Famous Experiments
In this 1971 study at Stanford, college students were randomly assigned to be guards or prisoners
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This almond-shaped brain structure is heavily involved in fear and emotion
What is the amygdala?
The tendency to seek out information that confirms what you already believe
What is confirmation bias?
This psychologist proposed a “hierarchy of needs,” often drawn as a pyramid (first and last name needed)
Who is Abraham Maslow?
GoodMorningUCLA's first name
Who is Charlie?
In this 1960s study, kids watched an adult hit an inflatable clown, then copied the behavior
What is the Bobo doll experiment?
This brain region, named for the seahorse, is critical for forming new memories
What is the hippocampus?
Feeling uncomfortable when your beliefs and your actions don’t match
What is cognitive dissonance?
This behaviorist claimed, “Give me a dozen healthy infants... and I’ll guarantee to train any one of them to become any type of specialist”
Who is John B. Watson?
Name the three true bruin values
What are integrity, excellence, and belonging?
Participants in this study were told to give increasing “shocks” to a learner when told to continue by an experimenter
What is the Milgram obedience study?
A railroad worker survived an iron rod through his skull in 1848 and became a landmark case for the frontal lobe’s role in personality
Who is Phineas Gage?
This disorder involves a fear of situations where escape might be difficult, often leading people to avoid crowds or open spaces.
What is agoraphobia?
This Russian physiologist, who won a Nobel Prize for work on digestion, discovered classical conditioning with dogs
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Name this year's EIC's and AEIC's. (first names are fine, but you must name all of them!)
Who are Jessica, Danika, Mane, and Leena?
Children in this study were offered one treat now or two later if they could wait
What is the Marshmallow Test?
Often summarized as “cells that fire together, wire together,” this long-lasting strengthening of synapses after repeated stimulation is considered a cellular basis of learning and memory.
What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
In this effect, people with low ability in a domain overestimate their competence
What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?
This psychoanalyst, who proposed eight psychosocial stages from “trust vs. mistrust” to “integrity vs. despair,” popularized the term “identity crisis.”
Who is Erik Erikson?
Name the year URJP at UCLA was founded
When is 2013?
Participants watched a video of people passing basketballs and missed a person in a gorilla suit, a demonstration of this phenomenon
What is inattentional blindness?
Patient H.M. had his medial temporal lobes removed and could no longer form new explicit memories, a condition called this
What is anterograde amnesia?
This diagnostic manual, now in its fifth edition (text revision), is published by the American Psychiatric Association. You must give the full name, not just the acronym.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR)?
This Soviet psychologist introduced the “zone of proximal development,” the gap between what a learner can do alone and with guidance.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
Name this board member. (refer back to GM slides and slide 7!)
Who is Christie?