Brain & Biology
The largest part of the human brain, divided into two hemispheres.
What is the cerebrum?
Learning that occurs through association between two stimuli.
What is classical conditioning?
The DSM-5 is used primarily for this purpose.
What is diagnosing mental disorders?
Freud is known as the founder of this approach to psychology.
What is psychoanalysis?
He’s known as the father of psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The part of the brain responsible for emotions like fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
The psychologist who studied operant conditioning using rats and pigeons.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Persistent feelings of sadness or loss of interest.
What is major depressive disorder?
According to Freud, this part of personality seeks pleasure without considering consequences.
What is the id?
This psychologist created the hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
The chemical messengers that transmit information between neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
Remembering the first and last items in a list best is called this effect.
What is the serial position effect?
Unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions are symptoms of this disorder.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
The stage where a child’s pleasure centers on the mouth.
What is the oral stage?
She studied attachment in infants using monkeys.
Who is Mary Ainsworth? (or Harlow if you want to vary)
The brain’s ability to reorganize itself after damage.
What is neuroplasticity?
The failure to notice something visible because attention is focused elsewhere.
What is inattentional blindness?
Alternating periods of mania and depression characterize this disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
The unconscious defense mechanism where someone attributes their own feelings to others.
What is projection?
He conducted the obedience study using shocks.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
The lobe of the brain involved in reasoning, planning, and problem-solving.
What is the frontal lobe?
When previously learned information interferes with new learning.
What is proactive interference?
A severe disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally, often with hallucinations.
What is schizophrenia?
Freud believed dreams reveal this hidden part of the mind.
What is the unconscious?
She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the U.S.
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?