NFL Hall of Fame
Psychology
Figures in Psychology
What State is it?
When was it used? (criminal cases)
100

This Hall of Fame coach of the Green Bay Packers has the Super Bowl trophy named after him.

Who is Vince Lombardi?

100

The study of behavior and the mind is called this.

What is psychology?

100

This psychologist founded psychoanalysis and emphasized the role of the unconscious, dreams, and free association.

Who is Sigmund Freud?

100

Known as the “Sunshine State,” it’s famous for beaches and Disney World.

What is Florida?

100

The period when DNA profiling/fingerprinting first entered criminal investigations and led to conviction.

What is the mid-1980s (investigations 1986–87) with the first high-profile conviction in 1988?

200

He holds the record for most career receiving yards and was inducted in 2010.

Who is Jerry Rice?

200

This part of the brain helps you store long-term memories.

What is the hippocampus?

200

An early behaviorist who ran the “Little Albert” experiments showing conditioned fear in children.

Who is John B. Watson?

200

Known for potatoes, this state is often called the “Gem State.”

What is Idaho?
200

The decade when the modern polygraph (lie-detector) was invented and first used in police work.

What is the 1920s (specifically 1921 for Larson’s device)?

300

This Hall of Fame running back earned the nickname “Sweetness.”

Who is Walter Payton?

300

The fight-or-flight response is controlled by this system.

What is the sympathetic nervous system?

300

Developed a stage theory of moral development (preconventional, conventional, postconventional).

Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?

300

This state is famous for Silicon Valley.

What is California?

300

The year Karl Landsteiner reported the ABO blood-group system (the scientific discovery that led to blood-typing’s forensic use); later forensic antibody tests for dried stains were developed.

What is 1901 (discovery) — with practical forensic tests appearing in the 1910s?

400

This Hall of Fame quarterback was known as “Broadway Joe.”

Who is Joe Namath?

400

This famous psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs.

Who is Abraham Maslow?

400

Conducted famous obedience experiments where participants thought they were delivering shocks to another person.

Who is Stanley Milgram?

400

This state is famous for lobster, lighthouses, and Acadia National Park.

What is Maine?

400

The year a bloody fingerprint helped Juan Vucetich convict Francisca (Rojas) — the world’s first successful criminal identification by fingerprint.

What is 1892?

500

Known as “Mean Joe,” this Hall of Famer anchored the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Steel Curtain” defense.

Who is Joe Greene?

500

The idea that rewards increase the chance of repeating a behavior comes from this type of learning.

What is operant conditioning?

500

A memory researcher whose work on misinformation and false memories changed how courts view eyewitness testimony.

Who is Elizabeth Loftus?

500

This state is known for horse racing and bluegrass music.

What is Kentucky?

500

The year a Chinese handbook (Song Ci’s Washing Away of Wrongs) described using insects and other signs to investigate death — an early recorded use of forensic entomology.

What is 1247?

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