Psychologists
Disorders
Dates
Random Facts
Parts of the Brain
100
Sigmund Freud
His work supported the belief that not all mental illnesses have physiological causes and he also offered evidence that cultural differences have an impact on psychology and behavior.
100
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
What is a psychological disorder characterized by thoughts that produce stress or anxiety, by repetitive behaviors or by combinations of such thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions).
100
387 BC
Plato suggested that the brain is the mechanism of mental processes. In what year?
100
3-4
How many things can you remember at one time?
100
Primary visual reception and association
What does the Occipital Lobe in your brain control?
200
B.F. Skinner
Behaviorism made him a dominating force in psychology and therapy techniques based on his theories are still used extensively today, including behavior modification and token economies.
200
Bipolar Disorder
What is, in this case a patient suffers from acute mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood levels called mania or, if milder, hypomania.
200
1859
Charles Darwin published the On the Origin of Species, detailing his view of evolution and expanding on the theory of 'Survival of the fittest.' In what year?
200
Dopamine
What neurotransmitter in the brain makes you addicted to wanting to learn more?
200
Auditory reception and interpretation, expressed behavior, receptive speech, information retrieval
What does the Temporal Lobe in the brain control?
300
Jean Piaget
His work had a profound influence on psychology, especially our understanding children's intellectual development. His research contributed to the growth of developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, genetic epistemology, and education reform.
300
Social Anxiety Disorder
When a patient suffers from this disorder they are extremely uncomfortable in the company of other people and experience anxiety in social situations.
300
1878
G. Stanley Hall received the first American Ph.D. in psychology. He later founded the American Psychological Association. In what year?
300
Red and Blue
What two colors are hardest on your eyes?
300
Processing link between thalamus and motor cortex. Initiation and direction of voluntary movement. Balance (inhibitory), Postural reflexes. Automatic movement
What does the Basal Ganglia in your brain control?
400
Albert Bandura
Who said "Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do."
400
Depression
In this type of mental disorder, patients experience an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities and low self esteem.
400
1906
Ivan Pavlov published the first studies on Classical Conditioning. In what year?
400
150 people
What is the social group limit size?
400
Maintenance functions such as eating; helps govern endocrine system; linked to emotion and reward
What does the Hypothalamus in the brain control?
500
Erik Erikson
His Theory of psycho-social development helped create interest and research on human development through the lifespan.
500
Schizophrenia
What is a psychiatric condition where in there are abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality. Distortions in perception can impact hearing, sight, taste, smell and touch. It can also manifest as bizarre delusions, auditory hallucinations or disorganized speech with significant occupational or social dysfunction.
500
1938
Electroshock therapy was first used on a human patient in what year?
500
30%
Your mind wanders what % of the time
500
Arousal
What does the Reticular Formation in the brain control?
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