Mind Games
What animals did Skinner use in his experiments?
What type of conditioning did Pavlov’s dog experiments demonstrate?
Classical Conditioning
What area of the brain is critical for speech production?
Broca's Area
Which linguist proposed the theory of Universal Grammar?
Noam Chomsky
Who is the philosopher known as the teacher of Plato?
Socrates
What is the pyramid that shows human needs?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
What kind of learning occurs when a person changes their behavior after watching someone else?
Observational Learning
What is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word?
Phoneme
Are adjectives and adverbs considered universal grammatical categories across all languages?
No
Which philosopher said, “I think, therefore I am”?
René Descartes
This Swiss psychologist is known for his theory of cognitive development in children.
Jean Piaget
What is the process of forming new connections between neurons when we learn something new?
Neuroplasticity
What part of speech is the word “Apple”?
Noun
After what stage of life does the Critical Period Hypothesis suggest language learning becomes harder?
Puberty (early adolescence)
What branch of philosophy studies what is right and wrong?
Ethics
In the information processing model, what are the three basic processes of memory
Encoding, storage, and retrieval
In Freud’s theory, which part of the personality operates on the “reality principle”?
The Ego
What do you call the study of meaning?
Semantics
True or False: “If,” “that,” and “whether” are classified as prepositions in English grammar.
False
What branch of philosophy studies knowledge and belief?
Epistemology
What do you call physical symptoms or illnesses that are caused or made worse by mental factors such as stress, anxiety, or depression?
Psychosomatic
What is the term for the disorder where an individual has two or more distinct identities or personality states?
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Under which group of sounds does /n/ belong to?
Nasals
In the word “happiness,” what type of morpheme is “-ness”?
Bounded
Who is known for the phrase “Man is the measure of all things”?