are basically developed through interaction with their environment.
What is "tabula rasa"?
500
This career involves the study of the brain and how it functions including how various physical abnormalities can affect personality and learning.
What is neuro-psychologist?
500
This is the name of the father of "modern scientific psychology". He was the first to apply scientific procedures to mental processes.
Who is Gustav Fechner?
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