Psychology jeopardy

Research designs

100

studies ONE person (usually in great detail)

What is Case study?

200

must agree to be part of study

what is informed consent

300

A psychology researcher sits on a park bench from a hidden vantage point and tallies how often elementary school children share toys on the playground. Which research method was used.

What is naturalistic observation?

400

"A researcher wants to study if drinking an energy drink before an AP Psychology exam improves a student's test score."What is the independent variable?

What is the energy drink? 

500

A researcher is developing a new, non-lethal snake venom antidote. If her experiment concludes the antidote is effective when, in reality, it is completely useless, she has committed which type of statistical error?

What is a Type I error?

Biological

100

Emotions, fear

what is the amygdala?

200

neurotransmitter most associated with pleasure/reward, and motivation

what is Dopamine?

300

After surviving a stroke that damaged his left frontal lobe, Eduardo can understand everything his family says, but can only reply with slow, single words like "Book" or "Walk."

What is Broca's area?

400

When a sudden car horn blasts right next to Chloe, her heart immediately races, her pupils dilate, and her digestion slows down to prepare her to react.

What is the sympathetic nervous system?

500

 "Nicotine is an agonist for ACH, but what specific type of ACH receptor does it bind to, mimicking the neurotransmitter to produce its stimulant effects?"

What is the nicotinic receptor?

Cognition

100

A step by step procedure that guarantees a solution but is time consuming

what is algorithm

200

a phenomenon where info is better remembered when it is distributed over time rathe than crammed

what is the spacing effect?

300

To quickly decide which route to take during rush hour, Sarah relies on her gut feeling and a mental shortcut based on past drives, rather than checking a mapping app for the mathematically fastest route.

What is a heuristic?

400

After memorizing her new locker combination for senior year, Fatima finds that she can no longer remember her old locker combination from junior year.

What is retroactive interference? 

500

Damage to this specific band of white matter fibers connecting Broca's area and Wernicke's area results in a unique condition where patients can speak fluently and comprehend speech, but cannot repeat words

What is the arcuate fasciculus?  

Development and learning

100

The type of learning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to produce a response

what is classical conditioning

200

_{type of intelligence refers to accumilated knowledge and verbal skills which tends to increase with age}

what is crystallized intelligence?

300

Months after completely overcoming her fear of dogs through therapy, Maya unexpectedly freezes in terror for a brief moment when a neighbor's puppy barks at her.

What is spontaneous recovery? 

400

Marcus keeps pulling the lever on the slot machine because he knows a payout will happen eventually, but he has no idea how many times he must play before it hits.

What is a variable-ratio schedule?

500

A psychologist takes a cultural, social, and holistic approach to the learning process. She believes in an influential figure's theory about how humans develop.

what is Lev Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development

Social psychology

100

A set of beliefs about a group of people that can lead to prejudice

what is stereotype

200

Improved performance on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others

what is social faciliation

300

Marcus knows smoking is terrible for his health, but to reduce his internal discomfort, he tells himself, "It helps me relax, so it's worth the risk."

What is cognitive dissonance?

400

When a driver cuts her off in traffic, Elena immediately assumes the person is an aggressive, reckless jerk, completely ignoring the fact that they might be rushing to the hospital.

What is the fundamental attribution error?

500

 Eastern countries tend to have less cases of mood and anxiety disorders compared to Western countries. A certain difference in cultural worldviews may underpin this discrepancy.

 Individualism versus Collectivism