Research Revealed
Brain Power
Mental Mastery
Cognitive Connections
Potpourri
100

A research paper was published with the subjects full name.  They breached?

Confidentiality

100

The study of knowledge, planning and problem solving.

Cognition

200

Choosing to purchase something that is listed as 60% off as opposed to when it is listed as being 40% off.

Framing effect

200

Sticking with AP Psych for the remainder of the year even though you may not be doing well.

Sunk-cost fallacy

200

Ms. Maltz explains her picky eating based on this psychological principle. 

Supertaster

300

A brain injury resulting in difficulty comprehending language.

Wernicke's area

300
Telling a story about your last birthday party.

Episodic memory

300

Your heart rate increases and pupils dilate and you start sweating when you are given a pop quiz.

Sympathetic nervous system