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Psychology Hall of Hame
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
THE BRAIN
100
WIRELIKE STRUCTURE ENDING IN THE TERMINAL BUTTONS THAT EXTENDS FROM THE CELL BODY
What is AXON?
100

PHYSIOLOGIST WHO INADVERTENTLY DISCOVERED A KIND OF LEARNING WHILE STUDYING DIGESTION IN DOGS

Who is IVAN PAVLOV

100
THERAPY THAT FOCUS ON HELPING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THEMSELVES, AND STRIVE TO SELF-ACTUALIZE
What are HUMANISTIC THERAPIES?
100

Chemical messengers that travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues.

What are HORMONES?

100
PART OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF OUR BLODD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, AND BREATHING
What is THE MEDULLA?
200
LACK OF THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE, AN OVER ABUNDANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
What is DOPAMINE?
200

THE PRESENTATION OF THE CS, FOLLOWED BY THE PRESENTATION OF THE US

What is CONDITIONING?

200

35-year-old Cindy has smoked most of her life and has been unsuccessful in her attempts to quit.  What psychosexual stage is Cindy’s smoking habit associated with?

What is ORAL?

200

Nerve cells that carry messages away from the central nervous system toward the muscles and glands.

What are Motor or efferent neurons?

200
PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS BODY TEMPERATURE, SEXUAL AROUSAL, HUNGER, THIRST, AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
What is THE HYPOTHALAMUS?
300
THIS CONSISTS OF ALL THE NERVES IN YOUR BODY NOT ENCASED IN BONE
What is THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?
300

Sally developed a permanent speech impediment due to distorted sounds from childhood ear infections. This is due to what developmental phenomenon?

What is THE CRITICAL PERIOD

300

Instinctive memories present in all people, much like our genetic code.  They are expressed throughout all cultures and persist in our art, literature, and folktales.

What is Collective Unconscious?

300

The bodies slow messenger system controled by glands.

What is the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM?

300
THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT INTEGRATES SOME TYPES OF SENSORY INFORMATION AND MUSCLE MOVEMENTS
What is THE MIDBRAIN?
400
SHOWS DETAILS OF THE BRAIN STRUCTURE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT BLOOD FLOW IN THE BRAIN , TYING BRAIN STRUCTURE TO BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING COGNITIVE TASKS
What is FUNCTIONAL MRI
400

AN EXAMPLE OF A SECONDARY REINFORCER ONE RECEIVES FOR DOING A JOB

What is MONEY?

400

Freud believed that mental disorder stems from conflicts and drives that are repressed in the ___.

What is UNCONSCIOUS?

400

A neuron in its inactive state

What is ACTION POTENTIAL?

400
THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONNECTS THE HINDBRAIN WITH THE MIDBRAIN AND FOREBRAIN. ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
What is THE PONS?
500

RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING SENSORY SIGNALS COMING UP THE SPINAL CORD AND SENDING THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE AREAS IN THE REST OF THE FOREBRAIN

What is THE THALAMUS?

500

Nicotine is presumed to be a ___ agent that can cross the placenta and reach the fetus during pregnancy.

What is a TERATOGEN?

500

In Foshan, China, a two-year-old child was hit by two vehicles in 2011 and ignored by more than a dozen passersby until help arrived.

What is the BYSTANDER EFFECT?

500

A molecule that inhibits or blocks a neurotransmitter.

What is an ANTAGONIST?

500
THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT COORDINATES SOME HABITUAL MUSCLE MOVEMENTS
What is THE CEREBELLUM?