Famous Experiments
This name of the scientist who's classic experiment involved dogs, bells, and salivation, and is foundational to the study of classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This word describes someone who likes being around other people and is outgoing.
What is extroverted?
This organ uses 20% of our blood flow and oxygen supply but is only 2% of our body’s total weight.
What is the brain?
A natural way to get in shape and increase feelings of happiness.
What is exercise?
These drugs are used to treat schizophrenia and other severe thought disorders by blocking dopamine receptors.
What are antipsychotic drugs?
The name of the boy who was made to be afraid of a rat
Who is Little Albert?
The theory associated with the traits openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and extroversion.
What is the Big Five?
This is the name for the tiny gaps between neurons where neurotransmitters are released.
What are synapses?
Feelings of sadness, changes in mood and behavior over two weeks, and interference with life function are symptoms of this disorder.
What is depression?
This class of drugs, including Xanax and Ativan, is used to control anxiety and agitation but can be addictive.
What are antianxiety drugs?
This food was used for this experiment to test children’s ability to delay gratification by waiting to eat it.
What is a marshmallow?
The parts of the brain the Freud coined
What is id, superego, and ego?
This side of the brain is often associated with creativity and art.
What is the right hemisphere?
Hallucinations and delusions are common symptoms of this severe mental disorder.
What is schizophrenia?
This controversial treatment for severe depression involves sending a brief electric current through the brain of an anesthetized patient.
What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
In this experiment, participants were assigned roles of guards and prisoners, revealing the power of social roles and authority.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
The defense mechanism in which painful thoughts and emotions are pushed out of consciousness.
What is repression?
How much does the average human brain weigh?
What is 3 pounds?
The psychological reaction to a traumatic event, including exposure to death, violence, or serious injury.
What is PTSD?
This term describes the ability to withstand or recover from difficult life events, a key goal of preventive mental health programs.
What is resilience?
In this obedience study, participants believed they were delivering increasingly severe electric shocks to a “learner” at the instruction of an authority figure.
What is the Milgram experiment?
The process of saying everything that comes to your mind to free up psychic energy in psychoanalysis.
What is free association?
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain and allows them to communicate.
What is the corpus callosum?
The group of disorders that OCD belongs to.
What are anxiety disorders?
This type of clinical trial, where neither staff nor patients know who receives the real drug, helps measure a drug’s true effectiveness.
What is a double-blind procedure?