Psychology at CUA
This professor teaches PSY 322 (Statistics).
Who is Dr. Cardinale?
This is the bodily system that the brain is a part of.
What is the nervous system?
This psychologist worked with dogs to implement classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This is the category of diagnosis that specific phobias fall under.
What is anxiety?
This is the linguistic root of the word "psychology."
What is "psyche" meaning "mind" and "logia" meaning "the study of?"
This professor works in pediatric psychology at Children's National.
Who is Dr. Sharkey?
This is the "fear center" of the brain.
What is the amygdala?
This is the experiment in which Philip Zimbardo gave roles to different groups of college students and was terminated due to alarming behavior between the two groups.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This is the primary disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in activities. (Bonus 100 points if you know the full term).
What is MDD?
This is the Catholic (lowercase-u) university at which the first psychology lab of its kind was founded.
What is CUA?
This professor is the director of the CAB Lab (Child Affect and Behavior Lab).
Who is Dr. Rich?
This is the affected part of Phineas Gage's brain.
What is the frontal lobe/prefrontal cortex?
This psychologist conducted a study that instructed participants to administer severe electric shocks to a confederate answering questions incorrectly.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
This disorder is characterized by cycles of hypomania and major depression without full-blown manic episodes.
What is Bipolar II?
This is the (debunked) theory that states that the shape and size of the skull can predict personality traits.
What is phrenology?
This is the psychologist that Edward Pace, founder of the CUA Psychology department, studied under.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
This is the part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
This psychologist coined the terms "id," "ego," and "superego."
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This disorder is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. (Bonus 100 points if you can spell the term.)
What is schizophrenia?
These are the four types of degrees offered in the Psychology Department at CUA.
What are a BS, a BA, an MA, and a PhD?
This is the year that Psychology was established as a department at CUA.
What is 1891?
This part of the brain is primarily responsible for memory formation and spatial awareness.
What is the hippocampus?
This chemist had a crucial role in discovering the double-helix structure of DNA.
This disorder is characterized by unwanted thoughts leading to repetitive behaviors. (Bonus 100 points if you know the full term).
What is OCD?
This is the term for the coating of a neuron that makes the relay speed faster.
What is the myelin(ated sheath)?