Psychology Basics
Who is known as the father of psychology?
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
What controversial experiment involved participants administering what they thought were fatal shocks, and raised serious ethical concerns in psychology research?
What is the Milgram Experiment?
What degree is typically required to become a licensed psychologist?
What is a Ph.D. or Psy.D.?
What disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and loss of interest?
What is depression?
What building are most psych classes held in?
What is the Administration Building?
What is the main function of the frontal lobe?
What is decision-making or planning?
What did the Stanford Prison Experiment study?
The psychological effects of perceived power/roles.
What type of psychologist works with court cases?
What is a forensic psychologist?
What disorder involves alternating periods of mania and depression?
What is bipolar disorder?
What concentration can you add to the psych major at UIW?
General Psychology, Neuroscience, Addiction Prevention
What is classical conditioning, and who discovered it?
What is learning through association; Ivan Pavlov?
What concept did the Bobo doll experiment demonstrate?
What is observational learning or modeling?
What setting would an industrial-organizational psychologist work in?
What is a business or corporate environment?
Freud proposed three components of personality. Name them.
Id, ego, and superego.
What is one annual event hosted by the Psych Department?
Psi Chi Induction and Psychology Department Awards
What’s the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?
Psychiatrists can prescribe meds, psychologists typically can’t.
What was the Little Albert experiment about?
Classical conditioning of fear.
What’s one career you can pursue with a bachelor’s in psychology?
Case manager, HR, research assistant, etc.
What is the main symptom of OCD?
Obsessions and/or compulsions.
Who is the psychology department chair?
Who is Dr. Partridge?
What part of the brain is responsible for memory?
What is the hippocampus?
What experiment demonstrated the power of cognitive dissonance by having participants lie about a boring task for either $1 or $20?
What is the Festinger and Carlsmith cognitive dissonance experiment?
Which psych career focuses on brain injuries and the nervous system?
What is a neuropsychologist?
Who created the hierarchy of needs?
Who is Abraham Maslow?
What’s the GPA requirement to join Psi Chi?
Top 35% of your class + 3.0 psych GPA.