Brain
This squishy organ makes up only about 2% of your body weight but uses around 20% of your body’s energy.
What is the brain?
The cue word for Haney, Banks & Zimbardo
What is prison?
The fruit that has seeds on the outside instead of the inside
What is a strawberry?
The two types of sensory memory
What are iconic and echoic memory?
The personal characteristic that influences prosocial behaviour for no selfish reason
What is altruism?
This part of the brain is named after a little sea creature because of its shape and helps with forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
The cue word for B.F Skinner's study
What is peck?
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one of these small squeaky pets, because they get lonely.
What is a guinea pig?
Includes the visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer, central executive and phonological loop
What is the working model of memory?
The model that explains why someone may or may not be aggressive
What is the general aggression model?
Your brain feels no pain because it lacks these sensory nerve endings.
What are pain receptors?
The cue word for visual perceptoin
What is spear?
A group of flamingos is called this word that sounds like they’re dressing for a fancy party.
What is a flamboyance?
The part of the brain responsible for procedural memory
What is the cerebellum?
The cue word for the study by Darley and Latane
What is smoke?
The tiny gap between two neurons where chemical messengers cross is called this.
What is the synapse?
The person who focused on studying obedience to authority
Who is Milgram?
This common condiment was once sold in the 1800s as medicine for indigestion.
What is ketchup?
investigated the effect of learning environment on memory
Investigated biological theories of attraction
Who is Buss?
These ridges and grooves on the brain’s surface increase surface area, allowing more neurons to fit in the skull.
What are gyri and sulci?
The person who focused on injunctive and descriptive norms
Before erasers were invented, people often used this common kitchen food to rub out pencil marks.
What is bread?
The memory enhancing technique that involves correlating memory with locations previously visited
What is the method of Loci?
Duck's dissolution model of why relationships end
What are the intrapsychic, dyadic, social, grave dressing and resurrection stages?